Showing posts with label layering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label layering. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Flimsies in Waiting

 Lots of flimsies are waiting  to be quilted.

They have all moved to my work room quilt rack.

This post Next Up to Layer from a while ago,

featured  a few tops I finished and their corresponding backs.

Here is a compilation of what needs to be quilted.

The backs being ready 

makes an evening pinning frenzy much more fun.

Here are the five tops that have backs chosen/ready.



                                                                               



These are the tops that need to find  a back!








It always seems to be the part of quilting that takes the longest,

deciding which back to put on which quilt!

It is an agonizing thing for me to find the perfect back.

I don't try to make them match the front,

but I do like them to compliment the front design in some way.

Either picking up a colour, picking up a pattern,

or even picking up the general theme of the front.

Sometimes it's even the recipient that dictates what the back will be.

So this post will be a nice place to keep track of what I have

that is ready for layering.

I went to a guild Zoom presentation recently 

and the presenter was a very vibrant quilter from California.

She quilts under Pride and Joy quilting.

The most important take away for me

was her attitude about the outstanding projects

She moves on to other projects as soon as she wants.

It takes the joy out of things if you make it a job or a task. 

I really embrace  

that take on how to view your UFOs.

So this keeping track of my flimsies 

is only be a pleasurable task  for me and 

not a what I have to do type reminder.

Here are the last two added to the list 

and then on to some stitching!




Stay safe and sew on !

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Monday, November 25, 2024

Psssttt! What's that?

 We all remember the clean out, organize that 

came  over us a while ago?

Well one thing that didn't get "sorted"

was a steamer I "left behind -inherited" 

when one of the offspring moved lodgings.

It is a Conair clothing steamer!





My BB has recently started

using a small steamer purchased by her husband.

When she waxed enthusiastic about it,

I remembered I had one sitting in the bedroom!

I dragged it out, filled the ample reservoir wit water,

and voila. Great to press large pieces of fabric,

and does fairly well on smaller pieces too, but my iron with the

 charging station is more suited to that.

The steamer allowed me to press a quantity of backs.

Now almost all my pins are used up and I can get busy stitching

the half dozen Irish chains I have all layered!



Everything old is new again!

If only that worked for our skin, hair and energy!

Happy stitching.

Stay safe and sew on!