Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Baptist Fans!

I finally worked up the gumption to try the Fab 5 Baptist Fan Ruler Set that I ordered from Michael Davison, Quarter Squared Quilt Company. The quilting was slow and tedious, you can't be in a hurry when doing ruler work. I usually try to match the bobbin thread to the back, but in this case, I didn't. It took so much focus to follow the rulers, I didn't want to keep checking the back to see if the dark thread from the top was showing on the back. I just used the same thread top and bottom to eliminate that worry. The quilt top was a mystery quilt that our guild did in the 90s. My fabric choices were a little odd, to say the least. I thought if I messed up on the quilting, at least it wouldn't be a great loss. On the back is what I call "Poor Man's Backing". I can't afford to buy wide backing fabric for every quilt, so sometimes I use up odds and ends. Now that ruler work doesn't seem so terrifying, I might try more of it in the future. :)

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Another One Completed

I don't know what to call this one. I watched a YouTube tutorial on making the triangle units. There were bias edges, so I had to be really careful not to stretch them. At first, I was going to make the entire background with lime green fabric. If I continued with that idea, it would have been an eye-blistering quilt. To tone it down a bit, I added the white rows with navy blue sashing between each column. It's free-motion quilted with vertical wavy lines, using Isacord thread. The wide backing fabric is from Connecting Threads.

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Days Two And Three Of The March 2024 Quilting Retreat

I accomplished a few things in the past two days. The Merry Mayhem Mystery quilt top is almost put together. It needs one more row and a border. Coralee showed us how to make snap bags and a little chicken pincushion. The rest of the time I worked on a herringbone quilt that's an ongoing insanity project.

Friday, March 1, 2024

Day One Of The March 2024 Quilting Retreat

I didn't get too much accomplished today, there was a lot of visiting. That's ok, it's important to get together with friends and have a yak session. Today's project was to finish making the blocks from the Merry Mayhem Mystery pattern that was hosted fromm Christmas to January 1st. I had most of them made, so I got the rest of them done. Tomorrow I will start on the sashing.

Crazy Christmas Trees Table Runner

The pattern for this runner came from Cut Loose Press. I didn't have the Spiderweb ruler that was recommended so I made a template from...