01 Monday Nov 2010
Posted in sewing
Tags
The moment I saw this fabric at my local shop I loved it. I knew nothing about making a quilt except this was the fabric I wanted to use to make mine. The majority of it is made using the Rouenneries line from French General for Moda. The pattern is the Yellow Brick Road pattern from Atkinson.
It is machine pieced and hand quilted.
It is also extremely cozy. I cannot believe I actually finished it before the snow started falling.
Here’s the back.
happy November
10 Wednesday Mar 2010
Posted in sewing
Tags
Pearl and I are having lots of fun.
I made a stop at my local quilt shop. I guess I was a bit drunk with power, because I managed to convince myself that now was the time to make a quilt. I have been shoving this notion to the back of my brain for a couple of years now. After bringing home all my supplies, it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to start with something a little smaller. I found a pattern for a table runner on Moda’s website and pieced this together with scraps that were hanging out with nowhere else to go.
My biggest struggle was with evenness. The fabric pulled as I was machine quilting. I took the plunge and purchased a walking foot. (a trip, that despite telling myself it would only be for the foot, ended with me buying fabric for a lap quilt as well)
I found this great tutorial on binding that helped out a lot too.
