Quilting adventures this week:
Finished a small doll quilt by hand quilting it, and adding the binding. It measures 9" by 12". I added very small hanging corners on the back. Here's the pictures of the front and back:
I may add another line of quilting in the middle of the outside border. Always a critic of my own work, aren't we all?
Took three quilts to the long-arm quilter on Thursday. That feels so good to get quilts on their way to being finished.
Made a laundry bag for when I travel. In April, I'm going to Shipshewana for a retreat with some wonderful ladies, most of whom have finished a Jane Stickle replica quilt. I don't know if you know this, but when a Jane Stickle quilt is finished, this group deems you a "Goddess". Our table at this retreat usually gives us a "challenge" to make something for the next retreat. Last fall, the challenge was to make a bag - Jane Stickle related if possible. I am not very good at making handbags, and am afraid of zippers and buttonholes, so it took some thinking on my part. I decided to make a "royal" laundry bag. After a search of Google, I found a crown, and made my laundry bag. It is about the size of a pillowcase, and I traced the crown from the free internet copy, using a lightbox and permanent markers.
Close-up of the "royal crown"
Worked on two more blocks for the 365 Challenge quilt. The dark square will finish at 3 inches and the lighter square will finish at 6 inches:
Started another row of the Valentine Quilt:
What is on your design wall this Monday morning? It's snowing here, and as always, is a fine day to quilt. I'm linking with Design Wall Mondays to see what other quilters are doing. (Here)
Finished a small doll quilt by hand quilting it, and adding the binding. It measures 9" by 12". I added very small hanging corners on the back. Here's the pictures of the front and back:
Took three quilts to the long-arm quilter on Thursday. That feels so good to get quilts on their way to being finished.
Made a laundry bag for when I travel. In April, I'm going to Shipshewana for a retreat with some wonderful ladies, most of whom have finished a Jane Stickle replica quilt. I don't know if you know this, but when a Jane Stickle quilt is finished, this group deems you a "Goddess". Our table at this retreat usually gives us a "challenge" to make something for the next retreat. Last fall, the challenge was to make a bag - Jane Stickle related if possible. I am not very good at making handbags, and am afraid of zippers and buttonholes, so it took some thinking on my part. I decided to make a "royal" laundry bag. After a search of Google, I found a crown, and made my laundry bag. It is about the size of a pillowcase, and I traced the crown from the free internet copy, using a lightbox and permanent markers.
Close-up of the "royal crown"
Worked on two more blocks for the 365 Challenge quilt. The dark square will finish at 3 inches and the lighter square will finish at 6 inches:
Started another row of the Valentine Quilt:
What is on your design wall this Monday morning? It's snowing here, and as always, is a fine day to quilt. I'm linking with Design Wall Mondays to see what other quilters are doing. (Here)
