There is a festive ATC (artist trading card) swap at tomorrow’s guild meeting. I don’t tend to make ATCs or textile postcards as I prefer to work on a bigger scale and am not much into embellishment. That said, I whipped up this ATC before breakfast this morning and found it quite fun: And here […]
Celebration Quilts
Ouch!
Quilting can be a dangerous past time. My sewing came to an abrupt end yesterday as I managed to munch my index finger whilst free motion quilting. No nail or bone was involved. Just the flesh beside the nail. Accordingly, I decree that this Christmas quilt is finished:
The Season Has Begun..
My mother-in-law put in an order for a Christmas quilt so my Single Star Wreath design seemed the way to go: I am “back to front” quilting using the backing fabric as my quilting guide to create a poinsettia and holly motif. I’ll post some images when I am a little further along and have […]
Coming to the end
I have almost finished quilting the new, as-yet unnamed, Christmas quilt. You will see that I opted for contour quilting about half an inch apart with a metallic gold thread. I quite like the effect although it is a little more “regular” than my usual quilting. I am also using this quilt to experiment with […]
A different kind of Christmas Quilt
Like many of my recent quilting efforts, when I started this quilt I had something different in mind but the quilt seems to have a mind of its own. Who am I to argue? Of course, it means that I have yet another quilt top that requires quilting. I think I have to schedule some […]
Getting in a festive mood
It’s starting to feel like Christmas here at Casa da Praia. Yes, I know 25 December is still many weeks away but we have been wrapping and posting gifts for surface mail to America. As I write, the mixed fruit is soaking in brandy for the Christmas cake and I have sorted out some fabrics […]