Sunday, March 11, 2012

Stash Report - Week 11, 2012

For my stash report today, I'll have to say that I'm getting ready to use up a LOT of fabric.

Today is going to be for basting all the tops I can find that I have backs for. I'll be quilting them up because...

SHE'S HERE!


This is Emily. I chose the name because I thought that Emily sounded like a Sweet Sixteen girl, lol.

I'm SO excited to have her at last. She's a sit down 16" throat mid-arm.

I'm ready to work!


Here are some of the things I've been working on.






Make sure you check out all the stash busting going on at Judy's blog!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Design Wall Monday - March 5, 2012

On my design wall today is a practice piece.


I'm practicing channel quilting and I made up this practice piece to see what it looked like.

First I started by doing 45º angles together, but that didn't give me the look I wanted.


Then, I tried 45º and 60º criss-crossing...


That was more what I wanted...A diamond shaped crossing.

Here's a close up that shows the different things I tried and how I labeled them.


This was such a useful exercise! I got to see how my piece would look before I did it.

It's a lot better than what I usually do...Just fly over the cliff without looking and hope I don't fall too far, he he he. Maybe I'm growing up!?!?!?!

On another note, my HQ Sweet Sixteen is shipping TODAY! I am so excited, I can barely contain myself!

I really want to get some of my tops basted this week so I can just jump right in and quilt as soon as it gets here.

Make sure and stop by to see what everyone else is up to at Judy's blog.

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Pin It

Follow Me on Pinterest