Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Raina's Quilt
I finally finished a quilt that I started for my first Grand Daughter. It is a labor of love and only appropriate that my first finished quilt go to my first grandchild. It is the bargello in the round by Cheryl Phillips, and was professionally long-arm quilted by Susanne Secosky. She did a beautiful job with it and
now I only have to bind it for it to be DONE! This quilt was started in August of 2013 and finished May of 2014. It was stitched with Aurifill threads and I picked out the design for the quilting. I knew how I wanted it quilted and luckily she had the patterns. Once I get the binding on it I will post more pictures.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Just when you think winter is over it comes back to bite me in the arse! Yesterday was beautiful ad sunny 70 degrees and now its back to 40's with a chance of sleet and freezing rain for tonight and tomorrow the 16th of March. Had a good day yesterday sewing with a few of my friends and getting out was great. Nothing like dragging the supplies and 2 sewing machines across the city to meet up with friends and sew. We are planning to do it again next weekend and hopefully I will learn to streamline the process making it easier on my old bones.
Update on the last blog post; we sold the toy-hauler and bought another fifth wheeler that I love! It has 2 slides and plenty of storage for all my sewing, embroidery and quilting. Its not big enough to lay out the quilt and measure for the backing so I took advantage of my sewing friends studio to lay out the bargello in the round and cut the backing. Got it all sewed together and will get it to the longarmer next week. Here is a picture of the top. I will post another one when it is complete. Love the color combinations and if you have been thinking about doing this type of quilt it is not as hard as it looks. I used the quilts without corners pattern by Cheryl Phillips and the directions were very clear. The pattern actually makes 2 bargello's in the round quilts! One from the first cut and then a second from the craps. I will post the second one as soon as I get the center right. It is more defined swirl because the strips are narrower. It will be even more beautiful!
Update on the last blog post; we sold the toy-hauler and bought another fifth wheeler that I love! It has 2 slides and plenty of storage for all my sewing, embroidery and quilting. Its not big enough to lay out the quilt and measure for the backing so I took advantage of my sewing friends studio to lay out the bargello in the round and cut the backing. Got it all sewed together and will get it to the longarmer next week. Here is a picture of the top. I will post another one when it is complete. Love the color combinations and if you have been thinking about doing this type of quilt it is not as hard as it looks. I used the quilts without corners pattern by Cheryl Phillips and the directions were very clear. The pattern actually makes 2 bargello's in the round quilts! One from the first cut and then a second from the craps. I will post the second one as soon as I get the center right. It is more defined swirl because the strips are narrower. It will be even more beautiful!
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