Nevada Jen
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2012
And since I said I would share the quilt I made, and then Christmas came and went and I forgot, here it is. The photos aren't great because something is wrong with my camera and the light in my sewing room is terrible...
This is for a good friend who says her favorite color is all of them. I tried to make it as bright and cheerful as she is.
I was trying to use what I had fabric-wise so I pieced the back and I guess I measured wrong since it was not wide enough. I added the orange/green stripe on the right and it's crooked. Oh well, perfectly imperfect.
I did some machine quilting with my regular walking foot, and did each one of the "big" squares with a quilting pattern on my embroidery machine. I still need to make twin bed quilts for my kids so we can move them into said twin beds, and I think I will honestly send them out. This quilt was 64x64" and it was so cumbersome with my little ol' home sewing machine. So if anyone has ever outsourced quilting, send me a message...
Love the quilt! For the twin quilts I would reccommend using the "quilt as you go" method. Basically you piece the top in managable squares and then for each square, put your batting on the back and quilt those two layers however you want. When you get all your managable squares pieced and quilted, sew them together. Then you will have your top and batting sewn to the size of a twin quilt. Then just add your backing fabric. (I often use the ultimate cheat and use a sheet for the backing and use a yarn tie on the corner of each big square.) I actually plan to make a quilt for my DD with the remains of the fabric I bought for disney that I did not get to (which is like 8 yards ).
And it goes without saying that the Wizard of Oz dress is amazing!