This week I've been working on make quilt backs, a moon for my
Starry Night quilt, basting two quilts and I finally got to start quilting on of them last night. And we have a contractor tearing out part of the wall between the kitchen and livingroom, so life is pretty messy and our routines are thrown off (read: not much quilting time). Anyway, here's a bunch of photos documenting some of it:
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Scrappy moon piecing, to kind of match all the scrappy stars. |
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I made a template from paper, starched the fabric like crazy, and then cut it out. |
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Before basting the quilt I did a quick outline of the moon onto the quilt top to secure it there. |
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Terrible photo of the basting and moon placement. |
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I decided to make a separate TARDIS quilt (that is a cheater panel from Spoonflower, BTW)--I used scraps from the back of the Starry Night quilt for the back of this one, and used ev.er.y.last.drop of spray basting I had (all my 300+ pins are in the Starry Night quilt, which prompted me finally buying a second box of 300 today...funny how often I have two quilts basted at the same time). |
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My basting "helpers". |
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Started with my walking foot, some Aurifil thread, and all the straight lines. Rather disappointed with how the basting went...but hopefully it is sufficient. |
Quilts look great! I have such a time with basting! I can't wait to see the finished quilts!
ReplyDeleteThat moon! I love it. I can't wait to see what you do with the quilting on that quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing both of these quilts finished :)
ReplyDeleteYour moon looks really great! I too am looking forward to seeing both quilts finished!
ReplyDeleteLoooove. The husband saw your quilt and says he wants one - lol! That's how awesome you are though!
ReplyDeleteholy moly that moon is awesome. I love details like that - perfect!
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