Basting Done

It was snowing and blowing today, guild meeting was cancelled so I stayed in the house and got the Presidents Quilt basted. It took most of the day and I ran out of pins. Was not going out in this weather to buy more, so I finished the last fourth of the basting with thread. I saw a video of Sharon Schamber thread basting for machine quilting so I'll see how it works for me. The key is to take out the thread as you come to it while quilting.

Borders

The borders are all on the President's Quilt. This is my first attempt at using a border stripe fabric and making mitered corners.I used the tape method and am happy with the way it turned out. Now on to basting.

Stars Quilt Done!!

Here it is, all done! Finished stitching the binding down and put on the label last night. Ready to enter into QuiltFest 2010.

Alyssa's Quilt progress

No school on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Alyssa and I ate lunch at Panera, and then worked on her quilt at my house. We sewed on machines side by side, she was on the Elna and I on the Bernina.
This is a picture of it on the design wall, the rows are almost all together.

Quilting is finished!

 

 

 

Free motion meandering in first border with white thread, using golden paper to do a cable with the variegated thread in the second border, and the binding is being hand stitched. The end is in sight!

Quilts for Grandkids

I finally got Alyssa, Nick and Tim's quilts to them for Christmas 2009. I had them mostly finished a long time ago - wanted to gift all three at the same time.
It has been SO cold lately, the quilts will help to keep them warm and snuggly.

Basting and Quilting

I was pin basting Evening Stars/Stars of Hope, and wouldn't you know, I saw that two of the paper-pieced star blocks had units turned the wrong way! The blocks were up on the design wall for at least two weeks and I didn't catch it, nor did I notice it when I sewed the blocks and rows together, and I even took it to guild meeting for "show and tell"! Well, I was three quarters done with basting and for a fleeting moment I was going to take it all apart and fix it. Then on second thought - no! Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Just as sometimes we have to accept something less than we had hoped for.
I've begun the machine quilting using Signature #40 variegated blue thread.