Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Two Finishes

This is my final version of Cheri Payne's Every Day Patchwork, a sew-a-long from last summer.


Yep, more of the "A" word, rudimentary as it is. I think it needed it, and I didn't suffer too badly for it.

I didn't want heavy quilting on this one, so just did in-the-ditch between the blocks, then went across the blocks with the  "hand quilting" stitch on my Janome. I think it came out really nice.. more effective than my own hand quilting, way faster and easier.


 

I also finished my Sister's Choice, which is a free pattern from Bonnie Hunter.



I'd like to have had it quilted with an all-over meander, but am not skilled enough to do that myself on my machine, and too cheap to hire it out.  I ended up quilting wavy lines on the diagonal, which gives a similar effect, and is much easier to execute.




I don't know about you but I believe the binding can make or break a quilt. I was fortunate to find just enough of this stripe in my stash, and think it frames it nicely and adds a touch of pizzazz.


Happy New Year, everyone!

love,
Sandy

9 comments:

  1. Two amazing quilts Mary! I started Cheri's sampler, then added a few more blocks from the Moda sampler - still want to make a few more and then decide on how to set them. SO many choices!

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  2. Binding is always very important to me too. Great quilts with lovely colors! Love your machine 'hand quilting' stitch. Wonderful idea to use it on these quilts!

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  3. Great job with your finishes! I love striped binding--it was meant to be. Happy New Year!

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  4. Yeah! They are both great quilts! I'm mighty impressed with that pseudo hand / machine stitch. Much nicer than the Bernina version?! I'm starting to have machine envy again! lol. Happy New Year!

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  5. Beautiful finishes--gotta love a striped binding!

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  6. Beautiful quilts! Love the "hand quilting" look from a machine... I'll have to make sure my next machine has that feature! ;-)

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  7. Wonderful quilts and wonderful machine quilting. You can't tell it was not done by hand. The striped binding does finish off the quilt extra special. Love your fabric choices.

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  8. Your Cheri Payne quilt turned out great! And your "hand stitched" machine quilting is wonderful! I want that stitch! Your sister's choice is beautiful as well!

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  9. Goodness - I thought that was hand quilting! A very useful stitch and gives it that truly hand made look. Lovely quilts and fabrics in them!

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