Monthly Archives: February 2014

Zelda Commission 5: It’s Getting Pinned

After a crazy week of work, and then house work, I’ve finally gotten around to working on this quilt again. I just started pinning it, and hopefully I’ll have a little quilted by tonight. At work, I’ve been working on a couple of projects, including gathering the scraps for a crazy quilt, and I made a trivet. In fact, I’m going to be teaching a class on how to construct them. After the class I’ll post some of the samples! However, for the time being, here are the pictures of my quilt being pinned!

 

I Think I Might Do A Crazy Quilt…

I currently have 2 commissions going at the moment. One I am waiting on fabric for, and the other is the Zelda Commission that I ave to quilt this weekend. However, after those, I think I might do a crazy quilt. I’ve never done one before, but we need some samples at work, and I think it would really show off the embroidery machines. What do you guys think? I’m not going to lie, I’m not even sure where to start with a crazy quilt, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out!

Confessions of A Quilt-aholic: Afraid Of Technology

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I’m not going to lie, computerized machines intimidate me. I see an embroidery machine and I get nervous. All I can think of is about what if I break the Motherboard? What if my tension is off? What if it only sews backwards? I’m terrified! I look at the machines surrounding me in my room and I know that if one of them has something wrong with it, I can take it all apart and put it back together. (Trust me, I’ve had to do it to some of them.) I can take apart the thread tension disks and put them together. I can take apart my bobbin case and adjust the thread tension there. I can clean the gears, I can buff the needle plate. I can do it all… to a mechanical machine anyways. Continue reading →

I Sewed Ruffles! Kind Of!

As the title reads, I sewed a ruffle today! I have never used a ruffler before, and it is kind of scary looking. It’s from the 40s and I was a bit intimidated. At first all of my stitches gad excess thread underneath, and it wasn’t too amazing to look at either, but I finally got it calibrated and it sews! I still have a few other feet, but I have no idea what they are. One of these days I’ll have to try them out!

Does anyone have any tips for using a ruffler?

 

Zelda Commission 5: Finished The Top

I did it! I finished it last night, but was too lazy to post it. I have today off from work, so it is catch up day on all things Blog and housework related! Lots of cleaning, but hopefully I can get lots of sewing done too! I think I am going to start the quilting on this quilt later today. I’m using backing fabric, so I don’t have any more piecing to do for that. All I have to do is cut the batting off the roll, and cut and sew the binding. I feel so ahead of the game!

 

Scrap Quilt: Finished The Quilt Top

I did it in less than 24 hours. I feel so proud of myself, but so tired as well. I should have stayed up so late finishing it, but when I start something I have to get it done. I decided to not do a border, and to do a binding made out of binding scraps from other quilts. I think it will turn out quite lovely. I’ll take it in to work later today to show my boss. I can;t wait to see what she thinks!

Scrap Quilt: I Needed A Break

I needed a break from the Zelda Commission 5, and I decided to play with my scraps. I started piecing them into long strips. I’m not sure what the end project will be, but I am looking forward to it being a finished top. I won’t quilt it until after the Zelda Commission is complete. Not sure how this is going to work once I start to piece the strips, but we’ll see!

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