I’m taking the long weekend with our daughter visiting to sneak in this “loose end” and quilt it. I’ll add my table runner to the end and maybe a few other small projects like a potholder or orphan blocks. After looking at it for two days, I’ve decided to quilt it with a very small meander and use 100% cotton batting. After it’s finished, I’ll wash and dry it to purposely shrink it to give it the wrinkled antique look.
Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!
Linda
Has Sock Monkey made a revival? I recently made a Sock Monkey baby quilt and then the next week I pulled out my next quilt for LAQ and it’s another cute Sock Monkey quilt!
We decided to do a little meander in a neutral cream thread.
Aren’t those little monkeys cute?!
After it’s washed it will be all wrinkled and cuddly, perfect for any little girl!
The back view really shows the quilting detail, too.
Have you made a sock monkey quilt?
Thanks for looking! And just keep stitchin’
Linda
Sunday was Jordy’s baptism. On Thursday, I decided he needed a little quilt! Not too late to make one right? Especially when it’s 2 flannel rectangles and machine stitched binding. I quilted it on the longarm using a small meander and Quilter’s Dream 100% cotton batting. Because both pieces were the same size I didn’t clamp it but did my one handed stitching again! This was a smaller meander so I did have to make sure that my fingers were out of the way!
It’s hard to photograph, but I love how it got all soft and wrinkly after washing and drying.
And you may notice that I tucked the original Red Heel socks with the sock monkey instructions in the fold of the quilt. Well, Jordy’s mom gave those right back to me!
I made one for my daughter years ago and if I could have found it, I would have given it to him! So now, I guess I’ll have to make another one.
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Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’
Linda
I’m a little behind on posting customer quilts so here’s a couple that I’ve delivered recently.
Mack’s “quilt” is fleece and flannel, no batting. To make it as big as possible, I loaded the fleece to the leaders and floated the flannel on the top even though the flannel is the backing. Because both fabrics were about the same size, I did not clamp or baste the sides of the top, I just held on to the edges! With the Bliss on my APQS Millennium I can operate my machine one handed! It did help that the quilting design was a big meander!
I used a Superior Thread that matched perfectly with the fleece and contrasted the flannel “top”, which really helped me see where I was stitching!
Here’s Dianne’s quilt with another meander, but smaller. This customer brought puffy batting which really makes the quilting stand out and highlights the black thread.
I also just finished a little project for myself using a little meander on flannel fabrics with 100% cotton batting. I machine washed and dried it to increase the “wrinkles”! It is so cute but I can’t post it yet, it’s a surprise!
Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’
Linda
Ginny’s husband has started quilting and here’s his first quilt! Pretty ambitious!
The quilting is a freehand meander with Quilter’s Dream Puff batting and the thread is Superior OMNI.
He even created a nice pieced back. And, I understand he’s working on another one!
Ginny picked up her quilt, too. I love the color palette on this quilt using Amy Butler fabrics.
It’s quilted with with a freehand peacock feathers meander. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Blend and the thread is Superior OMNI light tan.
I love the texture created with the quilting, especially on the back.
I’ll be going to a 3 day quilting retreat this weekend. I plan to work on some loose ends and start some new ones! I’ll report back later!
I entered a quilt in this week’s Quilting Blogger’s themed contest, New Beginnings. I’ll post the link tomorrow for you to see all the quilts and vote if you like!
Thanks for looking and just keep stitching!
Linda
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