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I Know What You're Thinking! lol
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I know you're thinking all I do is sit at my computer and tell everyone what I think about their latest quilting project, but that's really not true! I HAVE been working on my own projects! REALLY, I HAVE! :D For some reason it seems to take a lot of time to get something done around here, but I'm persevering and I WILL finish this SOON! I'm aiming for sometime within the next week, but I couldn't wait after hours of marking and stitching today, so here's a small preview of the progress on what will be a queen size quilt. This is the 10 minute block stitched to form cathedral windows.
No borders yet, and in fact, I decided not to sew the top completely together and kept it in two halves. I sandwiched each half and am quilting each half separately before joining them...next time I'll try each ROW, or maybe even each BLOCK, since there's still a LOT of fabric to haul through the less than 7" throat space on my machine. So far, the quilting I've done looks like a wagon wheel...I'm not unhappy with the look! The yellow cornerstones have FMQ 5-petal flowers in them...:thumbup:...the first FMQ I've done on anything other than scraps, but they don't show up well in the photos. They were fun to do and I found it easier to FMQ small things at first. Thanks for looking... [ATTACH=CONFIG]355815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]355816[/ATTACH] |
Really pretty!!
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Very nice--love the colors!
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Very pretty, love the colors you chose.
Kat |
interesting quilting ideas
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Beautiful!!! :thumbup:
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It's looking real nice - I love that yellow - that sounds like a lot of quilt for a small throat space -keep it up you are doing great....
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It looks very neat! Quilting it in half is a good idea and I think my next quilt I will try that too. How are you connecting your halves? I thought on mine I would sew the 2 top edges together, use the batting tape to connect the batt in the middle and then hand stitch the center seam in the back. I though about just sewing a seam in the batt but didn't want a bump on the back.
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Awesome blues and the yellow really makes this pop, nice quilting to :thumbup:
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Love your comments and your work.
I don't get paid to think, just look and admire. |
Wow,that is gorgeous!
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Very pretty and nice quilting design!
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Originally Posted by Tartan
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It looks very neat! Quilting it in half is a good idea and I think my next quilt I will try that too. How are you connecting your halves? I thought on mine I would sew the 2 top edges together, use the batting tape to connect the batt in the middle and then hand stitch the center seam in the back. I though about just sewing a seam in the batt but didn't want a bump on the back.
I won't quilt the area where the top will get joined along the entire seam area, and my plan so far is to butt the batting edges and use a large, hand stitched zig zag to join the batting. I definitely wouldn't join the batting with a seam because of the added bulk! I'll hand-stitch the backing together and the quilting through that area will hold it firmly together. I've never heard of batting tape, so guess I should investigate it and maybe save myself a lot of extra work! Thanks for posting. |
Love seeing your work!
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Beautiful!!!! Love the idea of quilting ½ the quilt at a time. Thanks for the inspiration:)
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Just wonderful, great job and thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed day Ellen |
Great layout for the 10 minute block! and I love your colors and quilting!
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That yellow looks good enough to eat! I love this quilt! And your quilting is fabulous! Kudos!
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Looks gorgeous! :)
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