Gearing Up For a New Quilt

So after seeing all the circles in the Circle My Way Quilt I needed something different. Let's see...how about some squares :).


Of course I haven't abandon the circles - I am finishing up #3 of 3. I love the way these are turning out. Finished photos to come soon.


Have a great and productive week everyone!

A Whole Lot of Pins

There's a lot of pins around my living room for last couple of days.  Perhaps the most labor intensive part of quilting - BASTING.  First you get out hundreds of safety pins, get on your hands and knees and proceed to use all those safety pins - one at a time until your entire quilt sandwich is security in place...and if you're like me (*read paranoid*) you will probably use A LOT of pins to make sure nothing could shift even an centimeter ;).

On the left is the Zig Zag quilt (#2) ready for it's pinning.  On the right is the Circle My Way quilt - first experience having to pin down raw edge circles on a quilt top.  So far so good :).  Just 2 more quilts to go...

I've tried the sewing technique and even the spray bast technique but I I think I'll stick with the safety pins.  Despite having to use band-aids to avoid the inevitable pokes and being on hands and knees all day, I actually don't mind it :).  I love how I get to see every detail of the quilt top up close ;)...and the results is definitely worth the work.

Weekend Wrapup: With a Teeny Bit of Sewing

Holiday weekends are great - lots of great food, lots of time with family and friends and even a teeny bit of sewing ;).

I finished making the rest of the binding for the Zig Zag quilts.  This is one of the fabrics for the binding - bright, colorful and playful :)



Once all the binding was ready I moved onto creating more circles for the upcoming Circle My Way quilts. They are quite fun to make but a little time consuming I must say. Here's a peak of the raw edge edges:



Have a safe and wonderful Independence Day USA readers :).

Oh yeah just a reminder that the JAQS Fabrics sale of 15% off (coupon code FABRICLOVE15) your entire purchase will end July 5th - come on in and take a look at the great fabrics available :)

-Q

Weekend Wrapup: Seeing Circles

Busy busy weekend. Besides from hanging out with my energetic family with chalk full of activities, there was plenty of room for some sewing room activities as well :) (YEH!)

So this is a peak at the next quilt on my cutting table:

Venturing into the world of circles for the first time. So far so good. Pretty fun, though a bit tedious to hand cut.

I am also on the finish line of completing the Zig Zag quilt - finish photos to come soon. This is the first of TWO big quilts and I also have to smaller ones too waiting to be pieced:

Working on this zig zag quilts as been FUN :)

This I am also putting together more cloth napkins for my JAQS Studio Etsy store.  I need some more for our kitchen as well so I'll try to make enough for both ;).

Have a great and productive week everyone :)

-Q