Hello! I'm a little burned out on making quilts right now so I started working on the Trapezoid Tote by Indygo Junction. The pattern has two options: use one-piece for front and back or use strips and piece them. I elected to make the totes using both methods. There are a lot of pieces and 8 pages of detailed instructions. This is a pattern I recommend you try. What grabbed my attention was the shape. What you may not be able to see is that the sides have gussets that expands as needed. I have all of my pieces prepped to sew together. Bad news/good news. No sewing on them today as I have a lecture I need to prepare for later this evening. I'm giving a lecture on machine embroidery in quiltmaking.
Also, I wanted to show you how I organize my patterns that has a lot or rather large templates. After opening the pattern and making the templates to cut the pieces, I knew if would be a chore to get the pattern back into the original packet. I made a copy of the pattern front and supplies page and tape that to the front of a large envelope. That way I can see what's inside and know what supplies I need to make the project.
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Monday, November 11, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Round Robin/Design Wall
Yeah!!!! I finished my last round robin. This beautiful quilt belongs to Debra. I added the churn dash/arrow border. I think her quilt is a modern take on traditional quilt-making because of all of the white background. The center is machine embroidery flower blocks so in my border I decided to use floral fabrics in the churn dash blocks (all different fabrics in each block) and added the arrows as spacers. This quilt was fun but tedious to make because of all the pieces. Debra received her quilt today. Sadly, my quilt top wasn't finished on time so I can't show it in this post.
The other project I'm working on is my batik circles. I used my bullseye nested dies from Accuquilt to cut all the circles. It took me longer to prep and iron the fabrics. They have stabilizer on the back. I'm working on stitching them approximately 1/8 of an ince around the raw edges. I didn't want to use the button hole stitch on these.
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The other project I'm working on is my batik circles. I used my bullseye nested dies from Accuquilt to cut all the circles. It took me longer to prep and iron the fabrics. They have stabilizer on the back. I'm working on stitching them approximately 1/8 of an ince around the raw edges. I didn't want to use the button hole stitch on these.
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