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Showing posts with label long arm quilting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label long arm quilting. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2024

Gift Box Quilt

 I just finished a quilt from this book, called Gift Box. Here's the Author LINK

I got these 2 charm packs, called Land of Enchantment from Moda,  on the All Iowa Shop Hop this year, and thought the turquoise Moda Grunge color looked good with it.  Learn about the AISH HERE.

It's a pretty easy pattern and I used my clearly perfect slotted trimmer on the half square triangles-fast and accurate!
A while later I've got most of the top together.

This makes up to something like 77" X 67" or thereabouts.
I loaded it up on Freddie yesterday and worked out a pattern in Quilt Path-I thought I'd let the computer do the work this time. 
Here we go! Freddie is making these daisy-like shapes, I set it to alternate the design on every other row.
TA-DA all done and I think it looks better in the daylight. 

Here's a close up of the quilting design.
And the backing is some wide back I got on the All Iowa Shop Hop too!


You can see the design on the back a little bit better-and the dog hair too!!
I'm still having a little problem getting my rows exactly right on Freddie. And I suspect that I somehow managed to squash the rows too close together on the 2nd row, see the yellow circles? It sewed them as flattened on the one edge-it's a straight line instead of making the entire flower petal. I get better every time or I make a new boo boo! 
Anyway, it came out looking good and the little stitching issues will not make it any less cozy!


Saturday, March 16, 2013

Un Zipping & Un Sewing

I didn't quite get finished with the vintage quilt yesterday. I had made a little boo boo when I pinned on my zipper and that took up some time. Darn It!! Oh well, maybe I'll do it correctly next time.

 I'll have a few things to un-sew and re do anyways, I can sure see where I need practice! I took these pictures after I had un zipped it from the long arm machine.
Doesn't it look wonderful though-in spite of my less than stellar quilting!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Done!





Now I'll give it a quick rinse and get that wonderful krinkle look! Now I gotta get a project to practice some fancier quilting!

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Longarm Quilting

Oh i almost forgot to show you ....I finished the Salt Water Taffy baby quilt on the longarm machine!
I took a lot of time to load it onto the machine. I'm sure I'll be quicker next time.
Now all I have to do is bind it and the 1st one will be done!



Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Wow! February Flew By!!

So I got this snow cleared away on Friday, and now we're getting more. Deep Sigh!!
After i took the long arm class I figured I better finish the only project I have going so I'd have something to practice on.
I couldn't decide what to do when I posted about this quilt back in ...YIKES November 2012!!!...here.
So I went with the light yellow plaid-ish. I just need to get the back pieced and I'll be ready to go long arm practice on Friday...If I'm not buried in the snow!!!
Thank goodness Bob is helping, he's a cat iron.



Saturday, February 2, 2013

Big Stuff

So for Christmas, I got an anonymous gift. Someone at my church, left me a certificate for Common Threads Quilt Shoppe in North Liberty Iowa worth $100. YIKES! Thanks if you are one of my 6 followers!
Anyways, I've been thinking what to do with this Golden Ticket, and decided I'd sign up for the long-arm quilting class that earns you a drivers license to drive the long-arm machines at Common Threads.After you get your license, you can rent the long arm machines and quilt your own projects.
Here's what Peg was working on when I stopped in the shoppe.
. Ohh I'm pretty darn excited, the class is on Feb. 16. I'll have to remember to take pictures!
Lots of new fabric in Peg's shop too...see those cute purses? Hmmm, I still have $25 left...