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Uncategorized · October 17, 2012

Swoon finished

I was just too tired to post after working yesterday.  I finished the Swoon quilt and it’s now hanging at Keep Me In Stitches. 

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This isn’t the best picture but you get the idea.    The stripes really stand out in the photo but they’re really not that prominent.  I’ll take a better picture when I get it back.  It’s made from the Vintage Modern line of fabric by Bonnie and Camille from Moda.  I quilted it in an overall freehand design with Quilters Choice thread.  This thread really works well for me.  It’s a fine thread so it creates subtle texture and blends in well when you quilt light thread over darker fabric, has minimal lint since it’s polyester and I don’t have a problem with breaking or shredding.  All the kits and most of the fabric is now gone so I should be able to bring it home soon.

This morning I had a little bit of time to sew so I worked on the Piebirds blocks.  Hooray! They’re finished!

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The inspiration for these blocks was the book Simple Charm by Kim Diehl.  She made a table runner using these blocks.  I love the block and wanted to make a whole quilt with it.  I have 20 blocks made.  I redrafted the pattern I didn’t have a seam in the middle of the “flying geese” units.  I’m so glad I learned to cut trapezoids from Debbie Caffrey’s book Open A Can of Worms.  Blocks like this can be made so much easier!  This method also eliminates connector corners.  I try to avoid those whenever possible because I hate dealing with the leftover corners.  It’s really too putzy for me to sew another seam to make half-square triangles but I also hate to just throw them away.  So I try to just use techniques where the angles are cut to fit.  SO much easier!

I started sewing the top together, but haven’t quite finished it.  I’m hoping to at least get that finished tomorrow but my book club is meeting here tomorrow night and I have to get ready for that.  We read The Light Between Oceans this month.  I really liked this selection and it’s the kind of book that should generate some good discussion!

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