My new Freedom came with 2 pantographs and this baby quilt by Joanie was perfect to try Jessie’s Swirls Simplified.
I love the swirly design with the square element of the quilt.
This pantograph will definitely be used again!
Combine Freedom with Bliss and you have very round circles! As a freestyle, no computer quilter, I love that!!!
Thanks for looking!
:)Linda
My design wall is bare today, except for Block 4 of the BlockBase Sew Along.
For this block, I used 1 1/2″ strips and 2 1/2″ squares in the corners. This block finishes 9″ and my other blocks are 8″. The 3 x 3 grid element of this block made it harder to complete as an 8″ without paper piecing. It’s such a simple block, I decided let it be 9″. We’ll see what happens with the next block!
Once again, the fabrics are from my newly acquired vintage stash! It’s a little busy but I like it!
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Thanks for looking! :)Linda
Sometimes it’s fun to make small gift projects, and Bridget’s Bagettes by Atkinson Designs is a great one to try.
I started by making 4 of the larger Bagettes, measuring 5″ x 9-1/2″. These will be used by our women’s group at church for offering envelopes!
Next, I made 2 sets of all the sizes to give to my sisters during our recent weekend together! My sister, Marge immediately put one to good use with shopping coupons.
Using vinyl was a new experience for me but the pattern has tips for making it easier. One of them is to put tissue paper between your sewing machine bed and the vinyl. And yes, that really is necessary, otherwise the vinyl sticks to the machine and you’re sewing crooked!
I’m linking with A Stitch in Time for a November finish! Yay! Hopefully, there will be more! Thanks for looking! 🙂 Linda
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Here’s my 3rd block for the BlockBase Sew Along. It’s #2448. A big thank you to Candace for making the paper pieced templates with EQ7 and sharing them with me!!
I’m still using mostly vintage fabrics from the flea market. Following the coloring in BlockBase, I used 9 fabrics. I like how it turned out, especially with the red squares.
Here’s a link to see more blocks in the sew along.
I just spent a fabulous weekend with my sisters and came home with some awesome vintage blocks, fabrics and quilt tops! We shopped Galena, IL, but these great items came from my sister’s closet.
On my design wall is four of nineteen embroidered blocks. My sister has a quilt finished by her mother in law with the same blocks. That quilt is completed with wide solid sashing and is hand quilted. It’s pretty awesome! I’m not sure how to finish this. Nineteen is an odd number for setting so I’ll need to adjust that.
The blocks have blue lines which I believe are for quilting designs. Does anyone know if they will wash out?
I’d love any fabric suggestions for finishing it.
One thing I know for sure, I will be machine quilting it on my new APQS Freedom!
Last week, I made the decision to trade my 2004 APQS Millennium for a 2012 APQS Freedom with Quilt Glide. Along with my Bliss Drive System, I have a sweet new ride! APQS has great technicians and Jim was here to switch my machines yesterday, and today I’m back in business quilting!!
I’m pretty excited and will offer more reviews as I use it.
Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.
According to an antique shop in Galena, the definition of vintage is anything 20 years old! What do you think of that?
Thanks for looking!
:)Linda
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