Quilting

In 2006, My sister-in-law, Lorraine, turned me on to quilting when we went shopping for fabric for a king-sized quilt she offered to make for our guest room. I’ve made several quilts since then and each time I try to incorporate new techniques or styles I haven’t used on previous projects. I’m now quite addicted…RSS Feed to Hobby Stash » Quilting

December 27, 2008
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Christmas Fabric Sale

Anyone who quilts is well aware of the rising cost of quilting fabric. For the first time ever, I decided…
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December 14, 2008
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Kaleidoscope Star – Lesson 2

After much procrastination on my part, Lesson 2 is done!
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December 6, 2008
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Navajo Nation

My second original design. I used the quilt-as-you-go approach. Fabric Requirements Navajo: make 16 squares Tramp Art: make 12…
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December 6, 2008
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Blue Lagoon

My first original design. I used the quilt-as-you-go approach.
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December 6, 2008
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Lorraine

My sister-in-law, Lorraine turned me on to quilting. She made us this gorgeous king-sized quilt for our guest bedroom.
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December 6, 2008
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Lorraine

[flagallery gid=8 name=”Gallery” skin=commercial_int] My sister-in-law, Lorraine turned me on to quilting. She made us this gorgeous king-sized quilt for…
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December 6, 2008
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My Quilts

Here are some of my “finished” projects. [flagallery album=3]
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December 3, 2008
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Quilts

My sister-in-law, Lorraine, turned me on to quilting in 2006. I haven’t looked back. Here are some of my “finished”…
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December 2, 2008
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Diamond & Stars (KayeWood.tv)

Kaye Wood illustrates how to make diamonds and stars using a strip piecing technique and zovirax pills her special star…
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December 2, 2008
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Foundation Paper Piecing (YouTube)

My current project, Navajo Nation, uses a foundation piecing in some of the more complicated rounds. Karen Johnson, of Connecting…
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December 2, 2008
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Machine Quilting (Quilt in a Day)

Eleanor Burns illustrates basic machine quilting techniques covering quilt marking with stencils, pin basting, types of binding, free motion quilting,…
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December 1, 2008
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Trapunto 101 (You Tube)

I find the entire process of Trapunto just fascinating. I’ve yet to try it but plan to. This two-part series…
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November 23, 2008
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Quilt Binding: Joining Ends, Marci Baker of Alicia’s Attic

Once I mastered learning the traditional approach to attaching a quilt binding, I found this video extremely helpful for attaching…
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November 23, 2008
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How To Sew Quilt Binding (You Tube)

One of the hardest things to wrap my mind around (no pun intended) was adding a binding to my quilt…
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October 15, 2008
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Love of Quilting Magazine

This is one of my all-time favorite quilting magazines. Each edition contains at least a half a dozen quilt projects.…
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October 14, 2008
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Kaleidoscope Star – Lesson 1

The image reflects the completion of Lesson 1 of Sue’s tutorial. The center blocks and star points are fussy cut…
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October 5, 2008
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Quilting Round 3 of Navajo Nation

I’m chose to quilt using a coordinating pattern for the main diamond in this round. The small accent diamonds…
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September 17, 2008
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Adding Round 3

I assembled 2 rows of 12 Sugar Bowl squares for the top and bottom sections of this round.
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September 16, 2008
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Navajo

The first block of my Navajo Nation design.
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September 15, 2008
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Sugar Bowl block

I’m currently make 54 of these blocks for my next round of Navajo Nation. Once completed. I’ll assemble 2 rows…
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September 14, 2008
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Army Star

I originally found this block on Marcia Hohn’s Quilter’s Cache website and incorporated it into my Blue Lagoon design. You…
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September 4, 2008
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Making Third Round Blocks

Quilting the last round definitely took longer than I anticipated. But, I’m continuing to plug away at this baby. I’m…
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August 23, 2008
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Quilter’s Home Magazine

This is my first review of a magazine. I enjoyed reading my first issue so much that I have to…
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June 2, 2008
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Quilting Round 2

I've chosen three different patterns for the center of the Navajo squares for this round. This first one will be…
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June 2, 2008
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Quilter’s Complete Guide by Marianne Fons & Liz Porter

I’m relatively new to the world of quilting having only been at it for a couple of years. As time…
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June 1, 2008
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Adding the Second Round

I’ve finished piecing together 14 additional Navajo squares. I then assembled 2 rows of 3 squares (sides) and 2 rows…
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May 30, 2008
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Pattern Modification

I’m still plugging away at making the Round 2 Navajo squares. At the same time, I’ve been making some modifications…
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May 27, 2008
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Quilting the First Round

First, I quilted in the ditch around all the various pieces of this round. After evaluating the round, I decided…
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May 22, 2008
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Adding The First Round of Blocks

I've completed assembling the blocks for the first round. I sewed together the blocks making 4 rows (one for each…
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May 12, 2008
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Making the First Round of Blocks

I’ve finished quilting the center section of the quilt and am now ready to start assembling the first round of…
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May 7, 2008
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Quilting the Center Section

I've assembled the backing, batting, and center section together using basting spray. I'll stitch in the ditch around all the…
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May 6, 2008
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Cutting & Piecing the Center Section

I’ve just started work on my second design, Navajo Nation. This is my second design project but my first design…
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March 23, 2008
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1000 Great Quilting Designs – by Luise Roberts

This is a great reference tool for quilting your quilt after it’s assembled. The book is divided into quilting categories…
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March 23, 2008
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5500 Quilt Block Designs – by Maggie Malone

The blocks are in color (very nice). The book does not include fabric or cutting instructions for the blocks but…
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