Block No 1. Quilting:- I quilted the small quilt with smoke Monofilament on the top…..( I prefer YLI monofilament.) I used Masterpiece 50 weight cotton on the back, warm and natural cotton batting and a 60/8 sharp needle. To begin with a forgot to change needles and I had a microtex needle in the machine……
Category: Quilting
Quilting Tip.
Just at the moment I'm in the middle of quilting a very large, and intensively quilted quilt… I seem to quilt better in the early hours of the morning, but there is one difficulty quilting at that time. I find that the quilt moves much more fluidly under the needle when the machine bed is…
It’s getting better and better, – taking quilting one step further.
I've had a good day today, the weather was superb, 35 deg and sunny. I finished another project and I'm thrilled with the results, but once again it's one of those that I can't show just yet….. oooh it's delicious…. I finished all that darn paperwork and got all the folders ready for the event…
Block No 2.
Thought Process:- I have an idea….. Do you remember I mentioned that I want to do some blocks with maps….? This block will be of something that I treasure each day. So I decided to get a map of our suburb off the web, print it and then scan it so I could subdue the…
On the road again.
I have been working on Agapamthus No 2. and playing with the texture in the quilting. The images are quilted with smoke mono filament. The thread in the bobbin is grey. However, the quilting below signifies the orange earth and as you can see in one panel, I will create stones in quilting for the…
Almost out – aggies today.
This is the sketch for the next quilt.
Podcast No 5, New years resolutions
Download Podcast No 5 New years resolutions The Aggies are opening…. so I will take photos each day….
AgaPamthus No 2.
The temperature has dropped a little and I'm just about to illustrate the AaPAMthus. We're in our first official heatwave for November I decided to use different fabric for the background. I used a moda print on print fabric and over dyed it. Now I've just competed drawing the buds on the fabric. But I'm…
You never know what the day brings.
You never know what the day brings… Well first of all I knew it was going to be really hot. Then 5 year old Kodi has a virus so He couldn't go to school. Set up with snacks and ginger beer in the boot cup I got from the Dolly Parton roundup. He was propped…