Commercially quilted fabric panel, edged with a decorative stitch.
(right photo shows edging against back of quilt)
This Pink rosebud baby quilt is made of cotton and hand quilted. The center panel is bordered by white lace and white satin. A flower garden design is quilted on the rosebud panel, with irregular lines quilted on the pink border. The edge is machine stitched with a decorative flower stitch. This is my original design.
Machine washable. Measures 38" x 41"
(already given away!)
Everyone wants a little decoration in the kitchen while washing dishes!
This apron is made of cotton, lined with a heavy interfacing, and edged with lace. It is kept in place with an elastic lace band that slides on and off easily, and is machine washable. Two little bows adorn each side of the "waist." (click photo for larger view)
So cute and decorative! You'd definitely want more than one of these to add spice to the kitchen!
Fits a 28 oz bottle.
This apron is made of cotton, lined with a heavy interfacing, and edged with lace. It is kept in place with an elastic lace band that slides on and off easily, and is machine washable. Two little bows adorn each side of the "waist." (click photo for larger view)
So cute and decorative! You'd definitely want more than one of these to add spice to the kitchen!
Fits a 28 oz bottle.
I made a new pincushion and wanted to get what I thought would be a few needles out of the old pincushion. Boy, was I surprised to find 38 needles hiding in the yarn stuffing!
When beginning stitching on a quilt, you'll want to pull out about 16-18 inches of thread. Any more thread, and you'll be spending more time untangling than you want. Thread the needle and begin by pushing the needle up through the backing fabric, and then slanting the needle just under the surface of the top fabric so the needle comes through at exactly the spot you want to begin quilting. When you pull the thread up through the top fabric, the knot will stop on the backing fabric. Give a tug while rubbing your finger on the knot, and the knot will snap up through the backing fabric into the batting, well hidden.
The idea is to make your stitches close together and even.
Having said that, keep in mind that the nature of quilting allows for some variation of stitch size. And only practice brings uniformity of quilting stitches. So just keep going!
The quilting stitch should be one that you push the needle down through all layers, turn to the side only about 1/16 of an inch and bring the needle up through the top fabric.
Instead of taking a stitch straight down through layers and then (from the backing fabric) straight up through layers, take stitches only from the top....meaning the needle stays on top of the quilt stitching in an almost running-stitch fashion.
Instead of taking a stitch straight down through layers and then (from the backing fabric) straight up through layers, take stitches only from the top....meaning the needle stays on top of the quilt stitching in an almost running-stitch fashion.
The idea is to make your stitches close together and even.
Having said that, keep in mind that the nature of quilting allows for some variation of stitch size. And only practice brings uniformity of quilting stitches. So just keep going!
Click the link below to watch The Quilting Stitch, from start to finish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kewhr2FcN30&t=2s
Questions? Ask them in the YouTube comment section.
Christmas tree wall hanging - 2012
I found this design in an old quilting magazine. A hand-quilted, batting-in-the-middle, wall hanging with sequins, buttons, and beads sewn on as ornaments. I machine appliqued garland in yellow thread, and a bright yellow star on top. I hand stitched the star rays with yellow thread.
The tree was originally supposed to be pieced together with Christmas fabric. But I wanted my tree to be all one pattern piece, so I had to design my own tree pattern, and the green fabric I used actually matches the valance next to it (not shown).
The white background fabric is a large (about 10" x 16") piece of eyelet. I ironed some fusible webbing to machine appliqué the tree, trunk, and skirt to the eyelet background, and then added the red strips to the top and bottom. The star squares in each corner were hand sewn (because I don't like piecing little squares with the machine), and then the side strips and binding were added. The top tabs were almost the hardest to attach because just when I thought I had them all level and even, one would be too short when I put the dowel through them. Then as a final touch, I added little satin ribbon bows across the top binding. As it is, the tabs are just a hair off, but it's done and over with!
Not too bad for a first try at this pattern!
Not too bad for a first try at this pattern!
The dowel its hanging on is painted light brown and I super glued the wide red ribbon to each end, and tied a large bow at the top.
It was fun to make, so this'll be one wall hanging that we'll keep for years!
A cute frilly blanket for a baby girl that's different from the traditional pinks.
This baby quilt measures roughly 49" x 49" with a 3" gathered ruffle around the edges and a brown dotted strip at the edge. Large flowers of blue dots on a brown background at each corner and in the center, with smaller flowers circling the center. The top and backing fabric is of pale blue gingham, with a blanket-type batting in between.
(already given away)
(already given away)
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