Showing posts with label sew my stash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sew my stash. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Pieces of Love: Quilting (again)

For my second try at quilting this quilt, I decided to use Echoed Curves from Longarm League. 
I admit I'm a sucker for an edge-to-edge that filles the space and doesn't hint at where one row starts and the next starts. Echoed Curves is one of those. 
It quilted out beautifully and I think it added great texture to the quilt.
Here it is, trimmed and ready for binding. 
I grabbed this fabric from my collection for binding. Binding is cut, sewn, and pressed. I just need to get it attached. My new favorite ruler for cutting binding is the Stripology XL. It makes cutting binding super fast and accurate. I don't think I'll ever cut binding with another ruler. 

Pattern: Pieces of Love

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Friday, June 28, 2024

Charming: Tapestry

I have an embarrassingly large stack of quilts waiting for binding. I quilted this charm quilt in March and I attached the binding.
I added my simple label to this one. 
Here it is. Finished! I should pull out another stack of charm squares. 


Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Pieces of Love: (Un-)Quilting

I picked this beautiful color thread to quilt my Pieces of Love quilt.
I loaded it up and ready to quilt.
I quilted two rows of this delightful all-over feather. And hated every stitch. It was too dense. It didn't come close to what I imagined this would look like stitched out on this quilt. 
Then, over the course of the week, I spent over four hours ripping out those two rows of quilting. It was back breaking, exhausting, and sad. 
It made quite a mess. And I ripped more than a couple holes in the backing fabric. Thank goodness I bought the wide backing. 
After all that ripping, I spent more time cleaning up the threads and pressing the quilt top, with starch, to get it smoothed out enough to quilt again. My Pieces of Love quilt will get quilted. Just not with these fancy feathers.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Charming: Pheasant Hill

It's been a while since I posed an update on my Pheasant Hill charm quilt. I had more than a little yardage of a large floral print on a brown background that I decided would be a perfect backing for this quilt. I measured, cut, and pieced the backing. Then it was time to load it onto the frame and pick a quilting design.
Quilted and trimmed.
Now I just need to attach and finish the binding. 

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Pieces of Love

As I was working through the adult joy that is filing my tax return, I told myself I was going to buy myself something when I finished. That something was a copy of the quilt pattern Pieces of Love by Whole Circle Studio. Did I need another quilt pattern? Absolutely not. That didn't stop me. I bought and downloaded the pattern and starting thinking about the fabrics I wanted to use. 
A friend gifted me this bundle of Kona cotton solids. This is the Kona Cotton Fat Quarter Bundles 12 Pieces Peacock (affiliate link). I paired it with this blue-on-white print I had in my collection. I think I bought it as backing for a small quilt and decided to use a different fabric for that project. I added a couple purple-on-purple prints to the mix. This turned out to be the perfect sew my stash project.
The cutting instructions are great. I cut all the pieces, ordered them and started sewing.
The heart is pieced by making several smaller units first.
Then you piece the smaller units together until you have big units. 
It took some time but then it all came together. I think it came together rather quickly. 
I squared up the center and then added some borders. The quilt didn't need borders. I wanted to use up the rest of that background fabric. The top is now folded up and ready for the trip to the fabric store to pick out backing fabric. I already have a quilting design in mind and I'm excited for the next step.


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Friday, May 3, 2024

30's Playtime

I finally trimmed my 30's Playtime quilt. Now I just need to bind it. Quilted with Rich Girl from Longarm League.

My favorite tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?
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Friday, April 26, 2024

Making Do

Have you ever needed backing for a quilt and not had the exact single cut of fabric? Let's talk about it.
I needed a quilt backing that measured at least 57" long. I didn't have that, but I did have a cut that was over a yard, and a half yard of another fabric. Perfect!
First, I straightened the edges by ripping the fabric. This makes sure I won't have an issues with the piecing. Then, rip again along the length of fabric. This effectively makes that half yard of fabric into two fat quarters.

