Saturday, August 30, 2014

A New Beginning

And so it begins again......





This obsession to cut up small pieces of fabric and sew them back together.....

This is a small project, a pillow, but I definitely want to make this as a quilt.

More to follow......

Happy Freakin Saturday!



Monday, August 25, 2014

First day of school finish!

Today was the first day back to school for my kids.  They were not nearly as excited as I was.....go figure.  I finally have the binding on my Italian tiles quilt and it has been washed.  I am very happy with it.  It was a lot of fun to make and I used some OLD fabrics that I hadn't seen in a long time.



 This is one of those quilts that just make me happy!  I really enjoyed every single step of the process on this quilt.  (I have made one or two quilts that I can't say that about.)  I particularly enjoyed quilting feathers but what is not to like about quilting feathers?



 And of course I love a pieced back!  Another thing that makes me happy!  Yipee!   ;)




Happy Monday!

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Texture

Just as important to a quilt as design, color and pattern is texture.  It can make your quilt sing opera!



And quilting little projects will give you the opportunity to really hone your free-motion skills.






Happy Tuesday!


Saturday, August 9, 2014

Feathers



 I finally found a big chunk of time yesterday and I spent it making feathers.  An absolutely excellent way to spend a Friday.  I highly recommend it!



 It seemed like the stitch in the ditch took forever on this quilt and the free-motion zipped right along.  It sure does look good.



Here is a shot of the back......you can really see the quilting from this angle.  Now it needs a binding and into the washer.......

Happy sewing!