Because the Pebble quilting was so compact and I only "outline" quilted the star, it did get a "bubbling" type of effect when lying flat. Can you tell?
Who cares though? The pebble quilting looks so great!
So there you have it! The finished "Adorn" pattern from Simply Retro by Camille Roskelley.
It's here! The Christmas in July Blog Hop has started and I am stop #3 on the hop, so make sure you see what Amy and The Patchsmith have made so far. I love a charm pack, it's a tiny sampler of a great fabric collection! I'd like to show you how to make this whimsical door or wall hanging for Christmas, it's an easy pattern to repeat with any Charm Pack. What you will need besides fabric, sewing machine & thread! 1 Charms Square pack 2 Fat Quarters that coordinate with your charms and applique graphic Backing Fabric Lite Seam to Seam for applique (2-3 sheets) or whatever other fusible product you like Embellishments like buttons, Rick Rack or ribbon (depending on your project) Neutral (white) 2 1/2" strips for borders (4) The finished size is about 12" x 36" unless you add more sashing or borders. The first thing you do is unwrap your charms pack and lay out all the squares. You will i
Welcome to the Friday Night Block Party here at Summercrafter. If you missed the first one , don't worry there's another one today! Every Friday I will be featuring a new quilt block and the name or names associated with it and a little history. Today's featured block is the called the Pinwheel. (It's on the button above!) I love it because it means fun! It makes me think of ... Ferris wheels and cartwheels and wind. The Pinwheel block, was created in the United States around the 1800's. It became a very popular quilt block pattern and continues to be used in a variety of styles. There are so many ways to accent the "blades" with the colors (light/dark) patterns and placement, both within and around a quilt. And it's really not a difficult block to do, I'll show you three different kinds of pinwheel blocks to try. Look at mine. I was happy go lucky as I pieced all these pinwheel blo
Welcome to my day of the FALL BLOG HOP hosted by Sheri at Sunshine in the Attic . Below is the schedule of other bloggers in the hop: September 19th Sheri -- Sunshine in the Attic September 20th Maggie -- Maggie's Empty Nest Days September 21st Susie -- Susie's Sun Room September 22nd Celine -- Espritpatch September 23rd Yevette -- Evindie September 24th Judy -- Judy's Fabric Addiction September 25th Elaine -- Summercrafter September 26th Patricia -- Quilting Lines Do pop over check out what they made, as for me? I have a fixation with the Five Little Pumpkins Song. It's been part of my teaching repertoire for many, many years. So here is my latest rendition I am calling it Five Happy Pumpkins. It's really easy to do, it does involve some applique but it's as easy as "cut and paste!" Updates in yellow! These squares started out at 3 inches. Draw a diagonal across from co
Your Adorn quilt is just beautiful! I love your pebble quilting.... it shows off the star in such a pretty way!
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