Bonjour and welcome 😀 I hope that you're keeping warm, wherever you are. I've been cozy in my studio - slowly cleaning it up and re-organising what isn't working for me. There's no rush, as long as I have space for my computer and my sewing machine 😊
FMQ Blocks on the Cowboy Panel
I've been busy finishing up the 18 blocks around the cowboy panel. I only have one block that I want to add a few details to. Otherwise, they are done.
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| SAHRR 2025 - blocks all quilted! |
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| First art block - round 1 |
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| Second art block - round 1 |
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| Friendship star block - round 2 |
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| First nine patch star block - round 3 |
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| Second nine patch star block - round 3 |
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| First block with insert - round 4 |
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| Second block with insert - round 4 |
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| Third block with insert - round 4 |
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| Fourth block with insert - round 4 |
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| Quarter log cabin block - round 5 |
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| Log cabin block - round 5 |
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| Kite block - round 6 |
Extra blocks - appliqué, improv, showcasing fabric
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| Hat and boot appliqué block - more FMQ to come |
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Horse shoe and friend appliqué block
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| Cacti appliqué block |
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| Improv block |
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| Pocket block with "Alek" FMQ |
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| Block showcasing beautiful fabric |
What I learned- I enjoy figuring out what to quilt for each block. As much as possible, I followed the fabric. I also used simple loops and lines.
- It was also interesting using different thread. My favourite was a grey thread, boring but effective without being showy. I used a gorgeous pink, yellow and orange thread for the third block with insert. It was wonderful. I used a much darker variegated thread for the first block with insert and didn't like the effect as well.
- I'm glad that the blocks have all been FMQ. I will be adding some details to the boot and hat appliqué but that's all.
- Next to FMQ is the panel. I started but my bobbin thread ran out and it was time to call it quits for the night.
- I'll have to make sure that I stretch the panel out well when I quilt it to avoid puckering.
- Last week I mentioned that I had accidentally quilted the backing fabric. It took me a while but it all came out well. It's all FMQ again and nothing shows. I did trim the fabric though before going on 😁
- I was fixing a pair of knit pants this week and I thought that I had broken my Jag! 😕I removed the bunched up fabric and when it wasn't sewing properly, I just turned it off. The next day, I cleaned it and it was fine. Phew! It's all good (I keep thinking of the computer techs who always ask you if you turned off your computer and rebooted before they address a problem. There is something to be said for that!)
- This is my January OMG and I don't know if I'll have it finished on time. If it is finished, I'll be including it in my Quilter's Cove linking up post on Saturday!
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I Quilted This!
Welcome to the I Quilted This! linking party that celebrates quilting on a domestic machine or custom quilting on a long-arm. Feel free to link up and share any recent project, even if you're not quilting it! However, to keep the original emphasis, preference will be given to FMQ, ruler work and walking foot quilting when featuring projects from the previous party. Thank you for linking up 😊 and Feel free to grab the button.
For this one, she used her walking foot in a diagonal grid.
Donnalee made a
Christmas Runner with the left over fabric from her many placemats. Isn't it cute?
Deb, a Scrappy Quilter finished her first quilt of the year - and it's a large one! It's the second of three
8 x 10s quilt.
Anne-Marie of Stories from the Sewing Room did some custom quilting on parts of this gorgeous
purple owl quilt for a client. She custom quilted the owls and the branches.
Diann of Little Penguin Quilts made these two
lovely placemats. The dark blue and light blue placemats have contrast that really make them pop! Diann used her walking foot to quilt them in a variation on Jaquie Gering's Echoed Curves.
Gwyned Trefethen found a plaid fabric to participate in last week's Project Quilting Challenge with
Posies on Parade. She quilted the plaid and then machine appliquéd the posies.
Sandra Walker of mmm quilts finished a gorgeous
tree quilt. She quilted the blocks in two different designs. Sandra alternated quilting designs using a "large jigsaw meander" in one block and then lines, "à la ripples in water" in the next block.
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| The back of Sandra's tree quilt to see the quilting |
Sally of Crafts, Cavies and Cooking created a
woven plaid postcard for Project Quilting's last challenge. She did the weaving and the sewed on top of it.
It's now your turn! 😍
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