Skip to main content

Zoey Quilts

Search This Blog

Let the Basting Begin!

September 14, 2021

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

I am using my dining room table to baste this big one -- it's about 105 x 105 inches (king size).

It's been a while since I've finished one this big.

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Popular Posts

Roses are Red, Borders are Blue

Roses are Red, Borders are Blue I can't tell you how happy I am To be DONE quilting you! I had a mental goal to finish the hand quilting on this king-sized quilt before July 4. Here it is July 3 and I am ecstatic to say that I am finished!!! Whoo hooooooo....it feels so good. Here is a close up of the back. Go ahead and click on it so you can see all of the thousands of hand stitches. I am not claiming that they are great stitches, but I am pleased as punch that I did all of them. I started quilting this one in January '08 and I only worked on it now and then. Six months may sound like a long time, but when you consider that I often went weeks without doing any quilting, it's not so long. There is one little thing bothering me, though. That diamond shape near the top of this photo needs a bit more quilting. I will probably go back and quilt another diamond inside the first diamond. There is just too much unquilted space there. Now I have to make a binding and sew it on and

Cardinal Paper Pieced Quilt Block is Finished

I just started it last night and it's already finished -- I did not time it, but I would guess it took a good three hours total. I was pretty happy with this. It seemed like I had no big boo boos. Then as I was removing the back paper, I found two mistakes. I could just feel my face fall as I spotted a sewing line (and then a second one) that had no stitches--ARRRRRGGGGGG. That is not a good feeling when you have a block completed. I am missing one green leaf and the dark pine cone top left edge should have been medium brown, not that dark brown. Now I will have to make another one to get it right. The mistakes are not really that major. The beauty of pine branches is that they are all different, right? :) I have no idea what I will end up doing with it. Right now it's going on the stack of the other winter/Christmas blocks I finished the past few weeks. This block finishes at 12 x 12 inches. It might make a nice winter pillow for a sofa. This is another one of

Cute Paper-Pieced Santa Decoration

Patti, from Osage Bluff , sends me the cutest pattern links. Patti lives in the state I was born in and we seem to be so much alike that we joke we were sisters separated at birth. Patti recently sent an I-think-you-will-like-this email with this link from a site called Pinwheelponders. (fifth row, last one). And sure enough I liked it so much that I have already made it. It's super cute and super duper easy. I think it took about 15 minutes to make. Isn't he adorable? A big thank you to Pinwheelponders for giving us this pattern and to Patti for passing along the link. It also makes a very cute bag ornament for those who like to add a personal touch to their gift bags. I used a Sharpie for the facial features and a dab of white paint in the eyes. I also took a Q-tip and brushed a little pink blush on his cheeks. I am going to make a bunch more of these and decorate a small tree with them. So much fun!

Powered by Blogger