Shoe Box Swap

HI

I know it has been a long time since I have posted any quilty things.

so I am back to share some things I have been working on.

But first

I join a group for a 

SHOE BOX SWAP,

the idea is to fill a shoe box with

goodies.  Requirements are 2 fat quarters

for each month of the year and either a hand made

ornament or pincushion.

Each person fills out a questionnaire with 2 colors

and choice of the ornament or pincushion.

My secret shoe box santa is Fran R.  

and she out did herself.

Can you believe she fit ALL of this in a shoe box!

Hand made this darling needle book and ornament for me.

She really does beautiful work

Look at these FQ bundles, oh my goodness

(my colors were pink and green)

Neat pillow pattern.

Some wool, it is soooooooo soft

ribbons, threads, book about quilts, 

a motif, magnetic needle case, silk fabric

(we do CQ, too)

candy, which was a huge hit!

Everything again.

Thank you Fran, I love my box of goodies

Happy New Year to All

Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch - Completed

Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch 

 

The completed quilt.

I waited to post the final product until

after giving the quilt to my daughter.

 

The label

Whole completed quilt

Quilting details

Binding details

Front and Backing

I am pleased with the results, despite the quilting issues.

It now lives in OK, with DD and SIL

Enjoy kiddos

What is next?

Finish BOM (block of the month) 'Ruffled Roses'

Quilts for my friends, Amber and Tyler's, 4 wee ones.

(one of which is started, a cute pink and white)

Beautiful quilt kit that is waiting.

Quilt Judy's bear quilt

Learn thread painting

Whole cloth quilt

Wall quilts for my newly finished stairwell

(which leads to my studio)

So you see, I will keep busy and have more to share with you,

I hope you will come back for a visit 

Please let me know you were here by leaving a comment.

Hugs

&

May God Bless and Keep You.

Ginny's Flanged Binding

Ginny's Flanged Binding

 

I thought I would do a tutorial on

a machine binding technique that I learned

from Ginny Singer while at a quilt show.

She had done her quilts this way

and shared with me how she did it.

I changed it up just a little bit, but it is still

her idea.

I have never been happy with the results of machine

binding until this technique.

 

First I wanted to share a picture of my first attempt

at this way of doing the binding.

This is on my daughters quilt.

Alright, lets cut our binding.  I used 2 1/2 inches, prepare

the length as you normally would.  I did not do bias here, just 

cut across the fabric.

Next cut a 1 inch strip the same length as your binding

piece it together as you desire.

Spray your binding with spray starch to help get a crisp fold.

Press in half length wise both pieces.

Be careful not to stretch the fabric which is easy to do.

Now open the 2 1/2 inch binding up, laying it flat.

Place your accent piece (flap) on top, so that the pressed

fold of the large strip in centered down the middle of the 

flap, stitch that on about 1/8 inch from the raw edge.

It should look like this.....

with a little space between the fold line and the stitching to create 

a small flap, that will help hide the stitch line when you sew it down.

Now, fold your binding in 3rds, like this using the stitched line

of your flap to aline the back side.  You do not need to do the 

whole thing this is to get an idea of how wide you will stitch the binding on.

When you open it back up, place it under your presser foot

lower the needle and this will tell you how far in you stitch line needs

to be. See how mine is on the outside of my 1/4 inch foot?

Use this measurement to sew on the whole binding.  

Trim away any excess binding you may have.

Apply the binding just as you normally would.

Except....sew it to the back, not the front

To connect the two ends,  I do the bypass/overlap method.

trim away excess layers where needed.

Pull the binding to the front of the quilt

 I suggest pinning, like this......

So you can put your zipper foot on and move the flap aside,

sewing up close and letting the flap go back over the stitching.

The seam ripper helps hold the flap out of the way.

The corners are done the same as normal, but you will 

need to stop and cut your thread, then start again on the 

new side. 

Try not to sew past the line of stitching that attaches the binding

or you will sew into the binding on the back

this is the back view, can you see where I over sewed my line?

Here is the binding on my daughters quilt, it was much easier 

to work with then the small sample.  It does take some

tweaking on these corners but the result is worth it.

A close up of the stitching on the front and under the flap.

I hope my explanation is clear, if not let me know if

I can answer any questions.

Give this a try and let me know if you have 

any ideas to make it better.

Thank you Ginny for sharing this with us.

May God Bless and Keep You!

Ruffled Roses BOM - 4

Ruffled Roses BOM  

part 4

Oh yes, I am behind, that is for sure.

I am still working on part 3 or Marches borders

for my Ruffled Roses quilt.

Things got off track back in Feb and here it is

June and I am still working on March, but alas I AM still working on it.

For March we are to add the swagged border.

Wow, alot of work but I am nearly done, and ready to move

onto the next task or Aprils border.

Here is a picture of how how the quilt should look

of course with our own fabrics

Some of the details........

these are the corner blocks, sewing down the applique.