Keeping the selvage edges matched up (around here the selvage doesn't get trimmed until the quilting is done) sew the shorter fabric to one end of the longer piece, and to the other end of the other long piece. This will keep the directional fabric in the same orientation. Use a wide 5/8" seam allowance and press open all seams to reduce bulk. 
Then, seam the two long pieces together down the middle. Now, I have a backing that is long enough for my quilt but don't have a single, long seam that goes from side to side of the quilt. I think this gives the backing a little more interest, too. 

My favorite tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Charming Maison de Garance

While writing this post I realized I didn't share the name of this fabric line. This is Maison de Garance by French General for Moda.
According to that label, this fabric has been in my collection since 2010. 
In May 2023, I cut the charms into 2.5" strips and used them as leaders & enders. If you're curious about this technique for making a quilt on the side (like a quilter's side hustle) while working on other projects, I highly recommend Quiltville. In the free patterns section you will find almost a dozen different leader & ender projects. Bonnie hosts a leader & ender quilt along every year and you can find many of them in the free patterns section. 
I thought this one had a somewhat traditional feel, so I quilted it with a great fan edge-to-edge. 
As a utility quilt (meaning a quilt that is meant to be used) I stitched on one of my woven labels and put the state and year below it.
I didn't plan the layout for this quilt. I just stitched strips together and then stitched the squares together until I had enough for each row. The result is a somewhat chaotic top that is contained by the borders. I really like how this one came out. I'm also pleased to have finished a quilt that has been almost a year in the making.

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?

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Friday, April 12, 2024

30's Playtime

A friend helped me pick out the backing for this 30's Playtime quilt.
It's scrappy and wonderful. 

My favorite tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?
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Friday, March 29, 2024

Charming: Tapestry

I loaded up the Charming Tapestry quilt and quilted it with this great edge-to-edge design called Brenda's Tulips.
Now it just needs binding.

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?
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Friday, March 22, 2024

Charming: Pheasant Hill

This is my second post about one of my charm pack quilts. Check out the first post from last week to see the cutting tools.
When I say I didn't plan this layout you will just have to believe me. I just grabbed contrasting colors and stitched them into pairs. Then stitched the pairs into sets of four, and so one until I had a row of 16 tumblers. Then I added one more to the end for a total of 17 per row.
I tried to get them to line up so there weren't too many of the same fabrics touching. Sometimes I was more successful than others. 
Once I had the center pieced, I trimmed up the uneven edges and started adding the borders.
A narrow border followed by a wider border is a tried and true method. These are not my colors but I like it anyway. I need some backing to get it finished up. Overall, this quilt was a quick way to use up some fabric that's been hanging around too long.  

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Friday, March 15, 2024

30's Playtime

There was a time when I would pick up 30's reproduction prints. At some point, a quilting friend gave me some she had. So far, I've made at least three quilts using this fabric. Let this be a lesson about over-buying fabrics.  
I cut the charm packs into half-square triangle units using the Accuquilt Go. You have to be careful when cutting 5" charms because there isn't much room for mistakes. 
I made a bunch of 4-patch in 4-patch blocks.
In the end, I had enough blocks to make a fun, scrappy quilt. Now it just needs quilting. 

My favorite tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.
Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 
8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Charming: Pheasant Hill

Continuing my series of quilts made with charm packs, I bring you Pheasant Hill. I have six charm backs and two one-yard cuts of coordinating fabric. This time we're going with tumblers cut using the Missouri Star template. 
I also used my rotating 14" by 14" cutting mat. This is great if you don't want to have to reposition the template when cutting. You just rotate the mat. Easy! You can also get a smaller 8" by 8" cutting mat.
This tumbler lets you quickly cut your charm packs into the right shape.
Neatly cut and stacked!
I put them into a project box and set it beside my machine. Now, if I have a couple minutes I can just grab a couple tumblers and start sewing. 

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