Tag: quilted jackets

Well, that was an adventure. But it’s done, and it’s cozy (of course, it’s also still hot summer here). In putting it all together, there were a couple of things that didn’t go as smoothly as I’d have liked. Sewing around the curves of the neck were a bear because of the bulk. In the… Continue reading Tree-mendous Jacket finished

I didn’t have as much time this weekend to really work on anything, as I spent the afternoons at my brother’s helping him organize and re-organize some of the stuff in his house. We got a lot accomplished, so we felt really good about it. But in between that and all the other usual weekend… Continue reading Almost ready to put together

I finished making all of my little foundation paper-pieced tree blocks. I was reminded as I did them how much I dislike that method because of the waste. Waste of fabric, waste of thread, waste of paper. While it’s true that you can get incredibly intricate designs that are pretty much impossible any other way,… Continue reading Planting trees

I have almost half of my trees foundation paper-pieced. I’m using a darker and a lighter muslin, so these are the darker muslin versions. I started out using mostly green fabrics, but quickly switched to using other colors to make prettier trees. I’ll probably make a few more all-green or mostly-green trees and continue with… Continue reading Growing some trees

I’ve been steadily working on stitching the patchwork strips to my Pellon fleece base pieces for the Tree-Mendous Jacket. As I completed each one, I tacked it up on the design wall. Interesting how the last Sunshine and Shadow Starburst coordinates with the colors of the jacket patchwork. Now I need to work on the… Continue reading Patchwork base pieces