Wednesday, March 18, 2015

More progress

The top is pieced and the appliqué in the center is fused and stitched. I still have to fuse down the appliqué in the border and stitch it.

Boy I hate patterns that do not get things right. I realized after I marked where the vines and leaves go in the border the person that wrote the pattern did not have things centered. So I had to shift things a little when I positioned the pieces. Love how the pieces stick in place with Steam a seam so you can put it on a design wall to see how things look and the pieces do not fall off.

 

 

Do you see anything that looks weird in the border? Just thought I’d ask before I fuse things down.I noticed that she did not create borders that are perfectly symmetrical.  I am not going to change that.

While working on this I decided that I am going to machine quilt this. Too many seams to deal with for hand quilting. I have an Hawaiian quilt that I can work on while living with my MIL. I hate to admit how long ago I started it! I am only 1/4 of the way done with the appliqué so that should keep me busy for a while. I will have to remember how to do needle turn appliqué.

Thought I would post some pictures of my sewing room. The photos are going counterclockwise around the room. I think I will miss this room a bit when we move. However, I think my new room is a little bigger.

  

Thanks for reading.

Chris

4 comments:

  1. Oh my....I should have guessed that your sewing room would be so neat. (I realize partly because the house was prepared for showings). My goodness; my room has never looked so neat.
    Your quilt is beautiful. I like it!
    NancyB in AZ

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  2. The borders look fine although I was checking both sides. I admire your work on this one. I wouldn't have chosen it. Is your house sold or still being shone?

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  3. Hi Chris,
    Couldn't tell there was any asymmetry in the borders. Sometimes photographs make such things less obvious! ;-) I can see why you'll miss your room. I hope that, larger or not, your new room will be well laid out.

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  4. Yes that is an odd way to design a border. If it were me, the pots would have been at the bottom and the lower vine shortened accordingly. But this arrangement gives a more casual feel that actually puts some life into the otherwise staid design. It looks lovely.

    And yes, I can hardly bare to view those pics of your neat as a pin spacious studio...envious!

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