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Monday, September 26, 2011

Baby Quilt Burst - Finished

So I used fleece on the border and on the back of this quilt. it was very forgivving but things to remember - wash on gentle or you will get pills.. sigh.. I razored off the pills but still..




Thursday, September 22, 2011

Baby Quilt 'Burst''

Well we've moved into a duplex and I've managed to get (most) things unpacked. I've set up my sewing stuff in the spare room and dove right into making a baby quilt. I don't have a desk or table to sew on so I compromised by putting a table top onto a drawer unit. The only problem? I have to stand to use it. It's actually not as bad as one would expect. It's forcing me to not hunch over a desk, and my shoulders and back actually feel better. The only problem is shifting from leg to leg to use the foot.
  Baby quilt.. tried to get a bit creative but it felt unbalanced so I made some adjustments which I'll post later.





I really didn't like this look, felt it was unbalanced, so I took off a few strips from the other end and recreated the same blocks on both ends. Much better! I then used spray and patted the quilt top down onto the batting. I did the same to the other side with the fleece backing I picked.and started machine quilting in a simple pattern using painters tape as a guide.