I really love it when a mistake turns out to be a better way

of doing something.  I started sewing the applique down 

backwards, well the stitching that holds it down that is.

Turns out I liked it better so continued to do it wrong

the picture shows it wrong  er now what is right.

All 4 corner blocks, can you see which one is wrong (that used to be right)?

One of the swag borders

And now attached to the quilt.  All of the flowers are being hand

stitched down with a blanket stitch just like the center was done.

The whole quilt top so far.  I am loving it, was a little scared of the

strip, but an really glad I chose to go with it.

That stripped fabric is one of those that I use alot in different projects.

Stay tuned for Aprils work.

I am hooking up to Pink Saturday 

so come on over to How Sweet the Sound  

so many sweet pinks to see.

Thank you Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday for 3 whole years now.

May God Bless and Keep you

please leave me a note, I love to hear from you.

Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch-Quilting

 Working on quilting Samantha's 

Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch

 Finished top

 Mounted to the longarm and ready to go

 

Quilting begins, this quilting pattern is on I love to do

and have not seen anywhere else. 

To see the process of making the top, 

check out my earlier post  HERE

Thank you for stopping by, hope you are having

sunshine at your place, it just won't stop raining here.

Off now to quilt the rest of this quilt.

God Bless

Trying to Catch Up!

Boy oh boy it has been busy since we got back from our trip.

I have been trying to get caught up.....

quilted this hugs quilt

it is in the process of hand stitching down the binding.

 

I did an over all heart and swirl design

except in the field around the hearts

where I put a meander, then

in the hearts some feathers.

I also made 2 baby quilts for my niece

the blue for her son 

and 

the pink,green and yellow for the new baby she is expecting

I also quilted up another hugs quilt,

cut the pieces for my BOM, which I am now a month behind on

worked on Samantha's quilt a little.

Now if I can get well maybe I will get more going, just can not seem to shake this cold.

We also worked on the garden beds

put in 4 more, but have been to sick to work outside much.

Packed up my longarm 

it is going back to the factory for an upgrade,  WAHOO.

We have a long list of things to get done this summer

Busy is good, right?

Thanks for stopping by,

I will post more about the BOM soon

and on Samantha's quilt, too.

God's blessing to you and your family.

For Karen

 Karen's Table Runner

A couple of years ago my SIL saw the

table runner I put together (with help from several CQ friends) for my

daughter Samantha @ Three Men and a Lady

see her table runner here

and wanted one, too.

So I began collecting fabrics and deciding on

a pattern; 

Blossoms & Butterflies by This & That's Sherry Falls

Then everything sat and waited its turn

to come to life.

I liked this patten because of its shape.

 Karen is into blues, so this was fun to do

because blue is not a color I normally work in, 

and I love being stretched, creatively.

The flowers are appliqued,  I like

to do raw edge, putting a buttonhole/blanket stitch on by hand.

I used Sassa Lynne thread for this.

Now I have to tell you that I was in a rush to do this

because I was going to see Karen in a week, so put everything 

else aside and made this up, SOOOO, I forgot 

to take finish pictures.  DUH.

Maybe Karen will take some for me and I can show you the finished piece in its new home.

 The flower also has 4 pink french knots in the center, on the finished piece.

A close up of the center blocks.  I quilted it with

stitch in the ditch, and an outline of the flowers.

Next up.......

2 baby quilts...........

Still working on my Ruffled Roses BOM and 

Samantha's Turquoise and Brown Quilt.

With a Hugs quilt on the Longarm

So stay tuned for more quilt creations.

Ruffled Roses BOM - 3

Ruffled Roses Quilt

February Block

err......... border........... but anyway.

Last month we began with the center block

 A close up of the raw edge applique and hand stitching I did.

Now lets add some borders, to create this;

 The thing about this BOM is that all the pieces are small,

I don't usually work this small, so it 

is quite trying, but I love the results

and if one is not challenged to improve themselves

then what is the point?

 So I began cutting and here is what I had.

 and this

 Sue writes very good instructions.

 So, I sewed the strips together and cut them into tiny units, 1 3/8 inches wide.

 Next is paper piecing the 230 little triangles and 112 strips together.

 Paper piecing helps to keep things more accurate

you put the fabric under the paper and sew on the lines.

 Just on either side of part one there.

 the dotted lines are for cutting the block down to size

which is 2 1/2 inches.

 Chain stitching each one twice.  You use a small stitch so

once done the paper tears away with ease.

 And here is the result

 Now lets sew them together to make an X

 First join two together then put two sets together, be sure to

pin so everything lines up (finished these up today, took awhile).

 To get this........

Ok, sew first we put on a floater (burgundy), 

next the stripped border, then another

floater (also burgundy)

then the X border.

Sew, what do you think?

Pretty cool?

Next months additions

(well this month cause I am late and it is March now, LOL)

Sew until next month.

May God bless you and keep you.

I am linking up to Pink Saturday,

visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for 

lots of wonderful pinks.