Saturday, January 30, 2016

MOP Monday

Last weekend, I finally gave up on the idea of finishing my Inspired by Scattered Quilt top and carefully stacked up the remaining pieces and tucked them away. I am happy to announce, however, that I was able to finish the top yesterday evening while Jack worked on Akron Stuff.

 
I LOVE IT. Hubs asked me who it was for and I told him ME. Some things I did learn from this quilt though - if you are going to use charm packs, DO NOT mix manufacturers. This quilt has charm packs from Connecting Threads, Stonehenge by Northcott, a pack from Missouri Star Quilting Company (not sure what brand) and a few extras that I cut from my stash, and they are all slightly different sizes. Ugh ugh ugh.

Sleeping last night was out of the question, after a loud noise woke me up in a panic. Turned out it was just a fan clacking, but I honestly thought it was an electrical wire sparking.

I gave up eventually and pulled together a few fat quarters and spent a couple hours cutting them up and stitching them together in a sort of bias binding. It is not for binding but that seems to be the best way to describe it. I finally crashed sometime after 2 AM with a nice pile of 30+ yards of quilt "blocks."


This morning I ironed some navy blue fabric and started stitching the "binding" to it, in the spirit of the Loominous Pillow by Faith@Fresh Lemons Modern Quilts.


It is already sandwiched with batting and backing and is a Quilt-As-You-Go method. I'm using my walking foot to stitch the strips to all three layers. My first attempt at this, but I'm liking the results so far. It will be a small quilt but a heavy one, as there will be three layers of fabric at each point on the quilt top.

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3 comments:

  1. AlidaPJanuary 30, 2016 at 11:42 AM

    Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I also had a similar experience mixing up jelly rolls... I guess everybody has a slightly different way of cutting fabric! But your quilt turned up wonderful, so congratulations! Looking forward to see where the strip project takes you!

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  2. GinaJanuary 30, 2016 at 2:27 PM

    I've learned not to mix pre cuts. I always find the ones cut with the pinking shears ( the wiggly edge) are always just a small amount smaller. It makes a difference though. I look forward to seeing your 'bias binding' quilt. xx

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  3. RavennaJanuary 31, 2016 at 11:51 PM

    It's about time you made something for yourself :) It's a beautiful piece. Very nice work. :)

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