Episode 50 – Drunkard’s Path with Circular Attachment
Listen to the podcast of this postToday I talked about making the drunkard’s path block using a circular attachment – I cheated!
Jackie shared this great picture with us. I love black and white quilts. She says that the podcast has inspired her to quilt more, but her B&W inspired me to do my dunkard’s path. She machine embroidered the notes and piano. I love the use of directional fabric.
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Knitting help – When you are using dpn’s to knit a sock in the round, should the sock knit out inside out?
Winner of the Frolic Pattern – Amy Peterson from Quilter’s Notebook!
Topic this week – Playing around on the Drunkard’s Path
This is a circular attachment. I know they are available on Janome, Bernina, and Babyloc machines; not sure about other brands. The little black knob just protects the pointy tack thingy.
Cut out material for your background fabric and the circle fabric. I laid all my out so it was organized and easy to grab. This was my drawing I used to guide me on colors and cutting out.
Finger press an “X” to mark the center of the block.
Put the fabric right side up on the circular attachment. Layer the fabric for the circle on top.
Sew a straight stitch, using your hands to smooth out the fabric as it goes around.
Trim away the excess fabric from the circle. I found that my machine applique scissors worked best. You want to trim very close to the stitching.
Put it back on the circular attachment and sew a satin stitch. I used a 3.5 stitch width and .2 stitch length. I am using a machine embroidery rayon thread, but you could use anything. I also used a satin stitch foot.
At this point you should press and square up your blocks. Then cut them into quarters.
Flip the pieces over and trim the excess fabric.
Piece together. I laid everything out and stiched one block at a time, so that I did not confuse myself – I was using so many colors.
Here is the pieced quilt top. I got the pattern idea here. I plan on adding a drunkard’s path pieced border too. Right now it is 36″ square. With the border it should be big enough for a baby quilt.
Episode 49 ~ Egronomics in Sewing
Listen to the podcast of this postToday we talked about some ergonomic principles as they apply to sewing.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the website these past two weeks and left comments, emails, or sent pictures.
Daphne sent these great pictures of her attempt as fusing plastic. She agrees with me that the fusing part is very frustrating. But her work came out much better than mine.
I finished putting borders on my Frolic quilt and the disappearing nine patch.
Congratulations to our recent giveaway winners; please send me your address so I can get your prize in the mail.
- Denise in PA
- Tami
This week I am giving away my Frolic Pattern. It is a like-new pattern. Earn an entry by one of the following ways:
- leave a comment on this post
- leave a voice mail comment
- donate $2 towards the podcast
Drawing will be held the next time I record which may be July 4th or 11th.
Don’t forget to answer this week’s poll and help me decide what swap we will do next.
Tote Bag Swap Results
Well, the tote bag swap is over and it was a huge success. Below is a look at all the tote bags; click on the image to enlarge.
Get a load of what my dining room table looked like; no wonder Rick was rolling his eyes. No worries, though. We never eat in there.
I will be planning another swap shortly. I am thinking quilted coasters or fabric postcards. Let me know what you think.
Charm Quilt Top
Sorry I have been so silent for a while. I am doing fine and feeling well. This is the first year that Morgan is home for the Summer. Every other year was just like any other day because she was never in school; but now it is a true summer break. I think I am having a hard time adjusting. You know she is a non-stop jabber mouth; making the nights and weekends a flurry of activity and conversations. I can’t seem to get a free moment to myself.
Anyway, this is the quilt top I made from 2 charm packs. Nonnie tells me the pattern is called a “disappearing nine patch”. I got the idea from Snippets of a Quilter.
One charm pack was a gift from Dawn; it was Moda’s – a day in the country. The other was just a pack I picked up on clearance at JoAnn’s.
Here is the picture of my completed miniature quilt top. I have this one all ready to quilt. I plan on quilting it by hand.
Episode 48 ~ Water Soluable Thread
Listen to the podcast of this postToday we talked about Water Soluble Thread.
Thank you to everyone who left comments, sent emails, called me or left iTunes reviews. I really appreciate it.
Check out this quilt top from Kathleen. She calls it Starry Night. By now she probably has this finished. These picture are on her design wall and she is showing us three different ways she was contemplating putting it together. The colors are her son’s college colors. I REALLY like the blocks, they are similar to a log cabin.
Leave a comment and let Kathleen know what you think. My favorite is the first one.
Recipe for Clams DiZuppa
New book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer – “The Short Life of Bree Tanner”
New Podcasts
Topic – Water Soluble Thread
- Anchor quilt with the thread
- Used in machine embroidery
- Trupunto
- Simply Quilts – Trupunto
- Great Product Review
Keep checking back. I will post pictures of my latest projects and the tote bag swap. I also need to pick giveaway winners and put out a new one.
