Quilting For Others

02 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I did some machine quilt for others this week.


This is a wallhanging that my Mother made - the pattern is from an older Quilt Mania magazine, but she used her GO! for the smaller appliqué pieces (the Rose of Sharon, and Bird dies).


I quilted swirls and swooshes in the background, I also did



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: free motion quilting, machine quilting

Blocks of the Month

27 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I finished all my blocks of the month today (nothing like waiting until the end of the month!).


These ones are for my online quilt group - we are working on a quilt called Pieces of Time by Lori Smith.


Here are all my blocks so far.



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: Art Quilt of the Month, nature, Ostrich BOM, Pieces of Time BOM

Log Cabin Quilt and Spinning

26 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I finished the log cabin quilt!


I have always wanted to make a log cabin quilt and was so pleased to finally have a large enough variety of coordinating fabrics to make one.
The blocks are 7" square, with a 13 by 13 layout (there are 2197 pieces in this quilt!). The "logs" are 1" wide (cut 1+1/2"). The design is an Off Set Barn Raising. It is 91" square. I used silk batting because I wanted it



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: 2013 Finish, Knitting, log cabin, spinning

Week In Review

19 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
The week flew by!


I made a wall hanging from a fat quarter of fabric that I hand dyed (I hated to cut it up, and so used the whole piece). The fabric reminded me of being in the woods on a summer day, and looking up at the sun shining through the leaves. This piece was tray dyed - I packed a piece of dry fabric in a small plastic container and added a different colour dye to each side of the



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: Knitting, nature, spinning, wall hanging

Wrap Around Cowl

12 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I made a wrap around cowl, it is the first wearable piece I have made with my hand spun yarn!


I had 32g/1 oz of BFL from Sweet Georgia Yarns (it is from their Spinning Colour Six-Pack), the colour is Summer Dusk, and I used 83g/3 oz of natural merino (from a good friend).



I spun the



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: Knitting, spinning

More Feathers

11 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I am still quilting feathers! Can't seem to get enough!


I wanted to see how this style of feathers and background fill would look on a bigger scale (for the bed sized whole cloth quilt I am planning).


Normally I use a 1/2" size grid for the background, but I used a 1" grid for this one.



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: 2013 Finish, free motion quilting, machine quilting

Brioche Knitting

10 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
This weekend all the Craftsy classes were on sale for spring, and of course I bought a few.

I had never heard of brioche knitting, but the class 'Explorations in Brioche Knitting' looked intriguing. Here are my samples -


This is the first sample made with one colour. It makes a nice lofty knit fabric.



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: Knitting

The Evolution of My Quilting Samples

04 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I wrote a tutorial on developing your own style for free motion quilted feathers for the SewCalGal 2013 Free Motion Quilting Challenge, and thought I would share the evolution of my quilting samples here. Click on the names of the pieces for more details about each piece.


For this Vase and Feathers piece I quilted feathers with rounded ends, but tried a different (for me) shaped tip - 



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: FMQ Feathers, free motion quilting, Free Motion Quilting Challenge

End of March Roundup

01 Apr 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Last week I quilted this tumbler lap quilt -


It started as a fat quarter pack and was cut using the GO!. I quilted an all over meander (it seems to be a much maligned quilting pattern, but sometimes it is the perfect design). I had pieced the quilt top last summer, and it is nice to have it finished.

This is my Art Quilt of the Month for March -



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: Art Quilt of the Month, spinning, Tumbler quilt

Finally Finished

19 Mar 2013 | Other RSS posts by
This piece of Hardanger embroidery was on the go for about 7 years, and I am so pleased to say that it is finished!



It was put away for long periods of time, but this time I was determined to get it finished.




It is 18" x 29", on 22 count Hardanger fabric.



(Read more) of this post on Joanne's Blog...
Category: Hardanger, Knitting, nature, spinning
« Previous Entries