breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh

To Do Tuesday #41 from The Quilt Yarn

Another week has gone by. I have not been doing much after my recent workshop finished. The group I had was really quite talented...they picked up the feather quilting very quickly and while not everyone finished the table runner during the sessions, we were able to go through all the fillers so that they can finish it at home.

My list for this week was

- bind the charity quilt✅

- baste the class sample from above and work out the quilting design, path and thread✅

- cut the pieces for a couple more cat blocks (no piecing at the moment as ...

added by Karin 1 year ago. under breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , invisafil thread

Background Filler Project from The Quilt Yarn

I m back onto my background filler project after a few weeks of a bit of a break. Felt somewhat overwhelmed with the enormity of the project and lost some steam to keep going. So I did a few other projects to take my mind off mainly working on some listings for my Etsy shop but also 'playing' around on EQ8 with some new patterns (fantastic program...was able to manipulate a pre-existing layout into the custom size that I wanted, changed it a bit and ended up with at least 5 different versions of possible quilts - there is another ...

added by Karin 2 years, 5 months ago. under bernina q20 , breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , fmq background filler , freemotionquilting , invisafil thread

Are We There Yet? from The Quilt Yarn

I have not posted that much in recent weeks because I am stuck on my background filler project. As usual the task is much bigger than expected and at the moment I am completing specific sections at snail pace!

This is what I am currently working on, i.e. the right side on the top. One little section in there took me ages to work out as I had to simultaneously think about the surrounding area and how this would all work out.

I must say, this project comes close to being a killer. Found some humour in it though ...

added by Karin 2 years, 5 months ago. under breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , fmq background fillers

Still Working On Background Fills from The Quilt Yarn

Not much happening on this side of the globe.

Still working away on my background filler project. As usual, it is much bigger and time consuming than I had originally thought. However, I am getting a lot of practice in with some of the more unfamiliar shapes which is great.

I think that I now can do these little round flower shapes in my sleep. Also discovering which ones really flow for me and which ones to maybe leave for smaller areas. Definitely have overdone the pebbling a bit, I think, but have decided since then that this was meant ...

added by Karin 2 years, 6 months ago. under background fillers , breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh

Background Texture from The Quilt Yarn

Currently doing Bethanne Nemesh' Breaking Boundaries class. It is as intensive as the Feather Fiesta class was that I have just finished with her. Very enjoyable and lots of learning and experimenting. She certainly packs a lot into those classes.

After a while I got a bit bored with my practice sandwiches and while I could have used the pre-prepared improvisational quilts, I decided to use a very colourful and interesting panel that I had in my stash. Yep, got majorly side tracked once again!

The panel is called Art Excursion by Denise Burkitt for Free Spirit Fabrics.

It is ...

added by Karin 2 years, 7 months ago. under background fillers , breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , freemotion quilting

More Curvy Quilting from The Quilt Yarn

The Breaking Boundaries online class with Bethanne Nemesh has started. She did a review of the improvisational quilting and added another project to the list.

This little quilt was incredibly easy to put together and super fast. Took me about half a day. My blocks came out at 12in which makes this a nice size for a little wall hanging. I deliberately chose the brown fabric with the light and and yellowish addition to match our surroundings in the family room. This will look great.

My curves were a bit gentler than what they were supposed to be as this ...

added by Karin 2 years, 8 months ago. under breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , curved piecing

Finishing Off and Starting Something New from The Quilt Yarn

It's been a while again...I tend to forget what I post and where, so some may already have seen pictures of some of these projects.

I finished my Koi wall hanging quilt top. Had to wait for some new applique foundation paper to arrive before I could continue. I had some Dupioni silk from my kit left and decided to make a second fish. This was somewhat nerve wrecking as there was not a lot of room for error. I had all these very small fins to make and turn the silk over so I was very careful ...

added by Karin 2 years, 8 months ago. under bethanne nemesh feather fiesta class , breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , clamshell design , freemotion quilting , nursery panel quilt

The Koi Wall Hanging from The Quilt Yarn

Bethanne Nemesh' Breaking Boundaries online workshop is starting this weekend. I have been working on the koi wall hanging which is the 5th project in the pre-recorded workshop in preparation for this class.

It looked fairly straightforward just looking at it, but as I watched the video I realised that there was a bit more to it. Nothing too difficult but it demanded a fair amount of concentration and thinking things through. I followed Bethanne's basic layout...this is how I learn best just following along thinking the steps described through. There are of course a million different ways ...

added by Karin 2 years, 8 months ago. under breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , koi wall hanging , needleturn applique

Multi-tasking and New Pattern from The Quilt Yarn

I am still multi-tasking. In fact, I have added things to my list...

added by Karin 2 years, 9 months ago. under bethanne nemesh feather fiesta class , breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , etsy shop; baby quilt pattern; bright baby quilt , freemotionquilting

It Worked! from The Quilt Yarn

Still doing the curved piecing. I cannot tell you how many of those curved borders I have done by now...feels like dozens.

Was fairly nervous about putting a mitred frame around my finished quilt tops but there was only one way of finding out how that would work for me and that was obviously doing it.

However, decided to bite the bullet and frame the two quilt tops

This went smoothly. I took my time and went very, very slowly and to my big surprise this turned out great. A few hiccups here and there like my glue not ...

added by Karin 2 years, 10 months ago. under breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , curved piecing , improvisational piecing

Last Finishes for the Year from The Quilt Yarn

Managed to finish off two more UFOs before the year comes to a close. Nothing too exciting but very happy to have completed this.

Natalia Bonner's 9 Patchalong quilt

This is from 2020...had finished the quilting and then just put it away. Even had the binding cut up. The binding has been sitting in my sewing room on one of the cupboards ready to go...since September 2020. Can you believe it?

Was actually really interesting to look back on this one. I had forgotten already what we did on this.

Looks great and is a really good ...

added by Karin 2 years, 10 months ago. under 9 patchalong with natalia bonner , breaking boundaries with bethanne nemesh , christmas table runner , freemotionquilting

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