Quilting category

  • #119 – The Girlie Quilt Progress

    The hand sewing of the binding is coming along. This quilt looks so good in my living room I’m tempted to keep it though I bet I’ll be tempted to keep every quilt I make. Handmade 365 2010...
    Apr 29, 2010 2 Comments

  • #118 – Cutting Squares

    I got over half the squares cut for my sister’s quilt today. I was having issues getting really straight strips especially at the folds. I read somewhere that you should never cut through more t...
    Apr 28, 2010 No Comments

  • #117 – Turning a Corner

    I quickly bounced back from my mistake with sewing the binding together yesterday & am down to just the hand sewing to finish this quilt. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday wor...
    Apr 27, 2010 2 Comments

  • #116 – Sigh

    I sew all the binding together today for The Girlie Quilt only to realize I had sewed it together wrong. That diagonal line actually should have gone the opposite way. Spent the rest of the afternoon ...
    Apr 26, 2010 3 Comments

  • #113 – My Sister’s Quilt Layout

    Working on the layout for my sister’s quilt. The small squares will be4″x4″ with the big black ones twice the size at 8″x8″. Right now I’m thinking of making this q...
    Apr 23, 2010 No Comments

  • #111 – Fix-it Day

    Spent the morning fixing a few items needing my attention. First was a sweater with a run in it. Luckily it wasn’t too bad & I was able to just pick up the stitch just like when I drop one ...
    Apr 21, 2010 1 Comment

  • #110 – The Girlie Quilt Quilted

    Finished quilting The Girlie Quilt today. I had to rip three lines of quilting out because the tension was totally off after I changed bobbins. Lesson learned; check your gauge when you change somethi...
    Apr 20, 2010 1 Comment

  • #106 – A Total Waste of My Time

    I spent most of the afternoon pinning & re-pinning my quilt sandwich trying to get the middle seam of the quilt top to match up with the seam in the backing. It seemed to be spot on but once I s...
    Apr 16, 2010 2 Comments

  • #105 – Quilt For My Sister

    I told you I might just have to buy fabric for another quilt today. Most of it was on sale. (Is it just me or does Joann’s alway shave a sale on quilting fabric?) This is for my sister’s n...
    Apr 15, 2010 6 Comments

  • #104 – The Girlie Quilt Top

    The top is done, woohoo! Off to buy batting tomorrow & perhaps fabric for the next quilt…. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year �...
    Apr 14, 2010 2 Comments