Lucy the Cat came to assist.
This afternoon I started the quilting. I am using DMC perle cotton in ecru, #8. I started without the hoop but found it very slow and bunchy (as seen in the pic below), so I put the hoop on and have made better progress.
Showing posts with label crosses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crosses. Show all posts
Sunday, August 17, 2014
A Frolic Quilt Update
The sun was shining this morning, so I took the opportunity to photograph the Frolic baby quilt outside.
Lucy the Cat came to assist.
This afternoon I started the quilting. I am using DMC perle cotton in ecru, #8. I started without the hoop but found it very slow and bunchy (as seen in the pic below), so I put the hoop on and have made better progress.
Lucy the Cat came to assist.
This afternoon I started the quilting. I am using DMC perle cotton in ecru, #8. I started without the hoop but found it very slow and bunchy (as seen in the pic below), so I put the hoop on and have made better progress.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Frolic - A Busy Baby Quilt
Time is flying, so I thought I better get started on a quilt for my cousin Kelly's soon to be born baby. I don't know the gender of the baby. I don't want to know. I asked if there were any colours she didn't want. She said no, but that she had been drawn to aqua a lot recently.
I ordered a great bundle of fabric months ago, only for it to be stolen from the doorstep between the courier leaving it and me getting home from work. So I took the opportunity when I was at Fabricworm/Birch Fabrics in the hols, to purchase a new bundle of fabric - Frolic by Rebecca Ginda. It is kind of aqua-ish. Maybe more teal though.
This weekend, I cut it into 8" squares and some strips and then sewed it all back together again.
It was just under a metre wide, so I added a 4" border to it. And because I only had half a metre of that fabric, I had to add in some Frolic to make it go all the way around.
It looks very, very busy in the pics. I think it looks better in real life. I will take a whole quilt photo outside when the weather is brighter than it is today.
I plan on hand-quilting this one with perle thread - not something I have ever done before. I have always used the 'normal' quilting thread with the aim of having minute stitches. I am confident I will meet the start of October due date.
It measures 117cm x 137cm or 46" x 54". I like a size that will go from cot to being dragged around one day to build tents, etc. I hope it will have a longer period of usefulness.
Meanwhile, the final two circles of the Circle Game need to be unpicked and trimmed back because (again) they don't fit perfectly around the centre circles.
I ordered a great bundle of fabric months ago, only for it to be stolen from the doorstep between the courier leaving it and me getting home from work. So I took the opportunity when I was at Fabricworm/Birch Fabrics in the hols, to purchase a new bundle of fabric - Frolic by Rebecca Ginda. It is kind of aqua-ish. Maybe more teal though.
This weekend, I cut it into 8" squares and some strips and then sewed it all back together again.
It was just under a metre wide, so I added a 4" border to it. And because I only had half a metre of that fabric, I had to add in some Frolic to make it go all the way around.
It looks very, very busy in the pics. I think it looks better in real life. I will take a whole quilt photo outside when the weather is brighter than it is today.
I plan on hand-quilting this one with perle thread - not something I have ever done before. I have always used the 'normal' quilting thread with the aim of having minute stitches. I am confident I will meet the start of October due date.
It measures 117cm x 137cm or 46" x 54". I like a size that will go from cot to being dragged around one day to build tents, etc. I hope it will have a longer period of usefulness.
Meanwhile, the final two circles of the Circle Game need to be unpicked and trimmed back because (again) they don't fit perfectly around the centre circles.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
A Fox in the Garden
Not a real one. This is New Zealand - we don't have any wild critters or snakes. Thank goodness. I don't like it when birds accidentally fly inside, not sure what I would do if something wild came inside. I would probably have to move out until it did.
Anyway, the top of the fox quilt is done. It is quite a good size. I was worried about it being a bit useless. I am no longer worried. I just hope Lucas can 'see' the fox!
Given Easter hols are eight days away (is it really the end of Term 1 already - I feel like I have just got started!), I will get this machine straight-line quilted this coming weekend.
Anyway, the top of the fox quilt is done. It is quite a good size. I was worried about it being a bit useless. I am no longer worried. I just hope Lucas can 'see' the fox!
Given Easter hols are eight days away (is it really the end of Term 1 already - I feel like I have just got started!), I will get this machine straight-line quilted this coming weekend.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)