Sunday, December 11, 2011

A quilt top finished!

I've been occupying my sewing area... Have a number of projects on
the go...  It great to be back in the sewing room after a few months of hardly sewing.


Some more practice with the pantographs.  This is getting easier...
The Holly and Poinsettia's are getting easier.  Pantograph by Dave Hudson of PatternMan.com
And a different pattern, makes it harder again... Some free hand work at the end, taking advantage of the lines on the fabric....


Some freehand work... Pantograph stars getting better
Trying a new pattern - those stars are HARD!



Christmas Tree!
My mom wanted to make my Gram a paper tree to hang in her hospital room, but last night I had a "better" idea... so using the batting made above, I then made a pattern for a tree and then using my longarm machine traced out the tree.

Next step is decorating the tree with some rickrack and buttonholes to put the lights through. Then I'll attach a backing and we'll pin some ornaments to it to hang up next weekend for my Gram.



The Completed Quilt
This summer I started a Winter Quilt but needed some unwashed white fabric for the outer border. I got the fabric in September but never got back to the project. Yesterday I bought the backing and today I used my longarm to quilt the quilt. Must say I love the longarm, much easier than basting on the floor, but nearly as time consuming (especially on my first quilt on the longarm)

Winter Twirls
Almost Complete!

Winter Twirls - Halfway done
Close Up - Midpoint
All ready to go!
Getting Started

Quilting Done
Finishing Up






























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