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December 14, 2024

Flimsies, Pieced Backing and Frankenbatting from Grandma's Red Needle

I'm happy to say I have two RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) flimsies!

Keep the Home Fires Burning

I had sew much fun adding all these blocks together!

...and Sherri McConnell A Quilting Life BOM 2024

Finding the 'right' fabric for the border and sashing for a scrappy quilt can sometimes be a challenge. Since it has 'all' colors, any of these colors could be used, I guess. My DH suggested black for the sashing. Hm.... What do I have in my stash? Definitely not a big choice. A few strips left of Moda Marbles, one yard black Grunge is ...

added by Astrid 1 week, 4 days ago. under backing , bom2024 , christmas , frankenbatting , keep the home fires burning , pieced backing , rsc2024 , scraps , sfd

February 24, 2024

Simplicity is key! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

In case some of you are getting random responses from me -- I'm trying to catch up on all the comments from the blog! Bear with me -- I should catch up soon!

Somewhere recently, I heard someone say that one of the generations (I don't remember which one, and I'm so confused as to who is whom anyway!) Well, the idea was that you are old if you carry a WALLET! Now, I don't think anyone should generalize about age because of something we carry! For the record, it has been years since I last used a ...

added by Elaine 10 months ago. under backing , backyard , bear , customer quilt , decluttering , food , murphy , neighbourhood , online shopping , tequila lime

August 1, 2022

Backed up! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

The weather is perfect these days, although I wish it would rain every night. Things are so dry, but it's beautiful to have the windows open all day and night. The humidity levels are extremely low or non-existent.

I started the Virtual Retreat two hours later, although technically, anyone could have joined, and I was off for a bike ride. I wasn't sure what route I was going to take, and I usually make a big circuit, so at any point, I could have turned right and made the trip as short or as long as I wanted ...

added by Elaine 2 years, 4 months ago. under backing , cycling , neighbohood , virtual retreat

October 21, 2021

Cleaning up! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I've been whining about my cutting table and how I can't seem to get it completely clear. Well, I've been whittling away at it, and this is what it looks like. Well, I should say, this is what it looked like last night. It looks even better this morning.

The cutting table

The nice thing is that's it now only ONE layer that covers it! I hope you notice how much of the cutting mats we can see! Not a bunch of stuff stacked up. I'm going to keep whittling away and try to get ...

added by Elaine 3 years, 2 months ago. under backing , customer quilt , half square triangles , studio b , to be quilted , virtual challenge

March 9, 2021

Decluttering makes me happy!!! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

FIRST -- I stand corrected!!! Yesterday I made a mistake. The interviewees did NOT get paid. That was very clear, but for some reason, I misinterpreted the information. I apologize for that. Thanks to a couple of readers who pointed that out. I've corrected my post from yesterday. What is disturbing is that while these people didn't get paid, the network paid $7 - 9 million for the rights to produce that interview, so someone profited. If you want to live a private life, then you should keep it private. You can't have your cake and eat it too ...

added by Elaine 3 years, 9 months ago. under backing , bbb project , decluttering , long time gone , magazines , summer moon

November 12, 2020

Liberty Pillow from Quilting Stories

I was not satisfied with my LIBERTY pillow. Laziness never pays : I had not quilted it and it looked flat.

Neither was I pleased with the back of it, done with a basic cotton instead of a Liberty one.

As regards the sewing of a zip : for those like me who have difficulties with this step, there is the solution of linking the two parts of the back of the pillow with strings, as shown on the last picture. The result is lovely.

Now my pillow looks perfect!

added by Quilting Stories 4 years, 1 month ago. under backing , giant , hand quilting , hexagons , hexies , liberty , pillow , sewing , sewing machine

August 24, 2020

What I’ve been up to from Romany Quilting

The last few days have been a bit of a mixed bag. Sadly on Friday we had a family funeral to attend as Robin’s cousin Steve had passed away. The day was wet and wild, and we drove up to Palmerston North to attend the church. Reflecting in the car that as the aunts and uncles have now all passed on, sadly the cousins are the older generation. Quite a sobering thought. With our part of the country being in “Level 2”, gatherings are capped at 100 people. Therefore, the family wanted to know who was likely to attend ...

added by Jenny 4 years, 4 months ago. under backing , birthday , church , cooking , family , gemma

August 18, 2020

Wildlife sightings from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

It was a glorious day yesterday! I accomplished a lot, saw a lot, and well - just a great day!!

Often, when I go for a walk, I take my phone. Not because of the social media, which I'm hardly on these days, and I don't miss it a single bit, not because someone might text me or call me - I rarely get messages, unless it's from M who wants to know what's happening with Little Bear. Nope - I take my phone because it has a fantastic camera on it.

I stopped to take a picture of ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 4 months ago. under backing , backyard , bear , binding , easy street , gecko , irons , project linus , quilts of valour , string piecing

June 16, 2020

It's a good news day!! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Wow -- this month (like all the others) is marching on and waiting for no one. If we don't take advantage of today, well - it won't be there tomorrow! I try to take advantage of every minute, but don't worry - I do get some downtime in there. I actually picked up a REAL book yesterday. I had let three audiobooks expire without reading them. I just couldn't bear the thought of reading. And I certainly had not picked up a physical book to read in weeks.

