as i was reviewing my mini goals for september, i realized i had a couple big ones still unfinished. now that we're in the last half of the month, it's time to get on 'em. i also may or may not have been distracting myself from the disappointment of a great job opportunity that didn't work out.
and what better way to cheer yourself up than with fun colors and sewing?? and, seeing as i started it back in...oh, FEBRUARY...i thought maybe it was time i finished my charm quilt (for anyone who's interested: part one, two, three, four of the charm quilt progress).
(the color in this photo is misleading; it's actually a dark green)
i had a few more stars to quilt (yeah, why make it easy on yourself on your first quilt with simple LINES or something? let's go with various sized stars. yeah, great idea, right?? ha. right.) and then i started in on the binding.
not that i'd read that doing the binding was super difficult, but for some reason i built it up in my head to be a huge undertaking.
well, fear no more!
i used this three part binding tutorial over at the sometimes crafter. and i followed it to the letter (except some part about using glue when connecting the two raw edges of your binding. i managed to finagle it into working, but only because i like trying to figure that kind of stuff out when you can't understand why yours doesn't look like the pictures. but when she says leave 10inches open, DO IT.) it was super easy to understand and i recommend it to anyone.
after i finished the machine part, i spent the better chunk of my afternoon and evening parked on the couch with needle and thread and finally made that last stitch.
my charm quilt is officially (and finally) finished. yay!!
it's not completely picture perfect, so don't look too closely. i need to wash it to get rid of the lines i drew on the quilt top when quilting the 31 stars, too.
(finished size: 117cm x 91cm)
Friday, September 18, 2009
finally finished!!
posted by j. at 10:51 PM
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5 comments:
It looks fab, I love the backing fabric too. Now, when are you going to do that cushion tutorial?
jojoebi,
i totally forgot about that tutorial. i actually made a second cushion awhile back and took photos with the intent of making the tutorial, but the final product wasn't tutorial worthy. will have to have another go. thanks for reminding me!
This is amazing. I wish wish WISH I could quilt; I have bagsful of old clothing of my grandparents and other relatives that I can't bear to throw away and I really want to make something out of it. So far I've made a few little things - a toiletries zip pouch from grandpa's pajamas, a little purse from auntie's skirt. But that doesn't even scratch the surface.
selena,
if you can use a sewing machine (or, even if you can't!) patchworking squares is super easy. i think a quilt out of relatives' clothes, all different patterns and colors, would be awesome. i say go for it!
Yeah, I have a sewing machine and can use it in a basic sense, but just haven't quite worked out how to do patchwork squares. I should just sit down sometime and force myself to figure it out. Pictures like yours help for inspiration!
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