Diary
I thought it would be fun to keep a diary of my current quilting projects so you could follow along with my progress (or lack thereof) towards completion. I’ve included clickable thumbnails so you can view larger images as I go along.
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Quilt As You Go King Size Carpenter Star Finished!
This Baby is finally done. This my second quilt-as-you-go King carpenter star.
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Carpenter Star – Section 3 Challenges
Goodness, it’s been almost two months since I’ve been free to work on this baby. I thought today I’d cover…
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Carpenter Star – Section 2 Quilting is Done
I finished quilting Section 2 yesterday afternoon.
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Carpenter Star – Adding Section 2
I’ve finished the quilting for Section 1. I started out by stitching in the ditch of the lengthwise seams. Once…
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Carpenter Star – Anatomy of Spray Basting
I’ve finished piecing the three sections and completed making my backing for each section. Now it’s time to spray baste…
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Carpenter Star – Piecing Section 1
Section 1 is complete and Section 3 is lacking three rows and the side border. Next in line…Section 2. I…
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Carpenter Star – Cutting the Fabric
I ran across Sharon Schamber’s tutorial on flake-free starching a couple of months ago and decided to try using it…
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Carpenter Star – Backing
While I continue to wait for my background fabric to arrive, I’ve been giving thought to my batting and backing…
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Quilt as You Go – King-sized Carpenter Star Quilt
As a general rule, I prefer the traditional method of completing the piecing of the entire quilt top before assembling…
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Victory Quilt: Finally Finished!!
I started this quilt back in 2009. It was easy to set aside for other projects as I had no…
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Victory Quilt: Border Quilting Done
I’ve finished quilting the borders of the quilt. The outer border was done with feathers floating in swirls. For the…
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Victory Quilt: Moving Forward Finally
I started Victory Quilts in 2009. Yes, five years is a bit long for the UFO pile. My original plan…
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Victory Quilt: Airplane Block
The first block in Eleanor Burns’ eighth video for her Victory Quilt series is the Airplane block.
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Victory Quilt: Propeller Block
The first block in Eleanor Burns’ eighth video for her Victory Quilt series is the Propeller block.
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Carpenter Star
Well I didn’t think I would make it, but I finished this baby n time for Christmas. Wrinkles are the…
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Finished Round 3 and starting the Final Round
Round 3 is finally finished and I’m looking forward to the final round. This baby is getting heavy in the…
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Finished 2nd Round and Starting 3rd
After a week of withdrawal, I finally got my Bernina back in fully working order. I must stress that I…
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Carpenter Star
In another life I will own a long-arm quilting machine. In this life I have a wonderful Bernina 820 with…
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Finally!
Finally! I’ve finished hand quilting my sampler quilt. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve set it aside…
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Eva Juliette – Almost Done
I’ve finished the hand quilting and the only remaining item is the label for the back. This was an enjoyable…
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Eva Juliette – Hand Basted & Ready to Quilt
The final border has been added and I completed the hand basting this morning. The basting took a bit…
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Eva Juliette
Our nephew welcomed his daughter, Eva Juliette, into the world on June 5th. In celebration, I’ve designed a baby quilt…
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Kaleidoscope Star Wall Hanging
I finally finished this baby. This is my first major hand quilting project and I learned a lot…. I learned…
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Sudoku – Quilted Wall Hanging
I finally finished hand quilting this little project and it’s now hanging in “The Cave” (my sewing room).
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Sudoku Quilt
I finally got around to doing a Sudoku quilt, which has been on my list for a couple of years. …
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Blue Bayou Quilt: Borders
I’ve added the final border to the quilt and hand basted using Sharon Schamber’s hand-basting technique. This baby is now…
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Victory Quilt: Contrary Wife
The second block in Eleanor Burns’ sixth video for her Victory Quilt series is the Contrary Wife block…
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Blue Bayou: Panel 4
Panel 4 is done and the right sashing strip has been added. The next step will be the final cream…
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Victory Quilt: Broken Sugar Bowl
The first block in Eleanor Burns’ sixth video for her Victory Quilt series is the Broken Sugar Bowl block…
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Kaleidoscope Star: Hand Basting
With all my previous quilts, I’ve used the pin basting technique. When I ran across Sharon Schamber’s Hand Basting a…
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Victory Quilt: Hope of Hartford
The second block in Eleanor Burns’ fifth video for her Victory Quilt series is the Hope of Hartford block…
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Victory Quilt: Army Star
I enjoyed making this block using Eleanor Burns’ technique. Army Star is also featured in my Blue Lagoon quilt…interesting how…
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Kaleidoscope Star: Lesson 3
I’ve really enjoyed this series of lessons from All Our Quilts. I chose to do the intermediate lesson for this…
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Victory Quilt: Sky Rocket
This the fifth block I’ve made for the Victory Quilt and is covered in the fourth video of Eleanor Burns’…
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Victory Quilt: Radio Windmill
The fourth video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers two blocks: Radio Windmill and Sky Rocket. Here’s Radio…
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Victory Quilt: Silent Star
The third video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers two blocks: Silent Star and Comfort Quilt. Because I am…
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