It has been a while since I worked on some hand quilting. After my shoulder surgery in 2014, I have had more difficulty in doing much hand quilting because my arm and shoulder fatigues quickly now with that process. But I’m thinking of trying it again – I’d really like to finish my Fall Frolic… Continue reading Hand quilting
Category: Sewing
General sewing
Straits of Mackinac binding
My first step was to choose a binding fabric, and I decided to get some new fabric instead of trying to find enough of an existing fabric (or making scrappy, which might have been nice, but I wasn’t in the right headspace to even consider at the time). I went shopping with my mom, and… Continue reading Straits of Mackinac binding
Unity bound
We had to wait for a decent day to get a photo. It has been dreary, cold, and raining a lot over the past few weeks. But yesterday was a great day to get a photo of my finally finished Unity quilt. It wasn’t the warmest, but it was at least dry and not too… Continue reading Unity bound
Just in time
I managed to get the last bit of sewing finished last night before bed. My narrow border strips are on, and I think it frames the rest of the quilt so nicely and calms it down just a tiny bit. The color is the perfect deep maroon, left over from making my apron. Of course,… Continue reading Just in time
All blocks complete
I finally finished all of the Off the Trail blocks and added sashing to all the appropriate ones. And then I realized why I don’t like adding the sashing this way. It makes seams run in the same direction as opposed to opposite directions, which makes nesting seams when sewing them all together kind of… Continue reading All blocks complete