Merry and Bright Quilt
08-21-2009, 08:23 PM
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I had another wedding tonight, which this summer meant I had another Christmas quilt to make. (My theme for this summer's wedding gifts is a Christmas quilt.)
Being- ahem!- a "completely abnormal quilter" I was still up hand sewing the binding at 4:00 this morning. No worries- the gal at the lqs assured me this was standard practice. She also laughed because she remembered the last wedding I went to (a few weeks ago)- I was sewing the binding on in the car on the way there. So I was way ahead of the game for this one. LOL! For the next wedding, who knows, maybe I'll have it done THE DAY BEFORE! (I'm crazy like that- you never know what I'll do next...)
Anyway, on to the the stats: I made this the really easy way- I just wrapped strips from a jelly roll of Merry and Bright (by Sandy Gervais for Moda) around squares from a charm pack. For the floating blocks border I used up the remainder of the strips and a thrifted sheet. I was super lucky and got enough of the teal colored snowflake fabric for a back FROM THE 40% OFF ROOM at lqs!!!Woohoo for nice cheap backs! The binding was Holly Jolly which matches the Merry and Bright.
This is the second quilt I have quilted on my new Bernina 430. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it. So glad I went with that one. I did my normal quilting (double stitch the ditch about a quarter of an inch away) for the center and then all the way around the outside I did a wavy stitch that was built into the machine (#4).
I also used the basting spray stuff since I was in a time crunch and it was great! I would use it again, but it was expensive so maybe I will try out some other kind of water soluble spray glue on a cheap quilt and see how that goes.
Being- ahem!- a "completely abnormal quilter" I was still up hand sewing the binding at 4:00 this morning. No worries- the gal at the lqs assured me this was standard practice. She also laughed because she remembered the last wedding I went to (a few weeks ago)- I was sewing the binding on in the car on the way there. So I was way ahead of the game for this one. LOL! For the next wedding, who knows, maybe I'll have it done THE DAY BEFORE! (I'm crazy like that- you never know what I'll do next...)
Anyway, on to the the stats: I made this the really easy way- I just wrapped strips from a jelly roll of Merry and Bright (by Sandy Gervais for Moda) around squares from a charm pack. For the floating blocks border I used up the remainder of the strips and a thrifted sheet. I was super lucky and got enough of the teal colored snowflake fabric for a back FROM THE 40% OFF ROOM at lqs!!!Woohoo for nice cheap backs! The binding was Holly Jolly which matches the Merry and Bright.
This is the second quilt I have quilted on my new Bernina 430. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it. So glad I went with that one. I did my normal quilting (double stitch the ditch about a quarter of an inch away) for the center and then all the way around the outside I did a wavy stitch that was built into the machine (#4).
I also used the basting spray stuff since I was in a time crunch and it was great! I would use it again, but it was expensive so maybe I will try out some other kind of water soluble spray glue on a cheap quilt and see how that goes.
08-21-2009, 08:30 PM
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This gift had a theme, which was a Tradition in a Box. I put some other gifts in there- a photo album, some bowls with snacks and a Dr. Seuss "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" movie- the cartoon one. Then I wrote a little poem and attached it to each item. The idea was that we were giving them a Tradition to do every year- watch the movie, eating popcorn and snuggling under the quilt, and then they are supposed to take a picture in front of the tree to put in the book and write a little something next to it about their previous year.
ETA- I thought the Merry and Bright fabric was kind of "Dr. Seuss-y".
ETA- I thought the Merry and Bright fabric was kind of "Dr. Seuss-y".
08-21-2009, 08:33 PM
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I love it :lol: Great job ! When you did the wavy stitch , did you use your walking foot or just a regular foot ?
As for finishing at 4 am... I totally understand.. its a quilter thing :wink: LOL
Sharon
As for finishing at 4 am... I totally understand.. its a quilter thing :wink: LOL
Sharon
08-21-2009, 08:36 PM
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I used the walking foot. The Bernina walking foot allows you do do that. I think there is a Viking one that you can buy like that, too, but it's different from the standard one that comes with some of the machines. (I test drove a bunch before I chose the Bernie.)
And thanks everyone!:0) I wanted to keep this one!!
And thanks everyone!:0) I wanted to keep this one!!
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