Archive for the 'quilts' Category
table runner
I have a basket of WIPs that sits on the chair at my sewing desk, and I’m always looking to keep it from overflowing. This table runner has been hanging around for a while and I just got around to finishing it up.
The top is foundation-pieced and the back is linen, quilted with red [...]
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Tags: FO, quilting, sewing, table, table runner
doll quilts
I had a hard time finishing these without letting M see, but they are done and ready to be wrapped! I’ve been sort of obsessed with making dolls these days and this was the perfect project to scratch that itch. Eventually I’d like to make 2 big weighted Waldorf/Steiner dolls for the girls but I [...]
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Tags: doll, linen, pillow, pillowcase, quilt
3 day quilt
In a fit of insanity, I decided to make a quilt for a last minute wedding gift. What better book to consult than Last-Minute Patchwork & Quilted Gifts? I chose “six of one, a half-dozen of the other” on page 81 since it looked like the most simple thing to make. The title makes no [...]
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Tags: tulip quilt
embroidery?
I have finally been able to look at the stuff I bought in Japan last November. I think it was the lingering foreign country smell that made me feel sick every time I took the packages out, but probably mostly the emotional trauma of getting so sick immediately after getting home from the trip. You’ll [...]
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Tags: baby quilt embroidery
first quilt
I’ve been wanting to make a quilt for FOREVER, so what better time to begin one when I have a million other things to do?! Seems like nothing gets done until you are busy enough to put other things off. Does that make sense? It is the story of my life. Here is my very [...]
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Tags: lap quilt first bend the rules sewing
