A St. Nicholas Day Gift

I was a wee bit late in getting this project done in time for the Feast of St. Nicholas, Dec. 6. I spent the day after the feast day finishing up the quilting. This gift is headed to my mom since she has sent me boxes of her fabrics to use in my quilts. All minus the yellow fabric were from her stash.

This pattern, Fun Poinsettia, is from Sew Kind of Wonderful (http://sewkindofwonderful.blogspot.com/2013/11/fun-poinsettias.html). I didn't have the curve ruler that she suggests. Instead, I used a curve ruler with lots of curves that I already own and selected a curve that worked close to the directions on the placement of the ruler. I had to make some modifications since the curve was slightly off. Also, I only made one flower since I only had enough fabric for one. Piecing was done on Davis NVF since the walking foot on that machine is easy to use for curves. Quilting was done with the Davis NVF, along with part of the binding. The decorative stitching on the binding was done with the Necchi Supernova.

Decisions

...are sometimes difficult. I started quilting this table runner using the pattern that came with the kit, but I disliked the look of the quilting. It just wasn't a representation of my style of work- totally not me. So, I took the quilting out that I had done and let the work sit while I thought of patterns that I liked. After couple of weeks of reflection, I came up with this simple pattern that I could do using my Davis NVF for the quilting.

Minus the white fabric and the back fabric, all of the fabrics came from my mother's stash that she had given to me. This Wedding Ring table runner will be given to my mother.

Fall Runner

I took a break from my recent project to make a table runner for Thanksgiving.

I found a leaf pattern that I used with fabrics that came from my mom.

I can't recall who gave me the back fabric, but I finally found a use for it.

Having Fun!

Took time out to explore free motion quilting with my Davis NVF. Normally I just used this machine for straight stitch quilting and attaching bindings. Today, I used it for making some potholders that will be Christmas presents. Since I'm not gifted in drawing (my sister and my kids inherited that gene, not me), I just outlined the pattern on some fabric that has large floral prints that my mom gave me. I found a good use for that stash of fabrics. The silver material is ironing board fabric.
The first potholder has the silver material on the back.
First potholder:

This became the bottom of the potholder with the printed side inside the finished potholder. The top layer, printed fabric and batting, was quilted with curvy lines. The potholder has top printed fabric, layer of batting, printed fabric from above section, layer of batting, and silver back.

The second potholder:
The ironing board fabric is sandwich inside with batting layers.

Since these are rather large potholders, they could be use as cloth trivets.

The binding was attached with the Davis NVF and finished with decorative stitching from the Singer 328K, Hank the Tank.

First potholder's binding was done with the method I came up with in my Time for Another Tute tutorial. On second potholder, I used the same method, but I just shifted the straight stitch line that I use to secure the binding down before stitching the decorative stitching. I like the look of the straight stitch line move in closer to center, since it now looks like it is part of the decorative stitching.

More Christmas runners!

My final Christmas runner! I still have some scrap fabrics left over, but those pieces will be used next year.

Back side is solid of the white and red snowflake fabric.

I had just enough of the back fabric to quilt up and use with this runner. I like its new look now that it has been quilted.

A close up of decorative finish stitching to binding. I like the results from using the glue and sew method of attaching the binding; I have much better control of the fabrics.

Back side.

Scrappy Christmas table topper

A scrappy table topper made with leftovers scraps.

Red Runner

Christmas table runner for a lucky family member.

The green fabric is the backside of the runner.

All the fabric but the poinsettia fabric came from my mom. This is a fun way of recycling fabric.

Christmas table runner

One down two more to go!


A close up of the straight line quilting. I used green thread on top which is difficult to see here.



Sewing with Mr.Two Spools. Making a Christmas table runner for some lucky person.

Blooming Nine Patch Table Runner

Top of runner

The snake-hose pin that Erica gave me for a decoration on the table runner.

The back side of runner.

A Bowl of Cherries

Top side of new table runner also made from scraps. I'm titling it, Life is like a bowl of cherries.

Bottom side. The binding is finished off with my favorite embroidery pattern; top thread is red and bottom is white.

Table Runner

Playing around with my fabric scraps the other day, I made this table runner.


One side is just the red flower print fabric that matches the blue flower print fabric on the other side.

Half Hexi Placemats

One placemat done and three more to finish. I saw numerous blogs by quilters that are using half hexagons for their hexagon quilts. I like this idea since I don't have to hand sew the pieces.


The backside of the placemats. I plan on using this quilting design for when I make my half-hexi Bali quilt.

Japanese spring table runner

Years ago while living in Tokyo, I picked up materials to be used as table runners. The adorable bunny print was part of a little sack purse that I never used. So, I dismantled the purse to use in this table runner. The pretty white flowers with the pink background came from a table runner that lacked something. The white and green fabrics were leftovers from previous quilts. This little project not only produce me with a new table runner for Easter, but also gave me the opportunity to practice my free motion quilting.