Shame on me. I’m falling behind on keeping up here. I can only show what’s on Viqtoria. (Millie has Sharon’s mystery lock in quilt for this year, so no peeking on it.)
Here’s what I took off earlier. It’s for a 13 year old.
It has like a minky on the back. Soft!!
That’s what I’m working on. What about you? Anything fun?
Have a good day!
Theresa
My friend Barb was one of my students last week. I stopped by her house today so she could show me what she did after class.
When she got home after class, she had 2 small wall hangings that were ready to be quilted, so she decided to quilt feathers on them.
This one has a continuous feather going through the background, crossing the quilt diagonally.
On this one she freehanded the feathered wreath, filling the square, and then running a continuous feather across the quilt through the triangle blocks.
I think she did a great job!!
Now back to work for me.
Have a great day!
Theresa
Today was the first day for my feather class. I’ve had numerous quilters ask me about teaching a feather class, so I figured I could try. We had a 4 hour hands on class. I think everyone was pleased with all the knowledge they got from class. I was a bit nervous that I wouldn’t have enough for them to do for 4 hours, but wow the time flew by fast. They all seemed pleased with all the knowledge they learned. I think I’ll have to schedule more classes. 🙂
My first students.
Now I need to get back to my quilting.
Have a great day!
Theresa
Here’s what I did today. If you’ve read some of my previous posts, you know that I absolutely LOVE quilting feathers.
So today I quilted feathers! 🙂
You may not think it’s all that cool, but I do…… I wasn’t sure how it was going to come out when I started quilting it. I think it took about an hour or so to quilt the whole thing. I did McTavishing behind the feathered hearts. Once again, I didn’t know how it would come out. I knew I didn’t want to rip any of the stitches out once I did them. I freehanded all of it. So I got what I got. As for the size of it…………….
Here it is……….
That’s it for now! Have a great day!
Theresa
I can’t believe it’s already Wednesday. Time goes fast!! Anyway, here’s what I’m working on today.
Viqtoria is working away on this one.
I like using this circular design on quilts with lots of squares.
Meanwhile, over on Millie, I have a cute quilt with lots of appliqué.
Quilts like this always take me foreevvveeerrr, because I debate on what to do with each section. Ugh!
Ok, that’s it, back to work here…….
Have a good one!
Theresa
Tonight is my guild meeting and we are giving away this Maxine quilt. I sure hope I win!!
I will also be showing my first finished UFO for the year. Yea!!! Each month we will have a prize for one person that shows a finished UFO. I wonder if I could be lucky enough to win both the quilt and the UFO prize???? Not with my luck!! But it’s always fun to dream!!
Theresa
Since I am going to try to post more often. I thought I would share what’s on the machine on Wednesdays. This is what’s on Viqtoria, I shrunk the pantograph down to 5″ and I put it between the rows. I took part of the pantograph and am placing it between the blocks. It’s a sunflower pantograph and we thought since this is a Kansas quilt that would be great on it. After I finish that I will put it over on Millie to do the blocks.
I am still working on this one.It’s been on and off Millie numerous times so while I have a little time I am working more on it.
Theresa
What a great way to start the year. Church this morning and then sewing and quilting the rest of the day! I call that a great day!! I worked on the new quilt that I’m making. I have some of the HST’s sewn, the rest of them are marked. I made one of the small blocks that are made of triangle rectangles. That doesn’t sound like it makes sense! Anyway, here’s where I’m at on the progress……
I got the binding attached onto the quilt that I quilted yesterday. I need to have the binding sewn down before my next guild meeting. It would be great to start the new year getting credit for finishing a UFO. This year we’re going to have a drawing at each meeting for anyone that brings in a finished UFO. Maybe I can win a prize. That would be nice!! The quilt is like 100″ square…….wish me luck with getting it done. LOL!!
The rest of the day I was quilting. Hopefully tomorrow will be another productive day.
That’s it for now. I’m tired and going to bed! 🙂
Theresa
I’ve spent the whole day in my workroom! So far I’ve cut out a new quilt. Here’s the fabric I’m using for it.
I hope it looks good after I get it done. I’m writing the pattern for it as I work on it. That takes a lot more thinking! Step one is done so far, the cutting!! Now off to the next step……
I decided to put one of my UFO’s on Viqtoria. I finished 14 of my UFO’s in 2011. I’m so happy about that!! I hope to get lots more done in 2012. I figured I could start the new year off with one quilted. That’s one step closer to getting it off my UFO list.
I’m using a panto that’s quilting really fast. I’m not sure what the name is, it’s the first time I’ve used this pattern.
I have a custom job on Millie, I can’t show it.
I can show the quilt top that I finished a while back. LOL! I don’t think I ever posted a picture after I got all the borders done. Here it is…..
That’s it for now. Hopefully next year I will keep up with blogging a little more often. I seem to go in spurts! Oh well, have a safe and happy new year!
Theresa
This is one of those days where I feel like I’m not getting anything accomplished. I’m busy, but nothing is getting finished…. I have one of my quilts on Viqtoria, getting an all over design quilted on it.
While it’s quilting, I’m working on the quilt I have loaded on Millie. This thing is taking forever to quilt.
When I need a break from quilting, I go over and sit at my sewing machine. I decided to make little 4 patch units and sew them together into strips to put in the sashing. I went through my scraps and pulled out the blues. I sewed strips together and then cut them into 1 1/2″ pieces. I think I did way more than I’m going to need!!
I have a lot of them sewn together into the 4 patches. What was I thinking???
Anyway, I’m just flying by the seat of my pants (as the saying goes) as I build this into a quilt of some sort!!
Ok, my break is over, I better get back to quilting. I need to make the binding strips for the quilt that’s on Viqtoria. It’s getting close to the end and I always put the binding on before taking it off the longarm.
Hope you’re having a productive day!
Theresa
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