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Tag Archives: hand quilting
Welcome to the World Sweet Grand Babies!
Our lives will never be the same! We welcomed two sweet new grand babies into the world this month, #5 and #6! Identical girls and they each came in at just over 5 pounds and are healthy and strong! They … Continue reading
How to Mark a Baptist Fan
With a little help from my friends, I settled in on the Baptist Fan quilting design for my Garden Party quilt, I shared last week. I do mark the entire quilt top before I start quilting and ideally I mark it before I … Continue reading
New Leaves
As for the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival, you vote by going here and then click in the upper right hand corner, of your favorite quilt picture. A red heart will appear when you have voted. Thanks if mine was a favorite!! If not, … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 completes, Design, fabric, Gifts, hand quilting, Quilting, Quotes
Tagged Amit Ray, baptist fan, Bloggers Quilt Festival Spring 2015, BQF, falling leaf, hand quilted, hand quilting, how to make a maple leaf quilt, kona cotton, Maple leaf, Marking a baptist fan, quote, solids, vintage quilt
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I Am Beginning to See the Light…
Cleaning up, a quilt before it is completely finished, is probably my less favorite part. After the quilting is finished, and the binding is on but before it heads to the washer, I probably spend 20 minutes inspecting and carefully trimming … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Quilting, Sewing, WIP
Tagged constellation quilt, dye bleeding, embroidery, hand quilting, quilting, star quilt, stars
10 Comments
Kansas Twister Quilt
This quilt has been around a while, too, but is finally finished. It was last spotted here, back in January. Under a year isn’t bad, for me, with so many ideas swirling in my head. I suspect this pattern has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 completes, Design, fabric, Finishes, Quilting, Tutorial
Tagged 60 degree triangle, aurifil thread, hand quilting, hexagon, kansas twister, pattern, pinwheel, quilt, quilt back, quilting, scrap, Texas Trellis, traditional quilt, triangles, tutorial, vintage quilt, whirligig, Whirling Triangles in a Hexagon
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Have you ever used voile for a quilt back?
Yah…. I do think I must have ADHD, or another Attention Deficit Disorder, type issue. Another quilt I am working on was in my lap, today, during this blizzard-like weather we are experiencing and seems like we will continue to “enjoy” … Continue reading
Posted in Design, fabric, Sewing
Tagged Attention Deficit Disorder, Aurifil 28, hand quilting, hand quilting thread, hand quilting voile, how to thread a quilting needle, lap quilt, quilt backing, robert kauffman, Robert Kaufman Veronica Voile, snowday, tangled quilting thread, using voile for quilt backing, voile, Which end to thread your needle
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Echo Quilting
Another quilt that has been in progress for a long time is in my lap today. I finally decided on how to quilt it. Spiral quilting it will be. And yes, you can see, I had a change of plan … Continue reading
Picking up my Maple Leaves
Still plugging along on my Maple Leaf quilt. It is hard to believe I started this in May! But I did. I made the top, from Kona cotton in my stash then got side-tracked. One of the reasons I put … Continue reading
Posted in Design, fabric, Linkys, Quilting, WIP
Tagged baptist fan, hand quilting, kona cotton, Maple leaf, Maple Leaf Quilt, Marking a baptist fan, pattern, quilt, solids, template
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“Always in My Heart”
For my T-Tapp trainer and dear friend, Michelle. Aptly titled because this is where we carry those who leave this place before what we think of as their time. Quilted with hugs, and filled with love, because sometimes that is the best … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 completes, fabric, Finishes, Gifts, hand quilting, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged "Always in My Heart", applique, charm squares, dear friend, hand quilted, hand quilting, heart, HST, kona purple, low volume, quilt, red, scrap
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I thank you for supporting my addictive habit. ♡
The votes are in!! Every time the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival rolls around, I say I am not entering, then somehow I get sucked in to the fun and excitement of it all. If we don’t enter what can we expect … Continue reading
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