Friday, December 9, 2011

Sew & Tell Friday #50

Whew!  What a week.  I am so glad it is Friday!!!!
I'm also super excited to announce that I am a guest blogger over at Amy's today hosting Sew and Tell Friday!!!!  Please head on over and say hello as I have never been a guest blogger before ;-)


I've also never made a Christmas quilt before....unless a table runner counts, so here you go....a supersized Christmas shoofly quilt!  {Malka's pattern and tutorial can be found here.}


I shared a ton of pictures and details on Amy's blog, but since my daughter had so much fun taking pictures, I have some extra to show you here.


Each of the four quadrants has a different quilting design (pebble, loops, lines, and squares) in addition to stippling in the neutral areas where the blocks meet and organic lines stitched in the four corners.


I chose a simple, neutral backing to showcase the quilting....not sure that was such a good idea...ha!!
I keep telling myself I am not going to get better if I don't keep practicing.  I will say I am enjoying the quilting part more and more.....when my machine cooperates that is.  My machine and I had some issues on this quilt too....Santa and I need to continue our conversation.....


I gave Amanda Jean's machine binding tutorial a try.  I am pretty pleased with the results, and would be happier if I had followed her advice to go slow and take my time ;-)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!
Make sure you visit Amy's Sew and Tell Friday and Amanda's Finish it up Friday.

13 comments:

  1. Wow! It's so pretty Rene'. I've gotta bookmark those tutorials.

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  2. I love those fabrics and how this turned out!

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  3. This is beautiful! I don't know why, but on your guest post, for some reason, none of your pictures showed up. Great work!!

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  4. This is so pretty! Love all your quilting! congratulations on being featured too!

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  5. I like your shoo fly quilt. I will have to check out the tutorial.

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  6. I absolutely LOVE the quilt!!!!! Thanks for linking the pattern and tutorial...another one to put on my list of quilts to make :-)

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  7. Congrats on your guest blogging -- you did a great job! The quilt is just beautiful, and your FM quilting on it looks fantastic. ;o)

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  8. Cute cute cute! Off to read your guest blogging. Cool!

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  9. Very cute! I think your quilting looks great!

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  10. I visited your "guest" blogging and was amazed at the detailed stitching in your quilt. As usual, I loved your fabric selection.

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  11. Wow that looks good! I have the pattern bookmarked. Its great seeing it made up. I love the big size block. Makes a decent sized quilt top come together quickly.

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  12. I love it!! I just finished up my huge shoo fly quilt as well. Love your idea of doing each quadrant in a different quilting pattern.

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  13. I love it Rene! The oversized blocks have such an impact. You've inspired be to practice more quilting styles too :)

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