christmas ribbons

Betsy's Blessing Blocks from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I put about 30 of these little blocks together last week. It is a very simple Churn Dash block using only scraps from my bin full of Betsy Chutchian fabrics.

I'll put a tutorial together this week for the sashing section. The sashing finishes at 1". The little red stars are going to twinkle across the wall hanging or tabletopper.

I can see an entire bed quilt comprised of these cute blocks.....one of these days. I have only 6 more blocks to put together to make this complete. I like to occasionally make a small project ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 3 months ago. under betsy's blessing , christmas ribbons

Mountain Musings from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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My time at the long arm is over! Christmas Ribbons is now quilted and I'm working on the binding.

I absolutely love the curved cross-hatching rulers that I bought from Linda, at The Quilted Pineapple. They are going to add a whole new dimension to my machine quilting. I'm looking forward to experimenting with them.

The little pebbles took me a long, long time to quilt.

Now on another note. Early last evening we took Mazey for her walk. We stopped at our next door neighbors on our way home for a glass of wine and ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 5 months ago. under christmas ribbons

Machine Quilting from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I'm almost done with machine quilting Christmas Ribbons. I'm down to the bottom row, so there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm quilting circles in each of the 36 sashing areas. The circles are taking me FOREVER! After quilting for several hours, I'm seeing polka dots before my eyes. I can't wait to get this quilt off of the frame so I can see the overall look. The throat space on my long arm is only 16", so I'm constantly rolling the quilt back and forth to quilt ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 5 months ago. under christmas ribbons , machine quilting

Christmas Ribbons Kits from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Just a quick note to let you know that two quilt shops have prepared kits for Christmas Ribbons.

Kits are available at In Between Stitches and Cloth and Quilts. Check out both of the shops to see what other goodies they have available for you to purchase. They are both great shops staffed by wonderful people. They are my go to quilt shops.

My sister is here today, and I'll be putting her to work on Lovey Dovey. She is going to work on the checkerboard border for me while she's here. Now you know there ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 6 months ago. under christmas ribbons , lovey dovey

The Christmas Ribbons Flimsy from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Many long days went into the making of my Christmas Ribbons design. I'm very happy with the final outcome.

Mazey is pleased too. We took the design wall out on the deck to get a picture in the early evening light. After I quilt this, we will drive up to the high country and take a picture of the quilt in the snow for the pattern cover. Ebbetts Pass is a 1-1/2 lane road running northeast up and over the Sierras. The pass should be open in the next couple of weeks. There will be lots ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 6 months ago. under christmas ribbons

Christmas Ribbons Update from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Here is my progress on Christmas Ribbons. What you can't see is the pattern is almost completed too!

Now that's the exciting part for me. Every morning I spend a couple of hours at the computer working on the pattern, and that investment in time is paying off.

I just need to make a couple of more blocks, more sashings, and a couple of pinwheels, then I can start putting this quilt together.

I have to dust off my long arm and start the backlog of flimsy's that need to be quilted. I'm so ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 6 months ago. under bountiful blessings , christmas ribbons

Christmas Ribbons from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Here is my progress on my new Christmas Ribbons design. I've been wearing my Madam Ambassador hat for Henry Glass & Co while I work on this quilt.

The little posts in the sashing tie it all together. The extra little "pop" of red in the center on the pinwheels is just stinkin' cute! The fabric is called Holly Hill Christmas by Mary Jane Carey for Henry Glass Fabrics.

The block measures 10" finished. The entire quilt/wall hanging will measure about 42" x 42". I say about, because I'm not sure how wide I'm going ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 6 months ago. under christmas ribbons

Christmas Ribbons from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Here's the latest fabric that arrived from Henry Glass & Co. The line is called Holly Hill Christmas by Mary Jane Carey. The fabrics are a very nice mix of polka dots, plaids, and stripes in this traditional Christmas line.

I studied the fabric for a day, and then it spoke to me. I designed a block in EQ software one day and then concentrated on the sashing and border the next day. I thought about it overnight, and in the morning I did some tweaking to the design. The blocks are going to finish at 10". The ...

added by Lynn 4 years, 6 months ago. under christmas ribbons

Progress Potpourri {Borders, Blocks, and Batting} from Little Bunny Quilts

I didn't have a ton of motivation (or time) to sew this weekend, but I did manage to get a few productive things done, even if it wasn't just finishing a quilt.

First, I made bias binding from a fat quarter and added it to a baby quilt that I quilted *last* week. I am hand stitching the binding by hand, so expect that finish later this week or early next week.

Next, I used the backing cut-offs from the aforementioned baby quilt as the (first) border of my Ribbons quilt.

I maximized the width of border I ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 1 month ago. under baby quilt , christmas ribbons , controlled scrappy , hobbs batting , radiant jewel quilt , scrap quilts

Stretching Scraps {Christmas Ribbons} from Little Bunny Quilts

When I posted my Not Quite Christmas Ribbons quilt last week, I was trying to decide what else to do with the quilt.

I did some quilty math and figured out that I could squeeze out enough units to add half blocks on each side of the quilt, but not enough to make full blocks to make it a square quilt. Adding blocks on both sides instead of one side allowed for the secondary designs in the quilt to be symmetrical throughout the quilt.

Here are my half units:

Except that sewing these all into units was the wrong move ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 1 month ago. under christmas ribbons , controlled scrappy , scrap quilts , scraps

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