Colleen's " Quilting Journey to Oz": Birthday quilt for Payten

Colleen, colleensquiltingjourneytooz.blogspot.com
2011-05-02 02:45:00

My youngest grand daughter Payten will be 3 yrs old in 2 1/2 weeks, She wants a Strawberry Shortcake quilt so of course I have started it. Just playing today, still waiting on the strawberry fabric for the strawberry ...

Sampaguita Quilts : James quilting

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-15 14:51:00

James and I had another go at quilting this afternoon. This time we worked together, with his hands restong on mine. Some fo the time I steered, other times I let him, and it seemed to work a lot better. ...

Sampaguita Quilts : Eleanor

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-06 16:54:00

This last photo was taken that evening; she sometimes likes to be lifted onto my sewing table and hand me pieces of a quilt to sew together. These were the foundation-piec ed palm-block halves. ...

Marking and quilting

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-03-24 16:54:00

The marking is finished on this quilt now (I've never done this much on one quilt , and hadn't really expected to do quite so much on this one!) and once the rest of the curved cross-hatching is done there's just a little filling left. ...

Sampaguita Quilts : Gum leaf quilting

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-16 12:29:00

Yesterday I started quilting my cousin's quilt . The Habitat fabrics have an understated colour-scheme, and although the main print is dandelions, in small pieces they could also be gum blossoms. I hadn't noticed it, ...

Not in love

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-02-13 16:11:00

I'm not in love with the way the quilting is going on this quilt , which is why I keep procrastinating . It's got so much contrast that anything simple such as allover would show up in all the wrong places. ...

Sampaguita Quilts : Batiks and palms sound tropical...

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-03 16:23:00

I design all my own quilts and have had a number of my patterns published. My favourite part of the process is the quilting , but I enjoy every bit of it. Please drop in and say hello; each and every comment is ...

Dorothy and the Land of Quilts : Finished

Dorothy, dorothyquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-15 18:20:00

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Sampaguita Quilts : Magazine purging - the rest

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-22 06:13:00

I design all my own quilts and have had a number of my patterns published. My favourite part of the process is the quilting , but I enjoy every bit of it. Please drop in and say hello; each and every comment is ...

Sampaguita Quilts : Welcome back!

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-06-01 16:28:00

I've been a slack bogger lately; and a slack quilter , too. I've had a bit of a break, which I probably needed, but hasn't helped with my many upcoming deadlines. So I'm trying to drag my nose out of books and am getting ...

Tedium

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-02-09 15:35:00

I finished this quilt top last week, but before I could sandwich it, I spent most of an evening trimming all the blue and black threads so they didn't show through the white fabric and slowly laying it onto the batting. ...

Sampaguita Quilts : Procrastinating and a palette

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-05-19 17:23:00

It's all cut and ready for me to start sewing, but the machine is still set for quilting the gumleaves, and that's a good an excuse as any! I do really want to get that quilting done first though - and it really wouldn't ...

Joan at Leschenault: Free Motion Quilting

Joan, joanatleschenault.blogspot.com
2011-05-10 13:24:00

2 days ago. Quilting and Stitchery Diary. 2 days ago. Living Life at Lee Haven. 2 days ago. inky threads. 2 days ago. Sampaguita Quilts . 2 days ago. Fiberobsessive. 3 days ago. Valentina's Corner. 3 days ago ...

Sampaguita Quilts : Curved cross-hatching

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-04-02 14:27:00

I design all my own quilts and have had a number of my patterns published. My favourite part of the process is the quilting , but I enjoy every bit of it. Please drop in and say hello; each and every comment is ...

The picture tells the story

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-02-01 23:56:00

I made him a tag last night to help him find his bag among loads of others just the same, using fabric scraps from the next quilt he's started to make for Bec. He's been all excited about starting, and was up and dressed for school ...

Perils of a titanium needle

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-01-30 11:33:00

I broke a needle while quilting my current quilt , and decided it was time to try one of the Superior titanium topstitch needles I bought a while ago, that are supposed to be really strong and last much longer. ...

Wholecloth snowflake

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-02-07 13:56:00

I quilted the snowflake in silver thread, then set it aside (below) while I ordered the background quilting thread, and then got busy with other quilts . I pulled it out a few days ago, and in an evening it was finished, right down to ...

All set to quilt

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-01-27 15:06:00

Typically the only messy piles are evident in the background of these photos, but the room is all neat and tidy otherwise. He was thrilled to find it the next morning, and we made good progress on his quilt . Note his little helper! ...

Colleen's " Quilting Journey to Oz": Progress on Strawberry ...

Colleen, colleensquiltingjourneytooz.blogspot.com
2011-05-05 01:38:00

I really worked too long today I am really tired tonight but am happy with progress. Payten's bday party is May 14, so I need to choose backing ASAP! Happy Quilting , Colleen. Posted by Colleen at 8:38 PM ...

'Nuture&#39 ; is a cover quilt !

Emma, sampaguitaquilts.blogspot.com
2011-03-03 04:07:00

I was thrilled to receive my copy of Australian Patchwork and Quilting Vol 20 No 2 yesterday and discover my quilt 'Nurture&#3 9; splashed across the cover! It's featured as a project from page 14. As always, they've done a beautiful job of ...