It’s Completed – Lotta Love

27 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I finished my Lotta Love wall hanging on Wednesday!  I actually free motion quilted the wall hanging instead of stitching in the ditch, which was a first for me.  I credit SewCal Gal's Free Motion Quilting challenge for pushing me to use my practiced skills.

I was thinking about adding rhinestones to the hearts in each flower but I have decided against it for now.  Here is the finished product.
Quilting



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Category: AccuQuilt Go, Electric Quilt

Quilt Sandwich Issues

24 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
Maybe I was in a hurry and I didn't pay attention enough.  Maybe the top shifted while pinning it.  Or maybe, I didn't pin it on a large enough surface and let the wall hanging drape over the edges.  Whatever the reason, I ran into two major issues when preparing the Lotta Love quilt sandwich.  Because I did not want to take out all the pins and start from the beginning again, I'll share how I fixed not having enough batting and having a too short quilt backing on my quilt sandwich.

Once I was 95% complete in pinning



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Adding Applique Hearts to Lotta Love

23 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I decided on adding AccuQuilt Go hearts to the Lotta Love wall hanging.  Once I had the layout determined, I decided I wanted to add embroidery to the die cuts as well.  However, adding embroidered applique to an already completed quilt sometimes adds risk to getting them placed "just right".  So, I decided to create the appliques and then iron them on using steam a seam2.  Once ironed on, I'd stitch down for security.  I tested out my theory on a few practice hears and scrap fabric.

I digitized my hearts to add a decorative stitch all over the



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Adding More Love

19 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I decided to use one more AccuQuilt Go die on my Valentines Day Wall Hanging.  How could I have one without using the hearts die?  So, I am auditioning several layouts.  I think I have it narrowed down to two options.  I'm leaning more towards Option B.  I'll think on it a day or two before I iron them down.

Option A



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Lotta Love Template and Instructions

17 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
Pin ItThe options are endless on this wall hanging.  The wall hanging center finishes at 24 x 24" and the borders add another 2" for a total wall hanging sized around 26" x 26"  The color changes can make it versatile enough for Christmas, Valentines, Weddings, Nurseries, etc.. All that is needed is your creativity.  I've provided links to various sites that publish "Storm at Sea" pattern instructions since this is what this quilt is.  The only difference is the color placement I did.  I'm sure there is someone out there that has done the



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Lotta Love

16 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I finished the "Lotta Love" or "Endless Love" wall hanging this morning.  Put the last of 3 borders on.  It's a little larger than I wanted but I am very happy with how it turned out.  I like how the inner white border makes the chevrons look like they are floating.  Now, I need to work on quilting it and placing the instructions online for the color placement.  I hope you like it, let me know what you think.



Thanks for



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Hearts Completed

15 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I was able to complete a lot of sewing yesterday.  So much so that I finished the double hearts wall hanging center I was working on.  Only thing left is to add the borders and quilt and it will be ready to hang.  I'm happy with how it turned out and loved how the accuquilt pieces went together so easily! I usually don't name my quilts but this one I'm thinking about calling "Endless Love".  Now off to iron, square it up and add some borders.



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Hearts Emerging

14 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I was able to get some piecing completed yesterday.  So far, so good.  I'm hoping I can complete all the piecing by the end of the weekend to share the results and color placement pattern with you.  Here's what I have so far.  Of course, I have not ironed the sewn pieces yet.  I'm lazy with ironing.  I usually wait until the end to iron the results. Surprisingly, the little bit completed below is made up of 90 pieces so far.


Thanks



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Pieces are Cut

13 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
I spent the day yesterday cutting out the pieces to my wall hanging.  I decided to keep using the batik fabric originally selected.  I think the second wash really cleaned out the dye.  There are a lot of pieces to this wall hanging.  I'm sure it can be made with larger pieces but I figured I would use my gifted go dies.  I probably won't begin any sewing today since DH is off work.  I'll begin sewing the blocks together on Saturday.

I used my Baby Go to cut out the pieces.  I'm not so sure I like this



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New Pattern Inspiration and Pre-Washing Dark Fabrics

12 Jan 2012 | Other RSS posts by
Inspiration hits me at weird times.  An idea popped into my head yesterday for an upcoming Valentines Day wall hanging.  I have seen similar projects in the past but none exactly placed like I wanted to do so I set out to use my electric quilt to design the wall hanging.  I hope to have the prototype completed by the end of the week to share with you.  I will be using several AccuQuilt Go templates I received as Christmas presents as well.  Here's a hint at what I'm working with.



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