Why? I bet it's because of all the time I ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 6 months ago. under backing , backyard , charity quilts , erin mills town center , motivational mondays , ufo club , virtual retreat

May 3, 2020

I've got your back from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Even though it was a warm day yesterday - at least by the thermometer, it wasn't warm at all. It was windy and rainy and a perfect day to stay inside. Oh don't worry - I still managed my 7 + miles for the day by having two outdoor walks with the girls and walking around the house getting stuff done. I'm on track with my challenges and I'm not finding it hard to get that mileage in every day.

Now if I were a snail? That might be 7 inches in a day! Although I didn't see ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 7 months ago. under backing , charity quilts , long arm repair , scraps

March 13, 2020

SHOP HOP Quilt Along - INTRODUCTION from Sew Fresh Quilts

Most of the snow has melted away from our neighbourhood.

But the view out my sewing room window was FROSTY!!!

As you can see in my SHOP HOP Baby quilt sample, the SHOPS all feature frosty, snow covered roof tops. The same snowy fabric is used throughout the quilt on the roof tops, windowsills and doorsteps.

When I shared the news of my recent finish and upcoming quilt along SHOP HOP, I had a lot of people asking me about the backing fabric that I used. It was a black and white print remnant I picked up from Ye Olde ...

added by Lorna McMahon 4 years, 9 months ago. under backing , shop hop

February 16, 2020

She said YES from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Another great day - lots of things got done. And it was Saturday and that means getting organized for the coming week. While I have a list of quilts that need to be quilted, once a week, I schedule the day on which those quilts will be quilted. I'm in really good shape in that department. I need to remake my "to do" list for things that need to be accomplished this week and the Task Master (list of quilting/sewing things) to accomplish this week has to be updated as well. If I didn't have those lists, I ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 10 months ago. under backing , binding , charity quilts , quilt of belonging , quilts of valour

February 11, 2020

Cot Quilt from Romany Quilting

Just a little sewing has been happening this week. I thought it was high time I started finishing off a couple of quilt tops made last year, before I start making a new list again. The first one chosen to work on is a little girl’s cot (donation) quilt, not too big to deal with. Yes, I have a piece of batting which will do, but would you believe it, just a little short. So some “franken-batting” took place, as I joined some left over strips to two sides of my batting piece. And you know what happened when ...

added by Jenny 4 years, 10 months ago. under backing , binding , machine quilting , quilts , ufo's

January 21, 2020

Strawberries and Cream from From the Strawberry Patch...

Strawberries and Cream ~ 60" X 68" I finally finished piecing and quilting this scrappy quilt from years ago, it was inspired by an antique quilt that I saw at a Quilt Guild "show and tell" and fell in love with. I drafted the pattern and set to work. This may just be one of my favorite all-time quilts. I backed it with this precious strawberry print. Naming this one was a natural. I don't

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 4 years, 11 months ago. under antique quilts , backing , machine quilting , pantograph , selvedges , texas tears , ufo's

Strawberries and Cream from From the Strawberry Patch...

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 4 years, 11 months ago. under antique quilts , backing , machine quilting , pantograph , selvedges , texas tears , ufo's

January 11, 2020

Backing the Easy Way: Part Two from From Edge 2 Edge

I am glad that I have a large island in the kitchen as I used to do this crawling around the floor.

Tape the backing, right side down, taunt but not stretched.
Place the batting on top, smoothing as needed.
Place the top on batting squaring it with the backing and smooth.
Pin the three layers together but do not pin over a seam (that is part of the anchoring stitch line).
Untape and verify that everything is flat and no ripples or puckers were introduced during the pinning process. Repin or add additional pins as needed, about every 5 ...

added 4 years, 11 months ago. under backing , old projects (Comments)

January 4, 2020

Backing the Easy Way: Part One from From Edge 2 Edge

I have decided on these older projects to back them like my Grandma Lillie did. She made at least one or two quilts a year. Always one to sell to add a little extra cash to her stash. She had her quilting frame set up in her sunroom during the winter and she always was hand quilting or piecing on her treadle Singer sewing machine.

She always used cotton sheets for her backings for a few reasons:

They were relatively inexpensive
She could get them the size for the quilt she was making
She had no extra seams to quilt ...

added 4 years, 11 months ago. under backing , old projects (Comments)

December 15, 2019

Hong Kong Nights Quilt & Donation Quilts (2019 personal challenge) from caledonia quilter

This quilt is realllly big. I had to tip the tablet cattywampus to get a pic.

The maker used a beautiful collection of Asian prints for the blocks.

And I absolutely love the corner triangle she added. That provides such an interesting touch.

Oddly enough, those print blocks are all cut on the bias. I was really impressed that they were not stretched out of square when the 3-d flange was added to them, and then additional sashing too. She's a really, really good piecer. ⭐
The setting triangles were a design challenge for me. When you actually LOOK at ...

added by helen-mary 5 years ago. under backing , challenge , christmas , custom quilting , destash , donation , fabric , goodwill quilting , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , stash

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