What should just be logical but I didn’t realize or start implementing until recently: If I have some pieces already cut and ready to sew, I can still make progress on piecing a quilt even if I only have a few minutes here or there. I still have those triangles in a square to finish… Continue reading Prepping the next step
Category: Sewing
General sewing
Changing tables
Until today, whenever I wanted to do some quilting (or just sewing) with my Juki machine, I had to set it on top of a table. Often I lugged it out to my dining room table in order to have the room I needed to support a medium sized quilt. Well, no more! I acquired… Continue reading Changing tables
Triangles in half squares
There are a lot of units in this step (but not nearly as many as in the next couple of steps), so it looks like I’m doing the “easy” steps with fewest number of units first. I’m halfway through this step, and it looks like I’m going to have two extra pieces. It will probably… Continue reading Triangles in half squares
I found the other set
As I was starting to go through the project box for Unity, to put the unused pieces back into my stash, lo and behold, the missing set appeared. Of course, I went through this box a couple of times, and never found them when I was looking for them. But now that the finished quilt… Continue reading I found the other set
Red 3 of 7
It’s a little over a year since I began piecing together my first of seven red hexie blocks for the Over the Rainbow quilt, and I’ve just finished the third block to the point before the borders. I counted up the remaining basted hexies, and realized that I needed six more. Seems I’m recounting a… Continue reading Red 3 of 7