Thanks for your patience.
Krafti-Kit ~ new sponsor
On the podcast this week, I forgot to put a link to our new sponsor. Check them out! They have a lot of great crafting kits. I particularly like the “Driving Miss Daisy Gloves”.
Episode 47 ~ Basting your Quilt
Listen to the podcast of this postToday we talked about basting your quilt and making a quilt sandwich.
Thank you to Patricia for sharing her completed quilt top with us. This was a block of the month she did. I love the colors and the variety of basket blocks. My favorite is the one with appliqued handles. Beautiful work Patricia.
Here is what I have gotten done on my miniature quilt. The finished size will be 8×8. All of this is hand pieced.
Here is my tote bag for the tote bag swap.
The Gator quilt is finally all pieced.
The down-side of paper piecing – look at this mess!
I need your help deciding on the border for this quilt. Tell me which one you like best.
#1 - Small white border with wide Gator print border
#2 - small blue, small white, wide gator print border
#3 - small orange, small blue, wide Gator print
#4 - small orange, small white, wide Gator print
#5 - Wide Gator print only
Latest Shopping Goodies
During a lunch break at work this week I took the chance to stop by the quilt shop closest to the office. Here are my latest aquisitions:
I was running low on piecing thread so I took Almosaquilter’s advice and picked up some Aurifil thread to try out. Funny thing – the shop only got it in recently and didn’t know much about it. The spool is not marked with too much detail, but it is 50/2 weight; not sure of the yardage – but that one spool was close to $10.
I am also going to try basting spray (I feel a podcast coming on). I loved Sandy’s idea, from Quilting….for the rest of us, of keeping 12″ squares ready and at hand to practice machine quilting.
I couldn’t leave with just those two things, so I looked at my shopping list for upcoming projects. I got the small yo-yo maker I was missing for Morgan’t Yo-Yo cat and I found a jungle print panel for my sister’s quillow.
Good news!!! I finished piecing my Gator quilt. Pictures to come soon. I need help deciding of the inner border.
Episode 46 ~ Locking in Seams
Listen to the podcast of this postToday we talked about locking in seams. This is a few days late being posted. I recorded it on time, but got real busy and couldn’t find time to post it.
Check out this get miniature that Celia made. You know how I love miniatures. This is also a great idea for hanging your quilts. Leave a comment and let Celia know what you think.
Topic of the Week: Locking in Seams
Most of the time, we don’t need to lock our seams because we will sew across it with another seam and lock it in that way. But when you are going to be handling the block a lot, if it is for a swap, or if it is the ends of the quilt top you may want to lock them in.
See how the seam can come apart easily when not locked in place
You can backstitch to lock in place, but it makes a bulky spot
You can stitch in place to lock in – this works very well; the bulky spot is smaller and will stay within the seam allowance.
Tip on pinning – pin in the opposite direction with the point toward your seam allowance. You don’t have to remove the pins while sewing.
Poke the pins through twice to secure them more and keep the fabric from shifting.
Episode 45 ~ Reusable Shopping Bag, maybe
Listen to the podcast of this postToday, you are going to think I am nuts! I tried to make a reusable shopping bag with plastic bags.
Thanks to Gidget for sharing her first block in her Civil War Tribute quilt. The pattern is from Homestead Hearth’s BOM that started in January. I love the design and the colors.
I got my coffee this week from www.coffeecow.com
I bought these stitch markers from LewZilla on etsy.
This week’s topic – Making a reusable shopping bag with plastic grocery bags.
Crazy idea, I know. But my thought was – if I forget my shopping bag at home and get stuck using a plastic bag, I should recycle that plastic bag. I am not the only one who thought this. Check out this great tutorial I found.
1. Use clean bags. Cut the handles off.
2. Cut the bottom seam off.
3. Slit the bag up the side so that it lays out in one layer. A really big rectangle.
4. Layer 5 to 8 bags on top of each other and sandwich inbetween two pieces of parchment paper.
5. I did find that laying it this was was easier to handle.
6. Press using a hot setting on your iron. This is where it gets tricky. You will have to play around and test with your iron. Every iron is different. I had to put mine on Wool setting. If your iron is too hot, it will shrink the plastic like this.
7. When done correctly, tis is what it will look like. Wrinkly, but still about the same size.
8. Keep the iron moving. If you stop for any period of time, you risk melting a hole in it.
9. I used handle pieces to mend the hole.
10. Cut just like fabric. 14 1/2″ x 13″ for the front and back; 6 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ or the sides; 6 1/2″ x 13″ for the bottom. 3″ x 27″ for the handles.
11. Stitch together using an overlock stitch. Stitch all edges and reinforce the handles with extra stitches.
12. Ta-Da!!!! this is what it looks like.
It looks better from far away. 
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