Red White & Blue
Not the right season but I finished the binding on this quilt last week so wanted to share it. We have Christmas in July so why not Independence Day in November? It’s called Glory Days and is a Nancy Rink Designs kit. I purchased it at The Quilt Box in Dry Ridge, KY on one of our many trips to GA last year. (July 2014 to be more exact). The Quilt Box is a great place to take a break and not too far off the highway. My thought was to have a hand applique project for travel. Not having done much hand applique, I didn’t have the commons sense to start small. I have learned! The borders traveled with me on several trips and this beauty is finally finished.
Glory Days is about 88 X 88. I freehand machine quilted it on my long arm, used Hobbs washable wool batting and Superior SoFine #50 weight thread. The quilt is square, but the only place to hang it for a photo (raining today) was in the stairwell so the camera is looking down.
You can see I have several helpers for quilt photography!
As I was walking downstairs, I realized the quilting really showed up from that angle so here’s some detail pictures.
I had lots of scraps left over so I whipped up two pillow shams to coordinate with the quilt. One is hand applique and the other is machine stitched but not raw edge. Needed to wrap this project up!!
This and That
A few weeks ago, I was cutting some scraps up and decided I needed curtains. This is the result from some scraps. I just kept sewing until the fabric was as used up as possible! I used every bit of the center patterned print and only had 3 left over blocks. There are also tiebacks too.
Yesterday Bill and I walked in the woods and painted some projects outside. The woods were so pretty and we got a great workout with a few zillion stairs. Today, it was sunny and 74! November in Michigan doesn’t get much better! Wish it would stay for a couple more months but I’ll get more done in the sewing room if it doesn’t!
A Vintage Beauty Quilted
Here’s a sweet little linen piece that I quilted yesterday. I love seeing how some quilting really changes these up. And I’m pretty sure it won’t need ironing in the future! The only thing I wished I had done was add double batting. Next time!
Before
This was my first try at using curved crosshatching. I like how it turned out. It’s also the first time I used that fill close line fill. It took some time but I think it was worth it. At this point it could be framed for a wall or used on a side table.
After
August Fun
I will be playing catch up a little bit as I get my site up and running. I am learning WordPress as I go! Here’s a quilt I worked on in August. I admit I did some ‘over quilting’ on it. This sweet little top was one that my sister pieced and permitted me to play on. And play I did!
The back is where the quilting really shows up.
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