A Finish After 3 Washes

     I spent a couple of days doing free-motion quilting on my modern star comfort quilt for my church group.  I love quilting free-form feathers so quilted them in the background.  Here are couple of photos after the first stage of quilting. 

Next I decided to echo and quilt the background with a lighter thread to show off the feathers more. 

Here is the whole quilt finished.

      After quilting, I put it in the wash.  After the first wash, I noticed some dye runs onto the background so I put it in again with a Color Catcher sheet and Oxi Clean.  I always prewash my fabric; however, for donated fabric sometimes fabric doesn’t get prewashed. There was still excess dye a good bit excess dye after the 2^nd wash so I put the quilt in the wash again with another Color Catcher sheet and Oxi Clean to soak.  This photo shows the CC sheet from the 2^nd and 3^rd washes. 

I hope that will be enough. 

Enjoy some time sewing or quilting.

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Week of Piecing

  

      I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished much this week since no quilting has been done.  I have sorted scraps and pieced a lot of red made-fabric. 

These pieces are trimmed and ready for my second “Baker’s Dozen” quilt.  Here is a photo of my first and the link has more info. I love this quilt pattern for a scrappy comfort quilt.

     I did add the border and piece the backing for the scrappy quilt that will be for a hurricane victim. 

I may wait to sandwich it with my church group next Wednesday. You can find out more about the project at From My Carolina Home .

     My modern blue and green star is sandwiched if I feel like quilting.  If the weather this weekend is as cold as they are predicting, it will be a great time to stay in, sew and quilt.  Enjoy some time sewing or quilting.

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Quilt Tops Are Stacking Up

     Monday my church quilt group met to do the craft sewing project of making an airplane carry-on duffle.  We came with our pieces already cut out and worked all day to construct.  I shared how to change the pattern a little by adding accent pieces.  Here 3 of us are with our finished bags.  I love them.  At least one thing is finished.

     Recently I have been using scraps to make fabric mostly of blue and green.  I decided to use the pieces to make a large star quilt.  This top is sandwiched and ready for quilting.

     Wednesday my church quilt group met.  We are working on a second quilt to be donated to a family in Willington, NC affected by the hurricane. You can find out more about the project at

From My Carolina Home .  

  

Many of us worked last month to make blocks, as a group we chose a layout and a couple started sewing rows together. The center is pieced. I love the layout. 

I will add a simple border and quilt it.  

     In recent days I added borders to my Rainbow Stars and Bricks so it is a top.  I need to piece a backing and it will be ready to sandwich, but that will wait until the others are quilted.

These cooler days will be a great time to sew.  Enjoy some time sewing or quilting.