Thursday, April 18, 2013

SOME PROJECTS

I can't believe it's been 10 days since I posted!  I have been quite busy with having a garage sale last Friday & Saturday, getting the leftovers ready for the Salvation Army, etc.  It seems like every day this week I've been running around and not doing as much sewing as I want to do, but I am working on things.  

First of all, I want to thank you all for the many sweet comments that I received on my last post.  

I recently showed a new doll bed that I received from a friend.  Below are the blocks I'm making to put on the bed.  The pattern is from Kathleen Tracy's Remembering Adelia book.  I reduced the orange peel shape because I didn't want my quilt as big as hers.  I am appliquéing them onto a variety of shirtings.  The ones in the picture have not been sewn together except the lower left four.  I used the spray starch method to prepare the shapes for sewing.



I made another table runner similar to one that I sold in my Etsy shop and it is ready to be quilted (as soon as I get my sewing machine back from being serviced).


Another table runner made with Jo Morton's fabric.


I have started prepping my applique baskets for April and thanks to Joanne's suggestion, I sewed a basting stitch around the curved base on each side of the basket and it worked great to get a good smooth fold over of that part.   I also bought the template plastic that you can iron on and it is much better.

That's about it for this week.  I hope you all have a great weekend!

PS:  I have posted something on my secret blog (for those of you have access).  

7 comments:

  1. Love the little orange peel quilt blocks - and these ones must be so tiny! They look gorgeous. It is a pattern that I am going to get into a quilt soon - just love it :)
    Hilda

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  2. What a very sweet doll quilt. You are really going to town with the applique!
    Love that Jo Morton fabrics runner!

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  3. Those orange peel blcoks are so sweeet! Neat trick for the curves on your basket blocks too.

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  4. Love the orange peels, the quilt will be so cute. I always run a basting stitch when turning hems. It never occurred to me to share the idea. Works really well, doesn't it?

    Liri

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  5. It looks like some great projects!!

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  6. The doll quilt is looking adorable.
    Anything that helps get a smooth applique piece, I like.

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  7. I made this same orange peel quilt from Kathleen Tracy's book, yours is so sweet, great doll quilt.

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