Saturday, May 18, 2013
More Gorgeous Iris in the Garden
Here are some of the Iris blooming now. Enjoy! Sorry you can't stroll by and smell the terrific fragrance.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
What's blooming now
Currently tulips, columbine and even some iris are blooming in my garden. Only one type of my 6 kinds of narcissus, the paper whites, are still blooming. I also still have lots of miniature grape hyacinth still around from early spring.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Catching up on Skill Builder's BOM
Yesterday, I got caught up on my Skill Builder's BOM. Em Dash Block and The Mood were last month's blocks. I quilted The Mood
last month, but didn't get Em Dash finished until last week. Both are done with free motion quilting.
Block 5 & 6 were given to us on March 21st. I finished the Woven Star and the Woven Chevron blocks yesterday. We will get quilting examples on April 4th.
last month, but didn't get Em Dash finished until last week. Both are done with free motion quilting.
Block 5 & 6 were given to us on March 21st. I finished the Woven Star and the Woven Chevron blocks yesterday. We will get quilting examples on April 4th.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Girl with the Pearl Earring
The Girl with the Pearl Earring - from a class by Lola Jenkins
I am really pleased with my results, not because I did a particularly fantastic job with it, but because I was able to get it done at all. First I arrived at Monday's class 4 hours late. Yes, that was correct. I had a neurologist visit and had made arrangements for being late, but no idea I would be this late. Lola just took it in stride and got me started.
I chose a lovely colored batik for my project. I transfered my design and started free-motion quilting away. (Oh, I'm good!) My machine decided to cause all kinds of trouble. I quilted quite a bit and stopped to check out the back stitches. When I pulled the bottom thread, all of my work came unstitched and I was left holding a long curling wad of black thread. After many attempts to correct this, a friend let me use her machine. (Yeah!) I was able to get the girl finished in black and start on the coloring. My first idea was to use free-motion vines in a shimmering white for the background, but it just didn't do a thing for the quilt. Lola suggested large diamonds.
So yesterday, I use superior variegated thread 808 to do small meandering in the background. I also recolored the girl using ink intense pencils to make her much darker. My machine is working fine -just used a different bobbin and another brand of thread.
Here are my results. I will still have to decide on a boarder technique.
I am really pleased with my results, not because I did a particularly fantastic job with it, but because I was able to get it done at all. First I arrived at Monday's class 4 hours late. Yes, that was correct. I had a neurologist visit and had made arrangements for being late, but no idea I would be this late. Lola just took it in stride and got me started.
I chose a lovely colored batik for my project. I transfered my design and started free-motion quilting away. (Oh, I'm good!) My machine decided to cause all kinds of trouble. I quilted quite a bit and stopped to check out the back stitches. When I pulled the bottom thread, all of my work came unstitched and I was left holding a long curling wad of black thread. After many attempts to correct this, a friend let me use her machine. (Yeah!) I was able to get the girl finished in black and start on the coloring. My first idea was to use free-motion vines in a shimmering white for the background, but it just didn't do a thing for the quilt. Lola suggested large diamonds. So yesterday, I use superior variegated thread 808 to do small meandering in the background. I also recolored the girl using ink intense pencils to make her much darker. My machine is working fine -just used a different bobbin and another brand of thread.
Here are my results. I will still have to decide on a boarder technique.
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