...and finished is GOOD!!
Friday, September 21, 2012
{Post 1,060} Northern Comfort Completely Finished
{Post 1,059} Northern Comfort Border Quilting
Here are some shots from the back on my Northern Comfort quilt. I did not practice the swirls, but from the front--seriously, they're nearly invisible. I am giving this to our new pastor and his wife soon. It's been bound and it in the washer right now. More pictures of the whole thing later this afternoon.
~Joan
Thursday, September 20, 2012
{Post 1,058} Northern Comfort Well Under Way
The Northern Comfort quilt is nearly finished. I ordered some channel locks for my HandiQuilter and hope they get here soon. I might wait for them and do a straight line about 1-1/2" apart in the outer border. I'd like to master a twirl design, too. The border fabric is busy, so that would be a good place to practice.
Here is the stencil I stitched in the tan blocks and my Quilt Pounce, which is great for marking the stencils on a quilt already on the machine. The things on the left are the tension clamps. So very handy!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
{Post 1,057} Calendar Quilt
~Joan
Monday, September 17, 2012
{Post 1,056} Green Hexagons
Here is a little runner I whipped up tonight. The "try this new technique" bug bit after I saw the cover quilt on the newest Quilt Sampler. Since I just hand-pieced a hexagon quilt, I was interested to see "how" it was done by machine.
As I perused the magazine, I saw that the template for the hexagon measured 6" across!!!!! I use such small pieces (often finished 1" squares or 1-1/2" HST) that those looked like dinner plates to me! I still wanted to give it a whirl, but didn't want to cut out the hexagons.
Way back when I first started selling on eBay I made an acquaintance with a man who was making plexiglass extension tables for sewing machines to enlarge the machine quilting area. He got a lot of info from me as we emailed back and forth. I suggested that since he had the tools for cutting the lucite/plexiglass stuff that he make some quilting templates. So, to make a long story short if it isn't too late already, he made me a couple sets of hexagons and accompanying triangles for I spy type quilts.
I looked in my I spy stash drawer, and lo, and behold, there they were!! I had a gigantic one and the one I used for the runner, which measures 4" from flat side to flat side.