Daily Quilting Report

 

I finished the appliqué block quilting this morning. You can see below where I made some swirls to represent smoke fro the chimney. 

The major downside of doing the quilting on the individual blocks is that each block shrinks a bit rather than the whole quilt. I also seem to have been a bot careless sewing on the strip at the bottom and it is quite crooked. Along with a bit of shrinking this has left me with nearly 1/4" of batting showing. I will have to be careful sewing the blocks together to make sure I catch all the raw edges.

Here is the February appliqué block. They look so nice. I finished this one before I decided to blog my progress.

In March I used the left over small blocks from the February kit to make a cushion that will go on the bed with the quilt.

They are left over because I only need three of the 12 that I got with the mini quilt kit to use in the big  quilt. I completed the backing with a zip and now I am ready to bind the edges.

Cheers,

Val

Daily Quilting Report

 

Today I put the batting on the appliqué block and started the quilting.

I have been doing my quilts in sections like this for a while now. I sew manageable sections together then add the batting and do the quilting. I then sew the quilted section together to make the whole quilt. I add the backing and secure it in straight lines following main block seams. The back ends up with just lines on it rather than being included in the quilting process.

I just did the straight line quilting around the house, along the stems and some curvy lines on the grass.

I'm not doing any quilting on the small squares border. I just stitched 1/8" in from the seam.

I use basting spray to hold the flimsy securely on the batting.

I didn't have spare batting for this block so I had to add a strip down one side. I butt the edges together and use the 3 stitch zig zag (I think it is the darning stitch) to hold it together.

I had some scraps I had trimmed off my Garden Quilt the other day so while I was at it I created a batting piece that would do for the little mats I am making.

Cheers,

Val

Daily Quilting Report

 

I love playing with my quilt in the morning first thing. This morning, however, I got up at first light and at outside with a cup of tea and watched the sun come up and listened to the birds getting busy.

Back inside I knew exactly what I was going to do with the quilt and had it set up from the night before.

I completed the raw edge appliqué stitching and added the final strip on the bottom of the block.

Last week I made the little table mat from the scraps.

Cheers,

Val

Daily Quilting Report

 

Today I started the raw edge appliqué finishing with free motion edging.

It's a bit tricky to see. I am using a dark grey thread so it gives it some definition but is not the highlight of the block. I've done around the windows and door, the hat planter and the shamrock plant.

Yesterday I pulled out my Garden Quilt UFO. I thought I was further ahead than it is. At least now I can make plans to get it finished. I have everything I need ready to go.

Cheers,

Val