Here's another quilt I finished yesterday.. This one has a funny story behind it. I made the blocks in February, when I was doing the Block Lotto. I made enough for the queen quilt, and more. I had three extra blocks so I decided to make this table runner. The quilt top is about 4 feet by 1 foot. I was free style quilting it to be prepared for the major quilting project for the "Year of Finishes" project. This was one of the projects for that month. I used another layer of muslin with a circle drawn on it, and placed it to the top material. I sewed around the circle, then cut out the circle, and turned the muslin inside out, so that there was a hole in the top fabric. I then placed the circle material under the top material (face up) and it shows up as a circle. I then sewed close to the circle edge, and that made the circle. To get the two different colours on the one circle, I cut the circles I made in half and sewed the circles to the orange strip and voila, the block. I find it easier this way.
Anyway, I put the three blocks that I sewed together away somewhere, and proceeded to lose it. Took until last week, when looking for material, that I found it. Am I the only one???!!! Losing quilt tops ready to be quilted????
I also finished yesterday the Doodle quilt of the month for July, it was mugs. I need to put the handles on it, but otherwise it's done. The steam runs up from each cup. They're two different fabrics, alternating. I machine stitched the steam, but I hand stitched the handles on the cups, which believe it or not, was somewhat difficult, because I didn't pin (my fault), I just sewed. Learned that lesson!!!. But it looks great!! On to the next!!
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| Steam machine stitched, handles, hand applique |
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| Two different reds, but close enough to match. |
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