After posting the beginning of my
Cesarean Quilt yesterday I went upstairs and worked on it for the rest of naptime. It is definitely a naptime quilt! It is too big to work on on a table, and has lots of straight pins and little pieces--not exactly toddler and sanity friendly.
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So far it measures about 40"x 60?ish, then I used a water soluble pen to sketch a guideline for the pieces. |
Anyway, it was a glorious 3 hour nap, so I got a fair amount done:
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Close up of the woman...hard to see....try squinting. |
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Over the weekend I went through all my scraps and bottled all the small black, red, tan and yellow pieces. I wanted to use glass jars, but they aren't very toddler friendly. |
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I started with the hair, laying out pieces, then trimming them, then pinning them. |
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Then I sewed them all down using my walking foot. The straight pins poked me a lot, and several came out, which caused problems putting the fabric back in the right spot while the quilt was still under the machine. I will definitely be trying the glue method next! |
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The back. I had to trim the extra threads on the top as I sewed so the foot wouldn't get caught under them. |
All morning I've been wanting to work on it, but I know it would be a headache with a toddler "helping," so I'm anxiously awaiting nap time :-)
Loving it! I totally dig the jars of fabric--its kinda weird all by itself!
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