Tag Archives: Which way? quilt

The Which Way? quilt is finished!

21 Tuesday Dec 2010

Posted by in Sew journal

≈ 17 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

Finally, after a marathon sewing session involving triaging the new Janome, resurrecting the old Bernina, hand sewing till 1am and then taking advantage of a cold and blustery Sydney summer’s?? day, I finally have the Which Way? quilt bound and washed.

Most of you thought that a purple binding would be best and I agreed until I put the purple next to the quilt and everything just looked flat. Then I tried the Brandon Mably pink fabric that is in the quilt and that was fine but I didn’t have enough left. So I went for another Brandon Mably fabric that I had just enough off and that I felt lifted and energised the quilt. What do you think?

Finished quilting the Which Way? quilt

17 Friday Dec 2010

Posted by in Sew journal

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

, , , , , ,

I finished quilting the Which Way? quilt the other day. I added white stitching to the empty spaces and a paler purple around the edge of the coloured rectangles.

If you click on the photos you’ll get a larger one where you can see the detail. Now I have to find a suitable binding. I’m contemplating either a multi-coloured one or a dark purple one. What do you think?

Last chance for the give-away

This is your last chance to participate in my contribution to the Sew Mama Sew Give-Away. My give-away is a totally hand-sewn pin cushion. Click here to enter.

Oooh take a look…

11 Saturday Dec 2010

Posted by in Sew journal

≈ 13 Comments

Tags

, , , , , ,

Yesterday I was unsure of what to do next. And today I had planned to practice free motion quilting. Well that’s all gone by the wayside. I started hand quilting my Which Way? quilt yesterday and I am so happy with the way it’s looking. I can hardly believe it’s my quilt it looks so… so… Oh I don’t know! I’m just happy with the way it’s turning out. Hence I plan to try to finish it today. Here’s a peek at what I’ve done so far.

I have to thank Barb Cowan (professional quilter) for her generous and detailed feedback on the quilting pattern process. It was her faith in me that I could do it and her advice to ignore the actual blocks and just look at the quilt as a whole that inspired me to this pattern. Thanks Barb.

Remember this…

27 Wednesday Oct 2010

Posted by in Sew journal

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , ,

Well I’m on the last leg! Only 8 more of the coloured triangles to quilt and then I can bind it! I’m not sure what I’ll use yet but I might cut one of these two stripey fabrics on the bias and use it.
I’ve also been thinking about the Which way? quilt. I was going to machine quilt it but now I think I might hand quilt it with larger stitches and one of the Perle threads that arrived recently. What do you think? I’d be interested in your opinions.

I think I’ve got it…

15 Friday Oct 2010

Posted by in Sew journal

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

, , , , , ,

I think I’ve got it… the quilting pattern for my “which way?” quilt that is. Finally, after quietly fermenting in the creative corner of my mind, my quilting pattern has emerged. Here it is:

Ignore the irregular lines at the top and bottom. They were false starts. The pattern is series of colliding rectangles. What do you think?

Of course this new direction can mean only one thing! Unpicking! I spent last evening unpicking all my previous quilting except for the “in the ditch” quilting around the block edges.

The give-away is still going. Just add your comment to this post here.

Which way quilt top finished!

31 Tuesday Aug 2010

Posted by in Sew journal

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

Finally I motivated myself to get the sewing machine out again and finish the Which way? lap quilt top. I’ve decided it’s too big for a baby floor quilt. I used some of the Clover fork tip pins to align the seams. They seem (no pun intended) quite good.

Well here it is…I’m planning to machine quilt this but I’m going to have to get some practice in first. I still haven’t unpacked the Janome since it came home from hospital.