Another finish

Hello Friends

My project quilting piece was almost late this week because I had to finish an important quilt.  My parents celebrate 50 years of marriage on 3/30 and we had a party for them on Saturday.  I decided to make them a quilt with pictures from their wedding.

Here is the finished quilt:

I asked for help on this one.  I had never printed on fabric before.  It was easy to do and I will be doing this again.  I used this printable fabric.  Just make sure you have fresh ink in your printer.  The wonderful people at Blue Bar Quilts and my friend Trish helped with fabric choices.  This quilt took 3 days to make.  I printed the photos and let them dry.  Then after 24 hours, you soak them in distilled water for 10 minutes.  Once they were dry I could start sewing.  I quilted this on my domestic sewing machine.  I am still learning how to free motion quilt but I have found that if I sew pretty fast, it looks pretty good.  I do practice on other fabric first.

Here is a picture of it hanging at the party:

 

This quilt made my mom cry so I think she liked it. 

I have a few other things to finish before I put away my fabric to help mom clean out her house.  My godchild is having a baby so there may be a diaper bag in my sewing future.

 

Do you like deadlines when sewing?  Or do you just like to create what you want when you want?

 

Blessings

Amy

 

PQ 9.6 Scraptastic!

Hello friends

This week's project quilting challenge is scraptastic. I decided to try my hand at Kim's pattern Dresden neighborhood. I did not use the full pattern I kind of just put it together myself.  I used every bit of scrap I could and here it is.

This measures 17 x 17 and was made in Verona WI

Thank you to Trish and Kim for another great season of Project Quilting!

Blessings

Amy

PQ 9.5 A Stitch in Time

Hello Friends!

This week's challenge for Project Quilting had me stumped.  Last year a challenge was 'Time is Up' and I made a clock.  So this challenge was actually one I was going to sit out.  I have a pile of mini quilts that I need to finish and sneaking in a challenge quilt was not on my list.  You see, I am going to purchase my parent's house.  They have almost 50 years worth of stuff and it needs to be gone through and purged.  They can't do it alone, so my sister and I will have to help.  Since it is getting warmer outside, now is the time.  I am trying to finish a store challenge quilt, the Cherrywood challenge quilt and an Anniversary gift before I pack up my stuff to move.  I will leave a few hand sewing items and my crochet out so I can still create.  But the fabric for the bigger quilts will need to be boxed up.  Sewing is an easy distraction for me.  I will always try to find the time to sew.  Now I need to find the time to help clean out a house and my apartment.

So what does this mean for this week's challenge?  I feel that sewing and quilting take a big chunk of my time.  Don't get me wrong, I love every minute that I get to sew.  I was trying to channel Kim and her art quilts.  Kim is the founder of Project Quilting and makes some amazing quilts.  She has a way of throwing things together and it works. 

I had big plans to do an applique vintage sewing machine.  Then I thought I would make a patchwork sewing machine.  I really dragged my feet on this one and just could not decide what to do.  I always check out the Project Quilting links to see what other people are doing for the challenge.  I really try not to make something that someone else has done.  I was determined though to make a sewing machine to represent my time stitching.  My time is broken up lately.  With caring for my parents and myself, there is not a lot of time to make everything I want to make.  So this is what I came up with-

 

I did applique a sewing machine, but then I cut it up and sewed to another piece.  I actually enjoyed this process. Of course I did not do this correctly and was cursing myself while doing it.  I had appliqued the sewing machine down.  Then I should have put some heat and bond on the back so when I cut it, I could place and iron down.  Nope, I did not think that far ahead and just cut it.  Luckily I have a small pressing area that I could pin the pieces to.  I did add some heat and bond to the back of each little piece to help hold it in place while I stitched around.  I think this conveys what I have been feeling lately.  My sewing spirit is a little broken.  But like all things, this too shall pass.

 

This little quilt measures 20 1/2 x 16 and was made in Verona WI.

Are you playing along?  There is still time to make one this week!  Please join in the fun!

 

 

Blessings

Amy