I found this bear claw block when my son and I sorted scraps in the quilt room. I decided to turn it into a hand-quilting project. I have not hand quilted anything yet.
I have gathered all the supplies needed. With some awesome tips from Gretchen at Gretchen's Little Corner, I stitched around the center square close to the seam. Gretchen had so many good tips for a newbie like me. After a few stitches I realized that I better get a set of "real" needles. The one I was using has a little spot on it that doesn't glide through the fabric nicely. It will work until my eBay delivery arrives. Not perfect, but definitely a lot of fun. I am enjoying it! That's the big deal.
Thank you, Gretchen, for answering questions and cheering me on. I'm having fun! I haven't been able to get numerous stitches on the needle at once yet. I'm hoping the longer (smoother pulling) needles will help with that issue.
I finished a slow-stitching project this week. I took the Grandma's Flower Garden pieces with me to school last year and appliqued them to backgrounds for this little 42.5" square quilt. You can read all about it on this blog post.
In other slow-stitching news, my Charm Basket quilt has made it to the longarm frame!
The quilt pattern is called Charm Basket by Laundry Basket Quilts. It is an Edyta Sitar design. I made my quilt larger than the pattern. The baskets are wonky, but I think they are charming! I am longarm quilting it with my Circle Lord giant template board called Loopies. I wanted to keep the quilting simple to not take away from the baskets. I adore this quilt!
I head back to school tomorrow, 8/4. I'm looking forward to a great school year. Our son will be a senior this year. He starts 8/19.
I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.
9 comments:
Your stitches look very nice and if you can only stitch one stitch at a time, that's just fine. Evenness is what is important. I can't wait to see the finished basket quilt. Do you have a new hand project prepped to take along to school? Happy stitching!
Your hand stitching look great. I've tried many times to hand quilt...it wasn't pretty.
Grandma's flower garden is such a pretty quilt!
Oh my! Your hand quilting is so very pretty! I'll have to read Gretchen's post. I believe I remember following your progress on the basket quilt. It looks so pretty! Happy stitching!
It is so exciting to hear that you have a hand quilting project in the works. Your stitches are looking wonderful . Finding a comfortable needle to work with is important and makes the project a lot more enjoyable. I hope you find the whole process relaxing. Happy quilting. Hugs.
You Hand quilting will get better with practice, but looks good so far! I hand quilt without a hoop or frame. I find it easier, faster, and I poke my fingers a lot less. You just need to baste the layers together well. I can't believe Owen is a senior!
Good on you giving hand quilting a go, and with a mentor like Gretchen, you will do well. I've done some hand quilting in the past, quilted several single bed quilts, but these days I only hand quilt smaller items. I'm no expert, and have never mastered loading the needle, more of a stab stitch for me. But like doing simple stitcheries, hand quilting is very soothing, I find.
With someone like Gretchen helping you, you just can't go wrong with the hand quilting. My issue is I like to hurry and I need to take more time to keep it all even when hand quilting. It is enjoyable once you settle in. Meanwhile, lovely projects there Kathy...I'm working on a similar basket project. And I love the Grandma's Flower Garden piece. Happy Stitching, J
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