Virtual Quilting Weekend--Nov 26-29, 2020
11-26-2020, 08:05 AM
#21
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: British Columbia
Posts: 8,068
I started Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Trips at my Virtual quilt retreat Nov 6th, so hope to add a plain border, and then cut and add a pieced border to that today. It's another rainy Thursday here, and happy to have leftovers in the fridge for our meal.... Happy Thanksgiving to all the American Quilters, enjoy your special day!
11-26-2020, 08:31 AM
#22
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,752
Thanks for hosting, Raggiemom!
I'm in. We are doing a zoom chat with friends this afternoon, but otherwise it's just the two of us this year. I'm still working on the Big Butterfly. I have nearly ripped out all the quilting I did on the borders- I apparently had not checked my tension when I started it and the back needed help, so... anyway. I will finish getting the stitching ripped out today. Then I want to decide what to do about the front borders. Unfortunately it was one of my paint/dyed fabrics where I got a little heavy handed with the paint which means that all the stitching holes show on the front and they're not going to close up so I have several choices, either 1. try and get every new stitch into the exact same place as the old (
); 2. hope that with enough quilting the holes won't show up (
); 3. change the fabric out (
); 4. layer fabric over and quilt (
); or 5.re-quilt by couching some decorative threads down to hide the holes ( 
). Not going to do 1st or 2nd option, but options 3, 4 and 5 offer a chance to play some more with design. It'll be fun.....
Rob
I'm in. We are doing a zoom chat with friends this afternoon, but otherwise it's just the two of us this year. I'm still working on the Big Butterfly. I have nearly ripped out all the quilting I did on the borders- I apparently had not checked my tension when I started it and the back needed help, so... anyway. I will finish getting the stitching ripped out today. Then I want to decide what to do about the front borders. Unfortunately it was one of my paint/dyed fabrics where I got a little heavy handed with the paint which means that all the stitching holes show on the front and they're not going to close up so I have several choices, either 1. try and get every new stitch into the exact same place as the old (
); 2. hope that with enough quilting the holes won't show up (); 3. change the fabric out (); 4. layer fabric over and quilt (); or 5.re-quilt by couching some decorative threads down to hide the holes ( ). Not going to do 1st or 2nd option, but options 3, 4 and 5 offer a chance to play some more with design. It'll be fun.....Rob
Last edited by rryder; 11-26-2020 at 08:34 AM.
11-26-2020, 08:49 AM
#24
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Central FL
Posts: 1,478
I want to clean up my sewing room. I finished sewing my Christmas gifts and I need to put everything away and then I want to start a quilt for a great grandson due in December. Thanks for hosting this weekend.
11-26-2020, 08:54 AM
#25
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Waterford Michigan
Posts: 7,241
Well it is that time again. I won't get anything started until Friday and then maybe I will be able to complete a project I have a new package of batting and a fresh from the repair shop machine to work on and do some quilting. Today I am making the smallest turkey I have ever made. 9.2lbs! Last years was 24lbs. But this year it is just DH and I. Not only because we are not going anywhere but because we have been directly exposed to the virus. Our communion minister and very dear friend called yesterday to tell us both he and his wife are infected. He was only here on Sat and Sunday last weekend. He is one of the only people we have had in our home in months. He told us he was being as safe as possible and has even been working from home since all this started. Just shows anyone at anytime can be at risk. So sewing I will do and stay posted on my progress for the weekend. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and now out to the kitchen.
11-26-2020, 09:17 AM
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,867
I won't have much time to sew this weekend, but I would like to square up the blocks for a baby quilt and get another pin basted. My leaders and enders at this time are another quilt - a wedding one. I have to be careful with color placement on that one. Thank goodness for a seam ripper and short seams.
I have a small turkey to cook and my cranberry bread is done. The only good thing about being alone is that I can have what I want.
I have a small turkey to cook and my cranberry bread is done. The only good thing about being alone is that I can have what I want.
11-26-2020, 09:57 AM
#27
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Mendocino Coast, CA
Posts: 4,875
OK...I'm doing this! I got side tracked last month, so I really have a lot to catch up on. Today, I'm finishing my holiday face masks. They're cute and cheerful and I hope that my family will wear them when they go out and about. Tomorrow, I'm back to quilting my DH's quilt in a wood grain pattern. I've got about 25% of it done so far. I hope that I can finish the quilting and maybe even the binding this weekend. I have other projects waiting in the wings.
11-26-2020, 10:26 AM
#29
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 177
Count me in! I finished quilted Christmas stockings yesterday and then started on a new tree skirt with a holiday themed jelly roll. I'll finish that up today. Maybe. I also have a Bionic Gear Bag cut out and waiting to sew together. It will be the third one I've made. I want to use this one for knitting notions.
11-26-2020, 10:31 AM
#30
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,828
Originally Posted by Cheshirepat
Excellent! I'm actually happy I don't have to attend the usually very large family dinner this year, I'm just not terribly at ease in large gatherings. Happy to stitch and chat. I just finished a cover for my vsm, so now it's back to quilting! I dug out the squares I made from a few jelly rolls I had on hand, some batik, some shot cottons. It was the "tube" method of creating diagonal stripes, which I found fun. Now, it's all about playing with color and movement!
