Tag: quilting

Charming Black and White

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yes, friends, yet another charm pack table runner from Pieces from My Heart pattern #376
the charm pack is Moda Shades of Black
that cute fabric pumpkin with the burlap stem – made by my daughter and granddaughter

 

i’ve made this table runner so many times i don’t even refer to the pattern anymore
that, plus, it’s just a simple, simple, quick table runner to assemble
 
 
 
this one is a gift
i quilted simple flower shapes
only the top and the batting are quilted together
 
 
 
because of how the scalloped edge is added, the back is not quilted

 
i used one of the quilting stitches on my sewing machine to sew around the edge
love the effect of the straight stitch with the ‘bar tacks’
 
 
until next time – Pam

Quilted Halloween Panel

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The urge struck me to do some quilting with my short arm machine this week, so . . . .

I plundered through my stash and found this pre-printed panel.  Perfect because I just finished piecing together a Christmas quilt top (more on that soon), and I wasn’t in the mood to do more piecing this week.

The quilted pebbles make the sidewalk look like it is actually made of pebbles.  Love that!

A little glitter fabric paint here –

and there, along with

some hot fix crystals add just the right amount of bling.

It’s cool and rainy here today and feelin’ like fall.  Have a terrific weekend, friends.

Pam

Pressing Matters

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I don’t publish too many posts concerning sewing techniques, but here’s one I felt was worth the effort.  I wish I had known this when I first started quilting.  Those of you who are seasoned quilt veterans will most assuredly find this information quite mundane and ‘old news’.  But to novice quilters such as myself, this is a gold nugget of information.  🙂

I’m currently sewing blocks for a Christmas (yes, I said it, Christmas) quilt.  There are a bunch of seams that come together right in the middle or close to the middle of the quilt block.

To be specific, there are four seams that meet right, smack dab in the middle of said block.  What a knobby blob one could produce by simply pressing all those seams to one side as usual.  A little trick I learned, is to take a small snip with my very sharp little pointy scissors right near that center meeting point, being extremely careful to not snip into the seam line.  Then I press half of that seam in one direction and the other half of the seam in the other direction.

Now it is a much more manageable ‘bump’ than previous intentions would indicate.  From the front, it is almost an unnoticeable ‘bump’.

In other news, I intend to cut and sew a Sewhaholic knit top pattern this week.  May you all have a fabulous week.

Pam