Quilting category

  • #85 – Bound

    86/365 All that is left is the hand tying but I need to go get some pearl cotton for that. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photogra...
    Mar 26, 2010 1 Comment

  • #84 – Mitered Corner

    I’m working on getting nice neat mitered corners when binding my quilt. It been much easier on this quilt than my first. I’ve been following this tutorial on I Have to Say. Handmade 365 20...
    Mar 25, 2010 1 Comment

  • #82 – Thin Blue Line

    I keep following the thin blue line but it feels like it will never end… Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If y...
    Mar 23, 2010 No Comments

  • #79 – Nothing to see here

    Just more hand sewing of my quilt binding. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If you are not reading this post in a fe...
    Mar 20, 2010 No Comments

  • #78 – 190 inches to go

    I enjoy hand sewing but 220 inches takes a long time. I can’t imagine how long something like a king-sized quilt. Ok, bad to it. I’m itching to get get back to my embroidered squirrel pill...
    Mar 19, 2010 1 Comment

  • #77 – Binding

    Time for a quilt update. After my post about the puckering problem I was having with my quilting my MIL, who is an amazing quilter, wrote & suggested pinning along the quilting line. I ripped out...
    Mar 18, 2010 No Comments

  • #71 – Puckers

    Finished with the quilting on the Bluebird Quilt today but have quite a few places the backing puckered & folded over itself. The really bad ones I’ll rip out & try to restitch flatter...
    Mar 12, 2010 No Comments

  • #70 – Tons Done

    Spent the day working on the Bluebird of Happiness Quilt. I got the quilt sandwich done & did all the quilting in one direction. I started doing the quilting the opposite direction & discove...
    Mar 11, 2010 2 Comments

  • #69 – Bluebird of Happiness

    Another step done on the Bluebird of Happiness Quilt. This little hand appliqued bird is what gives this quilt its name. I did a folded applique method which was a little tricky around the beak &...
    Mar 10, 2010 1 Comment

  • #68 – The Blues

    Picked out the remaining fabrics for my Bluebird of Happiness quilt today. The darkest blue will be the blue bird, the middle one the binding & the lower floral one the backing. The blues really ...
    Mar 09, 2010 1 Comment