The Black & White Quilt

I pieced this black & white quilt almost 2 years ago & then I shopped for the backing & found some wide sheeting that was also black & white. So I "sandwiched" the top, batting & backing & pinned it all. And then I put it into a closet with the intention of machine quilting it soon. Well, "soon" became two winters later & so this week was the time to tackle this big project. When I looked closely at the pattern, I decided to "stitch in the ditch" around all the squares & it ended up being more tedious than difficult so it went fairly quickly when I sat down to do it. Now I'm in the process of hand stitching the back of the binding to the back. I'll post more pictures of the finished quilt.




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My Sewing Machine has been humming!!

My January sewing frenzy began with the production of 9 baby quilts.

Most of the baby quilts I sew are used by the Care Program at the church I attend & are given to babies born to families who attend the church.

I had pieced some of the tops last fall & so just machine quilted & sewed on the binding. One of the fabric stores in town had a half price sale so I purchased the fabric I need for the coming year for the baby quilts.

I had depleted my potholder supply during the Christmas season so I spent a few days replenishing that.

 

The potholders finish at about 9" square so they are a nice size & quite thick. So now I have some extra to give away when the opportunity arises. Next project - machine quilt a large quilt that has been tucked away in a closet. More about that in the next blog.

First Finish of 2012

My lack of blogging does not reflect lack of activity in my quilting workshop. I had started this Christmas wall hanging in mid December, thinking that I would complete it in time for Christmas but had not accounted for the tediousness of paper piecing.

I like to do the occasional paper pieced project as it challenges me to think "outside the box" & I like the precision of  paper piecing. If you look closely, you cans see that the corners aren't as precise as they could be but I attribute that to some of the flimsy fabrics I used!

Due to the late finish of this wall hanging, I didn't get to display it for this past Christmas so I'll have something new for Christmas 2012.
Paper piecing is so messy with cutting away all the small pieces & then removing the paper so that inspired me to organize my fabric closet. Some people coordinate according to colours which I was going to do too at first but then decided to organize according to projects & variety  - baby quilts, potholders, batiks, fleece & "other." So with that great start to the New Year, I have been producing baby quilts again & will post the finished results soon. Now if only I can keep my fabric closet looking so neat & tidy!