a domestic warrior conquering each day with creativity
Quilting
2012: The Year of the Dragon
31 month ago
Happy Chinese New Year to all those celebrating today. I feel like I’ve been given another chance to start the year afresh since the last few weeks have been chaotic and all over the place. I don’t make resolutions (cos I’ll just break them) but here’s my very short wishlist (short because I’m not sure read further...
Bloggers’ Quilt Festival Fall 2011
53 months ago
in Quilting
Except that it’s Spring here in Australia and hooray for November. I had a crazy last week in October that kept me away from the computer but am glad to be back in time for Bloggers’ Quilt Festival (BQF). This is my entry to my second BQF, I entered my first one earlier this year. read further...
Lawn Chair Quilt – Pink Version
24 months ago
in Quilting
The Lawn Chair quilt is finally finished – all quilted and bounded and ready for a photo shoot. First up, I was trying for the “quilt over the gate” shot. Then it was “get the kids on the quilt” shot. A close up of the pieced backing (using left overs) and wavy quilting. I couldn’t read further...
My Creative Space – Lawn Chair Quilting
64 months ago
in Quilting
Remember this quilt top from April? Finally decided that it should get quilted – decided to go for random wavy lines again. After quilting my quillow, I decided to give this wavy line quilting another shot but this time use the wave stitch on my sewing machine instead. My type A personality still doesn’t seem read further...
Girly Quillow is Finished
25 months ago
in Quilting
Finally!!! It is finished. I used Nova’s tutorial again for the quillow. This time the quillow measures 16 inch square. I was not terribly creative for the pillow front, nor was I for the back, which was suppose to be the front initially. The quilt top is Off The Rails by Kate Conklin and read further...
Quilt Binding by machine
15 months ago
in Quilting
I’ve mentioned several times before that I’ve tried sewing the binding on by machine but have just not been happy with the result. I didn’t like the fact that I had small unstitched gaps as well as not having even stitching on the outer edge of the binding on the back of the quilt. Oh, read further...
Girly Quillow Front
06 months ago
in Quilting
All the blocks have been sewn up for the girly quillow and now I’m working on the quillow front. I thought of trying to mimic the quilt block like in my boy quillow but I must admit that I was a bit lazy and didn’t want to cut up any more fabric (nor do any read further...
My Creative Space – Off the Rails
76 months ago
in Quilting
I’ve been fairly unproductive in the sewing front but have started on my girl quillow. The quilt design is Kate Conklin’s Off the Rails. Love the stack and slash method that Kate is so famous for. She even has a tutorial on Chasing Cottons, so give it a try. It’s so quick and easy. And read further...
My Creative Space – borders & another quillow
46 months ago
in Quilting
I’m putting my first borders on my kaleidoscope quilt because a) I think the quilt needs one (or 3 in this case) and b) I needed to beef up this quilt into a queen size quilt (I should have just made more blocks since the quilt design is uneven). Does anyone find putting the borders read further...
{Sew} Modern Monday – Finished Quillow
66 months ago
in Quilting
About 2 weeks ago, I mentioned that I was going to make a quillow for a baby boy. Well, that never happened. As usual, I waited until the very last minute to start which meant I never finished it on time. But it’s finally finished…and for my little boy. I followed Nova’s tutorial from A read further...
