My daughter and I are walking in the Susan B. Komen race for the cure in Spokane this Sunday. I wanted to find a can wrap to embroider, but was not successful finding one locally and ordering some was out of the question due to the cost of shipping. So, I searched and found a pattern. Here is an example of what I came up with. 
Posts Tagged ‘embroidery’
New Projects
April 16, 2010Wall Hangings
October 24, 2009I know it has been ages since I have updated my webpage. Life happens and it has been very busy here! I did find myself wanting to create wall hangings this fall for some crazy reason. Well as you can imagine, one thing leads to another. I started out with an appliqued wall hanging, somehow thinking that I had once perfected the process. While I have come a long way, I still have frustrations with machine applique. It turned out “ok”, but I was still not totally happy with it, so my brain started thinking of how I could do it better and I came up with the idea of doing embroidered wall hangings. Well, this idea seemed to satisfy my need to do something different. I now have so many ideas and no time! So, here are some samples of my embroidered wall hangings! I still have some in process of being quilted and the possibilities are endless.
Check out my Wall Hangings Page! http://wp.me/Pzdj6-2m
Monday Madness
August 17, 2009I am feeling in a real push to finally get something done today. I just spent the weekend with my son and his two kids and another granddaughter. It got pretty wild around here and of course nothing was accomplished!
Tomorrow I have to return to my paying job and begin preparing for the chaos and confusion of the school year.
So I am lamenting my return to work and my lack of ability to get my quilt finished. I was having a great deal of frustration last week with my machine and breaking needles, so now it is cleaned, oiled, new needle installed, and the frame has been checked for leveling and my goals have been set for the day. I intend to get the quilting done and the label made before dinner. Wish me luck!
The Past Day
August 13, 2009Well, I did not reach my goal of getting my quilt on my frame. I got distracted by trying to watch the dvd that came with the frame and trying to get the old computer working…funny it worked last time, but not yesterday or it crashed yesterday! It takes a long time to try to troubleshoot those things.
I also had been talking to people about how they label their quilts. It is hard to believe that so many folks don’t label them. Since most of my quilts are made for specific people I label them and use my creativity to create a label that fits with the theme of my quilt. I also wonder how people bind their quilts. I know some of you finish the binding with machine stitching. I don’t have good luck with that method (I seem to miss the backside of the binding when blind stitching from the front), consequently I hand sew the binding to finish it.
I know that some of the methods of quilting that I use have evolved through the years. When I look at what I created in the early 80′s it amazes me at how much I have learned. I am still very pleased with the quilting that I do, but wonder if it would hold up in a show. I tried to look at the quality of the quilts shown at local fairs and do think that my work is as good, but still have my doubts. This then leads me to wonder…how do professional quilters start out? I know that when I make a quilt I make it to be used, not necessarily for show, but it does bring a sense of satisfaction to a person when their work is shown and praised.
Check out my new pages and pictures. I added more pictures of quilts, sewing projects, and added a page for labels.
Newest Quilt
August 11, 2009Here is my latest quilt. It has been a chaotic summer and I have not had good luck working on my quilts. Too many things got in the way of it. I started one and decided that I must be a pointless person as Kay Wood talks about as I had so many frustrations with the points on the pattern. So I tossed those pieces in a bag and pulled out some fabric that I had picked up about a year ago. The fabric is very interesting as it fades from dark to light. So, I did not use a specific pattern for this one and just started cutting and sewing strips. This is what I came out with. I think it is beautiful!
August 2009 Quilt top
I am trying to decide how to finish the back of it. My sister adds a strip of fabric to the back that coordinates with the quilt top for her quilts. I have never tried that as I worry about getting it on straight when I roll it on the quilting frame. I guess if I put the strip off center it won’t matter in the end if it is straight or not. I may try something with this one though, since I have claimed this quilt! Most of my quilts I have given, sold or donated, so it is time for me to keep one for myself.
With luck I will have it on the frame this evening and quilted by the weekend!
I am going to try to set a goal for finding time to work on my projects. As I will be going back to work soon I know it will be come a challenge. I read where if you set an appointment time that could help (this is said to be a good way to fit exercise into a day) but, my days become very short when I take 8 hours of work time and 1 1/2 hours for commuting out of it. Maybe I can schedule 15 minutes a day, I will certainly give it a try.
Any suggestions as to how to find more time to sew, quilt, embroider, etc. would be welcomed!
Blog Update
August 9, 2009Check out my new pages! I have just added some photos of some of my quilting and embroidery projects.
Be sure to pick up the McCall’s Quick Quilts and Quilter’s Home magazines which will be on the newstands September 1 and September 15 respectively. There will be an ad in each of these magazines for my custom made embroidered quilt labels! Hopefully all this is the beginning of something BIG!!!!
August Quilting
August 3, 2009Here it is August already and it is too hot to be outside, so I am trying to settle down and be creative. I had difficulty with the last quilt I was attempting, so set it aside and started a new one. Since my life is chaotic at this point I decided to try a chaotic quilt. Who knows it may not end up as chaotic as I think! But, I will give it a try.
I will need to come up with an idea for a label for it. I may need to design a border that is chaotic in my embroidery software. Who knows what will come of it. Perhaps order from the chaos!
Quilt labels
July 21, 2009I always label my quilts. I like to personalize my labels as most of my quilts are made for specific people. I saw a quilt that my husband’s aunt made as a graduation present for our niece. It is a beautiful quilt and she labeled it, but it was written in ink. I prefer to label my quilts with embroidery as that will last through all sorts of uses.
