Waldo tells me, "we gotta each take in a baby blanket for donation to the next guild meeting." How about that for some fire under my bum?
Ok, here is one of the one's I'm taking in on Friday Night (Black Swamp Quilt Guild meets on Friday night this month and we have a guest speaker, Vikki Pignatelli)...so that at least gives me one more day.
I found this quilt top in a thrift shop, apparently someone didn't want to finish it. So I added some embroidery and I'm putting fleece on the back. I thought a decorative stitch along the edge would be nice until I had to stop and start twice and then the stitching was off and it looked funny. So I took the stitching out (choose your decorative stitches wisely....just in case you have to take any out).
Yep, I used my new Seam Fix to get those threads out of the fleece and the cotton. In the process I learned about a new use for the rubberized tip.
Can you see all the stitching holes left in the fabric from where I took out all those stitches? Well....look now:
I took the rubberized tip and moved it back and forth across the cotton fabric and it moved the weft and weave of the fabric and helped camouflage those holes. Yes, you can still see where I stitched....but once I iron you wont be able to see that and the holes are pretty much gone too. So there ya go....another thing to do with the tip. By the way, the tip doesn't work as a stylus on I-Phones....I tried it...but it will turn a page very nicely....giggles.
Another thing I'm going to try is this paper stencil called, Quilting Made Easy.
You just lay it out where you want to have your stitches and you can align the design with the next row...
then remove the cover from the adhesive strip on the back. Now all I have to do is stitch on the paper. Have you ever used the Quilting Made Easy Paper Templates? I'd love to hear about your experience.
How about a giveaway today....it is sort of cold and gloomy here....(I thought you might agree...a good day for a giveaway.)
I'm going to give away one Seam Fix - Seam Ripper to a lucky IHAN® blog follower that leaves a comment on this post telling me why you want one. The Random Number Generator will choose a winner on Monday, October 15 th. The winner will have their choice of color, Aqua, Fuchsia or Dark Gray.
Smiles,
Kelly
I found this quilt top in a thrift shop, apparently someone didn't want to finish it. So I added some embroidery and I'm putting fleece on the back. I thought a decorative stitch along the edge would be nice until I had to stop and start twice and then the stitching was off and it looked funny. So I took the stitching out (choose your decorative stitches wisely....just in case you have to take any out).
Yep, I used my new Seam Fix to get those threads out of the fleece and the cotton. In the process I learned about a new use for the rubberized tip.
Can you see all the stitching holes left in the fabric from where I took out all those stitches? Well....look now:
Another thing I'm going to try is this paper stencil called, Quilting Made Easy.
How about a giveaway today....it is sort of cold and gloomy here....(I thought you might agree...a good day for a giveaway.)
I'm going to give away one Seam Fix - Seam Ripper to a lucky IHAN® blog follower that leaves a comment on this post telling me why you want one. The Random Number Generator will choose a winner on Monday, October 15 th. The winner will have their choice of color, Aqua, Fuchsia or Dark Gray.
Smiles,
Kelly
