I've started something new in my "spare" time. Well I guess it really isn't new because I've been doing it for a year but I've just fully embraced it! I've started quilting.
My mom quilts and she was a member of a quilting group/bee when we lived in Richmond, VA. I remember her quilting and I know she enjoys doing it. She is a hand quilter and uses her machine to piece the squares. Well some of my mothers of multiples friends were starting a bee last year and I decided to join in. I finished that quilt, my first, in January (of this year). I waited for some of the blocks and then I was going to hand quilt it and didn't like doing that so when I got my sewing machine for Christmas (I was using my mom's Bernina, which meant I could only sew at her house) I decided to start machine quilting.
I love it! I finished my first quilt and then joined a class online and finished quilt number two. I have an insane number of projects, but I love it. I love the fabric and deciding on colors and designs and quilting designs and everything :-) My favorite part though is putting on the binding, which most people don't like to do, but I love spreading the quilt out and feeling the little bumps from the quilting and hand stitching on that very last finishing touch.
So here is quilt number two: Cascade
meandering box stitch
So what I'm working on now:
Binding stage-
Modern Mini Challenge quilt
Quilting stage-
Lily's pinwheel
Blocks-
Asterisk blocks
Granny Square
Paint Box kinda
Planning-
Sophie's star quilt using Sarah Jane's Children at Play
Swoon using Urban Chiks' Urban Cowgirl
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It's beautiful!
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