A Finish: this is the charity quilt that Scrappy and I made together. I love this (yes, even though it's scrappy) and have suggested to Scrappy that it should stay with me, but she doesn't seem to have heard my hints. Anyway, here it is:
A Middle: this is to be another charity quilt. I used some of the leftovers from the quilt above, and made this very quick and simple quilt. It's all pieced as you can see, but not quilted yet. I like how it's turned out though.
A Beginning: Remember those yummy fabrics I showed you here? Well, now they've turned into lots of dots. Don't they just look gorgeous together. The next bit of this quilt will be the tricky bit. It involves machine applique for a start, which I've never done before. I've had a practice though, and played around with stitch length, tension etc, and found that I can get quite a good result using invisible thread and a small zig-zag stitch. I'd have liked to use a blanket stitch, but my machine doesn't feel that I should, so that is not a stitch option that's offered! Wish me luck with this quilt, it's a challenge on a number of different levels.
As you can tell, I'm having fun again and I really think my quilting mojo, which went AWOL for a few months, has returned.
That's the key word - fun. And it shows. Love the Mountain Majesty qio;t and the circles look scrumptious.
ReplyDeleteWonderful mountain quilts - and I look forward to seeing what you do with the circles
ReplyDeleteYour quilt that you and Scrappy made is fabulous. Also like the one you made from the scraps. Dots huh? I have some machine applique to work on too. Since today is a sew day I should get a moving.
ReplyDeleteSo glad your mojo is back! I can't believe your machine doesn't have a blanket stitch. What machine do you have? I'll be anxious to see what those spots and dots turn into.
ReplyDeleteLove those mountains! You'll have great fun with the dots using such pretty fabrics!
ReplyDeleteDelectables mountains quilt looks awesome, great job! Good luck with the machine applique, I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteDelectable Mountains is...well... positively delectable and now you're going to have fun playing Dot-To-Dot! Curioser and Curiouser, anxious to see what the entire picture turns out to be. How is Colin? His bruises sure reminded me of my hubby's ankle from his tumble down the stairs last summer.
ReplyDeleteyour joint venture is lovely, especially seeing it in real life when you did the show and tell, good to see the other scrappy one is now put together and yet another quilt on the go, not tried applique yet, maybe one day
ReplyDeleteLove the scrappy quilts and glad to see you've got your Mojo back. Maybe you can come and give me a kick up the rear. Looking forward to seeing how you go with your machine applique. I've done some, but use a blind hem stitch with monofilament thread. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThe DM quilt looks wonderful - lucky charity :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, your mojo has definitely returned. Not sure what you used to entice it back but it's definitely worked!
The mountains look amazing, you are both v talented. Can't wait to see what you are going to do with the circles!
ReplyDeleteGlad you have back your fun for quilting. Really nice finish and not your usual thing.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you found your mojo again!!! I really like your delectable mountain finish and the leftovers from it, some awesome quilting room on that one too! Ya got me very curious about the dots quilt!
ReplyDeleteLooking good. Love the new fabrics together.
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