Monthly Archives: April 2012

Apr30

Design Wall Monday and charms in the mail today!

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Design Wall Monday and charms in the mail today!

Well, I’ve done it again!  I’ve started on another project instead of finishing them!  My camera makes purple look blue, trust me, it’s very purple.  This is version one, 17 x 17 (4″ finished units), plus two borders will finish 81″ square.  I’ve decided to make it smaller, 13 x 15, which will finish 65″ x 73″.  Here’s the layout for that version, which is now on the floor!  The trick will be to pick it up in an organized way so I can take it to my quilt retreat this weekend!

(message to sister:  I hope you like it!)

And I’m mailing charms today!!!  So excited to get some in return!

Big thanks to Mary at The Curious Quilter for organizing the swap.  Time to get sewing postage stamp charm blocks!

 

 

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects!

 

 

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

Apr29

Rainbows Arcadia Pure Velvet

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Rainbows Arcadia Pure Velvet

 

This beautiful quilt is for Rainbows and Calico Things quilt shop. When Barbara and I were planning the quilting, we decided on an overall design and Superior Highlights thread.  I decided on a pantograph because I knew I would not be able to see my stitching from the front of the machine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pantograph is Oma’s Garden by Sophie Collier.  Here’s the view from the back.

This is a great pantograph with lots of details and a freehand look.

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

Apr26

My Winnings!

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My Winnings!

My winnings arrived today!  Last week I won on Threadtales blog and I thought I was winning a book but a Jelly Roll of Kaffe Fassett fabric was in the package, too.  Wow!  Was I surprised and happy!  Now I’m excited to plan another project!

Check out Threadtales for machine quilting ideas and more!

Have you won anything lately?  Good luck!

Linda

Apr25

SpinSanity by Celia

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SpinSanity by Celia

Isn’t this a fun quilt?!  The pattern is Spinsanity, but Celia has changed it from the original.  Do you do make changes to patterns?

I was very excited to learn that Celia will be adding a piping element next to the binding.  It will be the same fabric as the narrow border.  I hope I get to see it after it’s finished.

For the quilting, we decided to do separate border designs, background fill in the dark areas and create a floral element for the spinning block centers.  I changed the thread color from Rainbows in the border and blocks to So Fine 50 in the narrow border and OMNI in the dark background.

The wool batting shows off the quilting with the right light.  Enjoy the pictures, I love how this quilt turned out!

I love the unexpected spinning flower in the blocks!

I love it when you turn the quilt to the back and it looks awesome!  I was a little worried about matching the bobbin thread to the dark OMNI thread for the background fill but it looks great on the back.

 

How many times did I say “love”?!

 

 

Thanks for looking and just keep “stitchin” !

Linda

 

Apr24

Table Runner finished!

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Table Runner finished!

 

I’m so excited to post a “finished” for April!  So far, I had only finished a Lil Twister potholder and that seemed too lame to brag about.  I machine stitched the binding to speed up the process, too!

 

 

 

Both of these were added to the end of the Trip Around the World on the longarm.  It’s very satisfying to finish something, even if it’s a small project.

I’m working on a binding tutorial for the little potholder and my method for the invisible finishing seam when binding a quilt.  My dilemma is whether to make them videos or long blog posts!  We’ll see if I want to be on camera!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

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April Finishes

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