Get a cuppa something yummy and sit for a visit today… I have a fun share today!
Look at this cute bag I saw on Facebook today… that fabric is by Gail Pan for Henry Glass fabrics (she is an Australian designer) and I LOVE it 🙂 How fun is that!
It has been a busy and productive week here at Daisy Meadows and the weather has been totally fabulous!!! Today we are ending March with a bit of snow though! lol The snow didn’t stick around but it was quite interesting for sure 😀
This week I was at this point Monday… I spent all day Sunday slow stitching last week to get to this point 🙂
And on Wednesday I was ecstatic to find myself here…
Yep… off the frame and hand quilting complete!! Then time to sew on the binding 😀
I used Cleo (short for Cleopatra) my trusty Singer 319w for the job. And added a label to it as well…
And this binding I decided to try the “ladder stitch” I had seen and used on the quilt front for a mending moment where the seam didn’t get sewn well if you recall a couple weeks back me sharing that. Look how invisible the stitches are though…
Here is the rhythm of a ladder stitch… it is really a running stitch where you go 1/4″ in the batting layer then pull through then 1/4″ in the fold of the binding and pull through then back down through the backing to the batting… then back up to the batting fold.. until you are done!!
It made me giddy to make a binding finish I was proud of!!!
Here is where I was this morning early…. with about 2/3 completed on the binding…
now I am DONE! Spent most of my Sunday slow stitching it on with that ladder stitch and I LOVE the results of it… Hope you try this method on your next binding finish… Linking this to my favorite Sunday stop .. Kathy’s Slow Stitching Sunday linky party HERE.
But before I share the reveal lets talk about the life this quilt top has had before getting this far along…
It got “finished” in May 2016… yes… 3 years ago almost… then it was layered with it’s same backing it has today and same batting it has today and put on the frame for quilting… this was the 1st quilt to ever be loaded on my frame too!!!
This was when I realized how wavy the outer border was… never knew it could happen as it never had for me… so somehow it then became a UFO as I moved forward with other quilts and other projects… I remained unsure how this happened and how to fix it.
Fast forward to our move to North Carolina when it got unearthed in the unpacking and I realized why it had become a UFO… and investigated on Bluprint how to fix the problem… take off the border was the obvious fix and put it back on… consulting my bestie who is my quilting mentor too told me the same thing!
Well I took 3/4″ off the top and bottom borders in length last month when this quilt finally got a seat back on the frame and WOW!!! I am so glad I did that… the sides were a bit ruffly in spots still but not like the top and bottom… now for the reveal.. now that you can appreciate how this quilt came to be 🙂
And to see it in context in the kitchen… PERFECTION!!!
I am linking this finish for the month to Julie ~ The Crafty Quilter link up for March HERE . You can link up 2 finishes to her linky … my second link up will be another most proud moment…
Wrangling my fabric storage got completed this month… this was on my things to do list she gave out in January as a blank and I finished it this month!!!
There is just a bit of my colored fabric scrap separations… and all of my bolts of fabrics (fat quarters and larger separated by color and some by type as well. I am really proud of utilizing my fabrics for projects like the applique and quilt making I have done since finishing this organization… and putting everything back away… I even organized my cutting table to only have currently used fabrics on it !!!
Daisy… our doxie we rehomed to my bestie in the Nashville area… is very happy with her new home situation… it is a great fit for her 🙂 Her granddaughter took this photo and I just fell in love with it!!!
Our Molly keeps me company as I stitch and loves to hang with Rick as he work in his building or relaxes in his recliner… she is full of energy but getting easier to tame these days… she is now 9 months old so still very much a puppy… lol! But settling in to life in NC 🙂
Now that I have the wall hanging done… I had my honey fold up the quilting frame and I brought back in the PVC frame that holds the wholecloth quilt…
this quilt has history too… it is now 4 years old in the making of it since I took the first stitches… it is a large queen sized quilt and will grace our guest bed whenever I finish it… it is about 1/3 or a bit more done at this moment.
Here is my current position on the quilting and all the threads I am using! lol ….
This will be a momentary quilting period as I love to hand quilt each day most of the time… This quilt I am working on will be next up on my frame but I am waiting to get it into a proper flimsy finish… almost there (just some machine applique and a couple seams to add the appliqued strip to the quilt body and I am done with it!!!) … and waiting on batting to come that I ordered last week. So no rush atm… but I want it done by end of the April or so…
Look at this cool artwork decor piece my honey made with his awesome crafty skills…
This actually came from some treadle irons we have been carrying around with no center parts available to make it into a usable treadle base. We never had the centers only rescued the side irons. We reckon they are from about 1900 or so.
Rick came up with this idea from an inspiration online he saw and made it come into being… we sold this one and have another sold when he gets it made up… gives all new life to the cast iron too while maintaining the original patina of the center part 🙂
Here is a great thought I found online this week… you know the internet can be food for thought in a positive light if you choose it to be…
We sure are.. and I am glad we are!!!
Thanks for stopping in this week… I hope you leave a comment if you made it to this point of my post… I would love to hear from each of you and thank you personally for the visit time!
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for your baby quilt I would quilt a line through all your squares that form the X's throughout and then quilt around the applique and decide what is needed in each block. You have been very busy and sharing so much – love the photo of Connie and the dog that she took home with her. Nice to see you are back to work on the wholecloth too bad you can't put it on the rollers but understand you can't as it is already started and in the middle.
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Your finished quilt is a beauty. The ladder stitch is an excellent method. How sweet is the baby quilt. It is lovely with all the sweet details.
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Your wall hanging looks very nice in your kitchen, log cabins are a favorite of mine. The baby quilt is cute but I don't have any suggestions for the quilting. The whole cloth quilts are so beautiful but they do take a very long time to quilt. Have a wonderful quilting week!
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What is that I see???? The wholecloth has made an appearance…I'm so happy!!!!
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Congratulations on a fabulous finish! What an interesting story of the life of this quilt from start to finish. Borders can be a real \”make or break\” deal!
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That bag is cute! I would do diagonal lines about an inch apart on the baby quilt only in one direction. Except where the name is and maybe crosshatch that area or do some swirls in the background. What ever you do I am sure it will be wonderful. Your log cabin looks great and aren't finishes the best!
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Congrats on the Log Cabin finish! Doesn't it feel good to put in that last stitch?! I've always sewn my bindings that way, but never heard it called Ladder Stitch. Elliana's quilt is darling!
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I love Elliana's quilt and I'm sure she will too. Little girls always love a touch of pink. Thank you for linking up to the Peacock Party.
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