Most of my sewing this week has been my QAL block and tutorial, and some bee blocks.
For Stash Bee (August)
For Scrappy? Sew Bee It!
Today I had a few hours to myself, while the kids went off with off to do stuff with their dad (who got back last night, so they were pretty excited!). I finished quilting Sweary Tula, and I'm trying to decide what binding to use. I'll hopefully get it sent on Monday though (so not too much over the due date :o) ).
And then I got back to Groove - I have a feeling the quilting is going to take a loooong time, so I'm glad I've started now :o) I made the (very simple) back, basted it and started quilting. Apologies for the night-time photos... hopefully you get a bit of an idea. I'm not quite convinced on the blue bit, but I think overall it will look ok.
I am extremely happy with my thread matches. I bought an Aurifil colour chart with my last thread order, and I used that to match my solids with threads that I hoped would blend really well - they do beautifully.
I haven't done a whole lot, and my arms are already killing me - but I'm loving the textures. I don't usually starch my fabric this heavily, so it's weird quilting it - it sits quite flat. I think it will look completely different once it's washed. Oh, and I've chosen the colour with the smallest area for the pebbles - best decision ever. It will cause pain anyway ;o)
Hope everyone is having a great weekend
xx Jess
19 comments:
Lol, I'm posting my sweary swap on Monday too :oD
Groovy's looking, well, groovy!
wow! that looks totally amazing!
The quilting looks awesome. Great job and I love that bee block with the fabric squares.
I love following your progress on Groove -- keep
posting!
the quilting is STUNNING! so impressed with you!
Wow what amazing quilting! The 3 styles work really well together! I so love seeing the pebble quilting =D
Awesome quilting and I agree that you did a terrific job matching up the thread colors. Such beautiful texture!
Love the FMQ, not usually a fan, but yours is working really well on that groovy quilt!
Your quilting is fabulous - love the different types on each colour!
Your Groove is looking so amazing! The FMQ is wonderful. I just got my backing fabric, so now I have to consider how to FMQ!!
In awe of your quilting!
Your FMQing look fab!
That looks great Jess!
Looking good!
I love your quilting. The groove quilt looks amazing :)
Very lovely quilting Jess! I am really inspired to start learning how to FMQ. :) The three different designs work perfectly together!
Great job Jess. The quilting designs have created a nice balance of texture.
I am pleased that the Aurifil colour chart is proving helpful
The bee blocks are great and the fmq is just amazing!! You need to fmq everything from now on!!! :)
Great bee blocks! I wanna try out FMQ so bad, but dont have the right machine, yet. Yours looks fantastic!
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