Friday, September 27, 2019

Spring half square flowers.

Well with the weather warming up it is time
 for some flowers.  This quilt was made for a
 friend who moved out to BC. 
 She always has flowers first but 
I wanted her to have some from Alberta.



Flower Log Cabin
It obviously got approval from the resident beagle.
  I used a bunch of scrap flying geese around the borders.




                  I am starting another half square 
project to use up even more of my "square stash".

Friday, September 6, 2019

Rainbow Log Cabin Learning




Well there ya go, I finished the Rainbow Log Cabin! 
 Every quilt teaches and with this one I learned quite a bit!



 Item 1- Make good notes, or keep the pattern.
  I got the idea for this quilt from a magazine cover and
 then of course changed it to my liking. 
 I made it larger, changed the layout a bit
 and then added borders.  I lost track of the pattern
 along the way but remembered that the quilting 
contrasted with the direction of the stitching lines,
 so planned out a diagonal pattern using a variegated thread.
 I didn't stitch to the edge however,
 just to the edge of the central design. 
 Which created the next learning opportunity!


Item 2-Plan out your quilting.  
I wanted to carry out the diagonal 
design but found it very difficult 
to start and stop when changing 
colors from light to dark
 ( I was filling in the white borders) 
so  think carefully before 
choosing to change colors.


Item 3-Don't be afraid to be creative. 
Using a lock stitch was causing knots in the thread
 so I had to find a different way to lock the stitching.
 I added some additional quilting that 
crossed the un-knotted lines and 
that solved the problem.

This quilt now lives with one of the kids. 
It is definitely one of my favorite.
It also taught me a lot!!

Stay safe and sew on !