Last week, I finished the first Quilt of Valor. It took just two days to get it quilted with the star and swirl pantograph called Blue Star. I removed it from the longarm and spread it out on the floor to check the stitching and take a photo. Next was to trim it, and make …
Category: Quilting
Quilts of Valor and the Bird Count
With more time to sew this week, progress was made on the Quilt of Valor begun last week. When we left off, the top was assembled and ready to quilt. It uses a panel with six star blocks and large sections of a patriotic print. I loaded it on the longarm frame, and began auditioning …
Sunday Chat – Block Drive, QOV
Another cold weekend, with a lot of wind blowing down branches caused power outages yesterday. Luckily, we were not affected. The snow melted away, and it is now just bitterly cold. But this won't last, it is doing to warm up to the 60sF this coming week. More gorgeous sunrises this past week brought color …
Snow Day Sew Day
Once again this year, I am coordinating a Quilt of Valor ceremony for six veterans in our car club. It is only fair that I help make the quilts so I have offered to longarm two or three. I thought it would be nice to make one myself, so pulled out my stash of patriotic …
Embroidered Coffee Theme Mats
At the guild gift store at our last show, I bought a cute mug with a mug rug to go with it. I just loved the idea, so I made a couple of mats and found mugs to go with them. I put them out for sale at the Fall Fiber Faire at our local …
Sunday Chat
This past week, My Sweet Babboo had to replace our bird feeder. The old one was falling apart due to constant assault by a pileated woodpecker. He would sit on top of it and jackhammer the plastic with his beak. The plastic tube that held the seed was a bit old and had a crack …
Santa Panel Wall Hanging Part 2
When we left off last time, I had finished the quilting I intended to do with black thread. Next, I changed colors in the longarm to white Glide on top and white Bottom Line in the bobbin to quilt the areas in white. I liked the ruler work in the border, so I decided to …
Santa Panel Wall Hanging – Part 1
When I found this Santa panel at the guild's re-home table in October, I just fell in love with it. I loved the motifs, the black background, and the faux patchwork. I thought it would be fun to custom quilt it giving me more practice with freehand quilting and ruler work. I had a piece …
Garden Panel Quilt
Last month at the guild meeting, I found a garden panel that I thought would make a nice charity quilt. I had no plans to use it right away until the call went out for bunk bed quilts for the Safelight shelter. I pulled out the panel, and started looking at the stash to see …
Little Farmer Animals Lullaby Quilt
This is a sweet little quilt design that is workable in just about any theme. It finishes at 34-1/2-inches, which is great for a kidlet quilt. In other colors, it would be great for older kids, or even a large table topper. The basic design is the same as the Fall Fortnight Pumpkin Spice wall …
From My Carolina Home 