Thought I’d show you yet another little project I’ve tackled that’s stolen me away from writing more often.
I’ve done dozens of machine sewn quilts.
I decided to indulge the little OCD ruler-holding elves in my head by attempting a hand sewn quilt.
Behold…
The first two blocks.
This pattern is called Eight Pointed Star. The lady that named this pattern went by “The Duchess of Obvious.” She also said to tell you that in this picture, one block is face up and one is face down to show off my stitching.
See?! Hand sewn! Everybody “OOOoooOOO” and “AHHahhAHHahh” all together now.
Those long white stitches are just basting threads that will be pulled when the quilt is all finished. They hold the seams in the right direction out of the way when I’m doing the actual quilting, the decorative stitches that connect the three layers of the quilt together and keep the batting from shifting through wear and washing.
The blocks will be 12″x12″ and it’ll be a lap-size quilt 3 blocks by 3 blocks with 3″ borders. Or maybe 4″ borders. We’ll see. I just finished the last block, #9, at work last night. Tom finished #8 last night, too! That’s right, he was watching me sew and asked me to show him how to do it, and then he took the pieces with him to school and sat quilting while he listened to his lecture. Then after class, The Sharks AND The Jets jumped him outside the back door and beat the ever-lovin’ snot out of him.
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uhhhhhh huhhhhh Suuuuuuure it will just be a lap blanket!!!! Wasnt my duaghters quilt supposed to be JUST a baby blanket of sorts?!?!?! and it turned into a twin size conforter!! LOL… I still love it and she will too..
Wait wait wait.. I totally just re-read that and realized you said Tom quilted during his lectures.. are you serious?!?!?!
Dory Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 11:18 am
@Caron, True story!!! :grin:
OOOoooOOO AHHahhAHHahh
I’ve never done any quilting but I’ve seen enough of it and done enough other “handwork” to be suitably impressed.