Monthly Archives: January 2010

Here’s the Quilt that I Sent…..

Posted on January 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

Falling Leaves

This is the mini quilt that I sent to my swap partner, Kim Kiley for the 2009 Fall Mini Quilt Swap. I did a patchwork background in light, subtle colored fabrics, then I did a raw applique tree, which I sewed up and down to create lines (bark).  I then did random cutting on the leaves, sewed them using raw applique, and then I machine stitched (quilted) around them with a brown varigated thread to give them a 3-dimensional look. A little hard to see in the pictures that I took.

Closeup of sewing around the leaves.

These swaps are so addicting!  The small quilts are fun to make and I love seeing all of the creativity that is out there!  All of these quilters have such a wide range of talents.  Click on over to the Flicker group and check them out!

Thanks for stopping by! Take care,

Cheryl

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Fall Mini Quilt Swap

Posted on January 24, 2010 | 4 Comments

I received my package on Friday from the Fall Mini Quilt Swap.

Fall Mini Quilt Swap Package

There were also some other wonderful handmade goodies! The card is so sweet, and the tablet is just too cute to use!  I love just looking at it!

Handmade Card and Magnetic Memo Pad

Sarah also made this wonderful quilt…..

Fall Mini Quilt

And she added this great label on the back…..

Fall Mini Quilt Label

I thank Sarah for such a wonderful swap!  I absolutely adore the quilt!  She put so much work into it, and the detail is amazing.  Such a talented lady!  And please stop by and visit her blog ‘Lovin’ My Quilts’.

 

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A Little Here, a Little There….

Posted on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

I managed to fit in a small amount of sewing this weekend.

 

Free Form Quilting Practice

 

I have taken some scraps and batting  spent some time practicing free form quilting with my springform open toe foot.  I first maneuvered the fabric up and down (from top to bottom), and then I went from side to side, trying to get some practice doing this quilting technique without using up too many scraps!  I can see that it is going to take a few hours of practice before I apply this to any projects that I am working on!

And I have also been working on this:

Sneak Peak

Just a sneak peek at the Fall Quilt Swap Quilt that I am finishing up and sending out the door!  I had hoped that I would get more practice in with the quilting, but I decided that I am pushing it, trying to freeform quilt this for someone else!

That’s it for now, kind of quiet on the sewing front.  Hopefully, I will only have a couple more weeks of slow sewing and make enough headway getting the house together enough that I can actually spend quality time with my sewing machine!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care,

Cheryl

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