bumpkin baskets quilt

Switching Projects ~ Baskets Of Fun from Podunk Pretties

Hi-diddly-O! Quilting Friends! My recent injuries from tripping over the dog will not keep from sewing. I may not be able to cut fabric but I'm pretty sure I can still manage a few stitches on the sewing machine. So, I pulled my Bumpkin Baskets quilt out of the WIP's cart.

All that's left to do on the Bumpkin Baskets quilt is to stitch the border applique into place using the invisible machine applique method. The appliqued pieces were glue basted in place months ago using Elmers washable school glue in a Roxanne's basting glue bottle ...

added by Podunk Pretties 1 week, 3 days ago. under bumpkin baskets quilt

Bumpkin Baskets ~ The Final Border from Podunk Pretties

After wasting many hours trying to make this border tickle me pink, I gave up and decided to call it good enough. It makes me happy to throw in the towel. You know what they say... Finished is better than perfect!

The picture above is a bit deceiving. Let's take a closer look. See the gazillion pins? Two days of my life was wasted pinning on the border, unpinning the border, trying different applique and pinning again and again and again.

The only way for me to know if I like the border is to see each little piece ...

added by Podunk Pretties 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under bumpkin baskets quilt , invisible machine applique

This Weeks Plan from Podunk Pretties

The top priority for the week is to get the border applique glued in place on my Bumpkin Baskets quilt.

Before that can happen I need to finish recovering my pressing boards. I started this late last night. Normally I recover each of these 3 or 4 times a year. I'm pretty sure these were neglected all last year because they looked horrible. (I have a video for how to make pressing boards) The two smaller boards will be recovered with the fabric you see below. On the largest board the fabric was washed and will be reused. Since ...

added by Podunk Pretties 4 months ago. under bumpkin baskets quilt , ironing board cover , pressing boards , zucchini bread

Applique Ideas from Podunk Pretties

The Bumpkins Baskets quilt is slowly coming to life and evolving along the way. Below is one option for the final border applique.

And then there's the next option.

The original plan below was ditched when it came time to make those small cluster of flowers. One big flower is easier and in my mind it looks better.

Some of the applique on this quilt is raw edge and some of it is prepared edge. To make prepared edge applique some type of template is needed. Normally I would use multiple layers of freezer paper to make the templates ...

added by Podunk Pretties 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under bumpkin baskets quilt , prepared edge applique , turned edge applique

Design Wall Monday ~ Bumpkin Baskets from Podunk Pretties

Hi Quilty Friends! A little progress was made on my Bumpkin Baskets quilt. The first inner border of background fabric was a breeze. The 120 half square triangle border is coming along slowly.

It would have been quicker had I remembered to move the needle on my sewing machine. You see, when I turn on my sewing machine it automatically goes to the SCANT quarter inch seem setting. I wish I could change this auto setting. It's rare for me to use a scant seem allowance.

Trimming them was pretty quick with the homemade locking ruler. I kept telling ...

added by Podunk Pretties 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under bumpkin baskets quilt

Bumpkin Baskets ~ The Original ~ A New Quilt Plan from Podunk Pretties

Hello Quilty Friends! After a week of this quilt hanging on my longarm I finally found(made) the time to take a picture. This is the quilt I thought I quilted and gifted to my daughter about nine years ago. Last Monday I shared a peek inside my quilt designing brain while I tried to come up with a plan for a new quilt using the same basic basket block in red, white and blues. I'm happy to finally announce I have a final quilt design! Woohoo!

The drawing was made in EQ8. It's a rough drawing of ...

added by Podunk Pretties 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under bumpkin baskets quilt , dresden basket quilt

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