I’ve finally found time to baste my quilt sandwich, so last night I began the quilting by doing the stitching in the ditch to stabilize things. Does anyone really like stitching in the ditch? The process, I mean. I like the effect, of course; but I really dislike actually doing […]
Free motion quilting
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I’ve finished the nap quilt for our granddaughter to take to preschool next fall. 🙂 You may wonder why I hurried to finish it when there is still lots of time before she’ll need it. It’s because — like many quilters — I have several projects in the works and […]
About a week ago, I posted that I had begun the quilting on a nap quilt for our youngest grandchild, as she will be going to preschool in the fall. Today I finished the quilting and will now be able to bind the quilt, ready for our granddaughter’s birthday. 🙂 […]
… the quilting on a new quilt is always fun! 🙂 This one is simply a panel with added borders — very basic, as it will see very hard use as a nap quilt when our youngest grandchild (our only granddaughter) goes to preschool next fall. I’m going to outline […]
I’m in Phoenix right now, staying with a good friend and taking a couple of classes at a retreat called Quilting in the Desert. This is my third year doing that, and it’s such fun! It’s put on by the same people who organize Quilt Camp in the Pines each […]
Yesterday I finished binding and washing the table runner I’ve been working on sporadically. Here’s a photo of the whole thing, though it’s hard to see the quilting in this shot. In case you didn’t see the in-progress photos, this is the result of a “play day” with paint sticks […]