Saturday, September 28, 2019

Quilting, sewing, knitting mixed

This week was filled with a mix of needle work.
I worked on secret sewing for our president's challenge.
The little cathedral diamond below was fun to make.
More photos after the challenge is delivered.


I started the hand quilting on Good Fortune.
There are 60+ blocks to hand quilt.
I finished 12 this week.
Looking for more green and yellow thread because I'm sure I will run out before I finish.


I learned how to knit in a different way that fits my left-hand brain better.
Now I am inspired to knit more.
I can knit continental style and purl Norwegian style.
I bought a package of mixed wool fabrics for future wool applique, too.


Hope you have a great week end!

Friday, September 20, 2019

Small finish & partial finish

Last week I got new sunglasses, so I had to make a sleeve to keep them safe when I'm not wearing them. I used flannel inside and some cute multilingual greetings outside.


I found a pattern of sorts online but just used the basic dimensions and did my own thing.


Quick finish.


Now to the partial finish.
I have been working on machine quilting Good Fortune.
Two sides were a little short on batting and two sides had too much.
I machine basted the outside border to hold the batting in place.

Then I pinned in some pieces to fill in the missing batting and basted it in place.
Below is the basic quilting I did in the ditch around the blocks and borders.


I changed the top thread to a variegated blue to quilt the final border.
I needed to hold the batting in place so I quilted two straight lines an inch apart. The blue tape is helping me keep the stitching at the right place.


The blue thread matches better than the cream in the final border. (My Opinion)


I had just enough of one of the cream fabrics to make all of the binding. To keep it straight while I sewed it on, I wound it around a plastic tumbler. 
The white corner triangle will be my label when I finish.


And here it is with the binding finished. The binding and the next-to-last border is the same fabric.


The label is ready. You can see the quilting here.


I plan to hand quilt the centers of the blocks.
I think the yellow on the red-orange blocks.

My idea is to sew a yellow circle or swirl in the center that will look like the center of a flower.

  
I plan to hand quilt one of these greens on the blue-green blocks.


Again, the plan is to quilt with green thread in the cream spaces and make it more leaf-like.


Monday is quilt meeting but I won't share this yet.
Have a great week end.


Sunday, September 15, 2019

Machine quilting in progress


All I have accomplished this week is get my Good Fortune quilt pin basted. 
I worked on pinning it Tuesday but it had some problems. So I took out the pins and took it 
to church where I could spread it out on three long tables. 
Much better the second time.

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Little dress finished

The photos came up in reverse order, so here is the back of the green and white sailor dress.
This was the last dress I made for the birthday girl.


Here is the dress with the reversible moppet hat.
I liked this pattern except for the tiny sleeves.


These are all the patterns I used with the matching outfits.
The pattern on the left only takes half a yard of two different fabrics!
I put in the zipper of the pink bicycle dress twice. 
In the future I will use buttons for little dresses even if I have to alter the pattern.


And which dress did she want to wear first? The PINK one of course.


She had a fun garden party at the Memphis Botanical Gardens with all her little friends. 

Next up, finishing the Good Fortune quilt and secret sewing.

What's new with you?