Binding...shortcuts don't always take less time!

Well I thought I'd be smart and bind a little reading/lap quilt by cheating a bit. I made a double fold binding strip, sandwiched, and sewed. First of all the seam isn't the same distance from the edge on each side. Ok, no big deal. The big deal was the last stretch. How not to have a raw edge. My method from my normal way of all machine binding wasn't working out. Well an hour of lots of folding and cutting later I gave up. I did finish it today but I had to add a new piece and it still looks shoddy in my book. I'm not posting a picture of the quilts (I made 2 but only got crazy with the binding on the last one) just yet because they are surprises for a friend. I just hope the friend doesn't look too close!!


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Pinning...blech

I hate pinning almost anything. I usually find ways around it. But it is a necessary evil when preparing a quilt to be quilted. Making the "sandwich" requires lots of pinning. Probably more than I actually do. I have had a quilt top done for a long time now but just never felt like pinning it. Today I just bit the bullet and did it. Whew. I feel accomplished. I still have no idea how I want to quilt it. But that's just my second least favorite part of quilting. :)






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So far so good!!

Well I have dried the printed fabric, ran cold water over them, laid them to dry and finished drying them with the iron as directed. No smudges or smears!! There is only one little spot that has blue ink on it. I'm going to try to save it with a bleach pen. The blue ink is on the edge of all the sheets but on this one it decided to grace the middle of the picture.


You can't really see it on here. It is on the second window pane down. Overall I'm impressed with how they turned out. Now to find fabric to make them into 12x12 squares and add them to my other squares. I hope it all goes well together.

It's about time!

I've had a quilt promised my niece since she graduated last year. She's about to finish up her first year at UT (Go Vols!) and I was no closer to finishing it than I was last May. Till today. I'm not finished by any means but I took a big scary step today. I printed on fabric. I've never done this before so I was nervous. I still am since I've only printed them. I still have to colorset them. But I'm on my way! Here's a sample....



There are 6 different pictures right now. I may do one more that's bigger for the middle.

I hope to have a finished project on here before too long!

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Simplify

I love my mom!! She said she had a couple of books for me. This is nothing new, she often lets me look through sewing and cooking books she wants to get rid of to see if I want them. She said there was one she knew I would want. Ok, let's back up. There is a quilting book I've wanted since it came out last year called Simplify by Camille Roskelly. I hinted for it for Christmas to no avail. If you don't know I love this woman and I've never even met her. Some people aspire to be like Oprah or Martha Stewart, without the legal trouble, but I want to be like Camille. Check out her blog. It's linked at the right, click on Simplify. So.... I take the books and there it is! No more hinting needed...IT IS MINE!!
I've already read half of it even the basic
instructions on how to cut and piece and I already know how to do that!



One day I'll have a book out. One day....

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Testing.... testing

I'm testing out my new blogging app.


Test picture.

Let's see if it works!

In the blogging world there are people that are truly amazing. Camille Roskelley is one of these people. She has inspired me with her blog Simplify in my sewing and has made me dream of bigger things. Dream... that is why I am posting this blog right now. See, Camille's latest blog is about having dreams....goals....BIG goals. And she's having a contest as well, which is why I am posting this here now. I get an extra entry for posting about it on my blog. So head over to Simplify and enter your dream for a chance to win. One of the prizes is her book and if you win it I would like to at least see it! Tell her you heard about her from me.

Camille Roskelley of Simplify

Here's to dreams!