Just a few Quilts

Over 25 years of making quilts 

in one big pile...

(plus loads given away over the years

and another kingsize quilt found in the blanket box

after this photo was taken!)

Wordless Wednesday - Miss Kalico turns 3!

Hexagons - Finishing Off by Adding Borders - a Tutorial

So you've done some English  Paper Piecing over papers 

and now you want to quilt it...

 To get square edges to add a border, 

I tend to just fold over the hexagons

 and trim them to a quarter inch to square up the top...

Often it's just two sides that need this folding over and trimming.

Then I take my border strips of fabric and fold over a quarter inch seam on one side.

(You can iron the quarter inch seam if you prefer.)

Sometimes I have done these border strips over paper 

and then just sewn them on paper pieced bit to paper pieced bit,

but just folding over is much quicker.

I then pin the border on to the edge of the quilt top...

And just stitch it together.

Hopefully, on the left in the picture below, 

you can see the borders being sewn together

(both obviously have quarter inch seams.)

This is the attached border piece from the back:

And from the front:

 Now with borders on, you will be able to quilt it!

I used this technique to add the borders on my Rose-Hex quilt.

Wordless Wednesday - Christmas Stockings

Rose Star Hexagons - A Finish!

Finished...., 

 Hand pieced over papers, 

the English paper Piecing way,

Longarm-quilted by me,

 bound in red spots..

and backed in a pretty wild Kaffee Fassett print..

Finished in about 2 years at a very leisurely pace LOL!

I must say, once the paper-piecing was done,

I missed it. I love a bit of handwork!

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I parked at the side of the road

to get these photos.

My impatient passengers

didn't give me much time to take the photos....

... but if you look in the second and third photos

 you'll see why I stopped here....

I wanted a photo of my favourite tree that has lost it's leaves.

Autumn is on it's way!

Concealed Zip Cushion

A few years back,

I did a refresher Screenprinting class

and this was one of my designs

which sat idly on a piece of cloth until I recently

turned it into a cushion....

 With a concealed zip on the back!

I used this tutorial that I found on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqve_Xv3jqY

to insert the zip.

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There has been plenty more sewing,

but October (and the end of September!)

is birthday month(s),

with all 3 children, DH 

and many many others in the family

celebrating their birthdays!

 However my husband, 

after getting certain gifts for his birthday this week,

has now been informed by Miss Kalico 

that is birthday is actually "Underpants Day!" :o)