Hexerley Swaitza
Don't worry about the title of this post yet, it's basically gibberish.
This is a post about this little quilt I made:
Ta da!
Okay, you know I'd rather show a quilt in progress than spring it on you when it's all done, but I have good reason for keeping this one secret. You see, I made it in response to our little guild's challenge with this line of fabric (Madrona Road, designed by Violet Craft, manufactured by Michael Miller.)
There was no vow of secrecy, but I do think it adds to the fun when the guild hasn't seen the quilts ahead of time. All was revealed last week, so now I can share this quilt!
I used only one fat quarter of the fabric we were given (that is in fact all that I took on the day fabric was handed out). I'm not into making quilts from a single fabric line and I wasn't going to do the challenge at all, but then we decided that in addition to the fabric provided, we could use as many of the Michael Miller Cotton Couture Solids as we wanted. Those are rules I can work with...those solids are gorgeous!
Here are some screenshots (from my phone, looking at Pinterest) of some of the art that inspired this quilt:
The title of this post (Hexerley Swaitza) comes from mashing up the names of the various artists/studios. .Robert Swain, Kapitza, Frederick Hammersley, and Inaluxe.
I did the quilting myself. I'm definitely improving! I actually have a pretty easy time knowing where to send the needle next even though I was trying to think up a new doodle pattern for each color of fabric. I really just have to work on getting the pacing right so that the stitches are more consistent. Also, it seems like when I have to reposition my hands, that leads to trouble!
I have been following a lot of the advice I got on my blog post in January: I bought a Free Motion Quilting Kit from Day Style Designs. It contains a super slider, bobbin washers, and quilting gloves. I haven't bought a quilting table yet (to drop my sewing machine into).
But, I have been using these extra table-tops from Ikea ($2.50 each in the "as-is" section...holla!!!) in order to somewhat simulate a quilting table. The current set up does improve my ability to control the quilt and I can see how having a proper quilting table would work even better.
I'm pretty pleased with this little quilt! The fabric on the back is from my grandma's stash and the binding is from Jay McCarroll's Center City
It's fun to whip up little quilts!
This is a post about this little quilt I made:
Okay, you know I'd rather show a quilt in progress than spring it on you when it's all done, but I have good reason for keeping this one secret. You see, I made it in response to our little guild's challenge with this line of fabric (Madrona Road, designed by Violet Craft, manufactured by Michael Miller.)
There was no vow of secrecy, but I do think it adds to the fun when the guild hasn't seen the quilts ahead of time. All was revealed last week, so now I can share this quilt!
I used only one fat quarter of the fabric we were given (that is in fact all that I took on the day fabric was handed out). I'm not into making quilts from a single fabric line and I wasn't going to do the challenge at all, but then we decided that in addition to the fabric provided, we could use as many of the Michael Miller Cotton Couture Solids as we wanted. Those are rules I can work with...those solids are gorgeous!
Here are some screenshots (from my phone, looking at Pinterest) of some of the art that inspired this quilt:
The title of this post (Hexerley Swaitza) comes from mashing up the names of the various artists/studios. .Robert Swain, Kapitza, Frederick Hammersley, and Inaluxe.
I did the quilting myself. I'm definitely improving! I actually have a pretty easy time knowing where to send the needle next even though I was trying to think up a new doodle pattern for each color of fabric. I really just have to work on getting the pacing right so that the stitches are more consistent. Also, it seems like when I have to reposition my hands, that leads to trouble!
I have been following a lot of the advice I got on my blog post in January: I bought a Free Motion Quilting Kit from Day Style Designs. It contains a super slider, bobbin washers, and quilting gloves. I haven't bought a quilting table yet (to drop my sewing machine into).
But, I have been using these extra table-tops from Ikea ($2.50 each in the "as-is" section...holla!!!) in order to somewhat simulate a quilting table. The current set up does improve my ability to control the quilt and I can see how having a proper quilting table would work even better.
I'm pretty pleased with this little quilt! The fabric on the back is from my grandma's stash and the binding is from Jay McCarroll's Center City
It's fun to whip up little quilts!