At the beginning of the year, I wanted to follow and learn through SewCal Gal's quilting challenge. For me there were some definite challenges, but as of today, I have completed 10 of the challenges. I finished my quilt and after I washed it, the stiffness left and I'm quite happy with it. I'll be donating this quilt to Project Linus.
The December challenge was the border and I simplified the lesson by Patsy Thompson, but I plan on practicing the quilting ideas that she showed. I learned on this quilt how to quilt up to the border and plan for that quilting.
I think the back shows it off better:
I filled in one of the squares of the quilt with a filler design--and I got a few of them wrong, but I didn't pick them out--I just left them and they blend in okay, I think.
There are many things I can still practice on and use in my donation quilts. I am so happy with what I've learned. I probably won't get to the other two challenges and the documentation needed for the contest. I was really more interested in the challenge and I found a new source for many things in Linda Moran. I love, love, love her fabric and will be trying something using her fabrics.
I finished a couple of Project Linus Quilts, the binding on a small quilt in my previous post and a larger one that somehow we photographed up side down.
I used some of the spiral making technique on the quilting of this one:
And I used some fun black and white flannel that I found at a local JoAnn store:
Now--onto some Christmas jammies and making a hanging sleeve for a quilt that we're giving our oldest son. Then, there's that pair of pillowcases to round out the African quilt I did for our youngest.
Lots to do!
Linking over to Whoop Whoop for some glorious quilts
The December challenge was the border and I simplified the lesson by Patsy Thompson, but I plan on practicing the quilting ideas that she showed. I learned on this quilt how to quilt up to the border and plan for that quilting.
I think the back shows it off better:
I filled in one of the squares of the quilt with a filler design--and I got a few of them wrong, but I didn't pick them out--I just left them and they blend in okay, I think.
There are many things I can still practice on and use in my donation quilts. I am so happy with what I've learned. I probably won't get to the other two challenges and the documentation needed for the contest. I was really more interested in the challenge and I found a new source for many things in Linda Moran. I love, love, love her fabric and will be trying something using her fabrics.
I finished a couple of Project Linus Quilts, the binding on a small quilt in my previous post and a larger one that somehow we photographed up side down.
I used some of the spiral making technique on the quilting of this one:
And I used some fun black and white flannel that I found at a local JoAnn store:
Now--onto some Christmas jammies and making a hanging sleeve for a quilt that we're giving our oldest son. Then, there's that pair of pillowcases to round out the African quilt I did for our youngest.
Lots to do!
Linking over to Whoop Whoop for some glorious quilts