Started - Sweet Star Wars
Full disclosure: I have never done applique before in my life. This has not stopped me from deciding that since there is a decided shortage of adorable baby-themed Star Wars fabric (or really, any new Star Wars cotton in general) I should learn applique and make my own. However, since said fabric is for a quilt that is going to a friend who is currently six months pregnant, "Learn" has kind of turned into "jump in with both feet and hope I don't drown."
I have found pictures of adorable, sweet Star Wars Characters online. I have bought Kona solids in a number of Star Wars appropriate hues. I have backed said fabrics with wonder under, and made liberal use of my scissors. And so the saga begins. I have made one block so far, and I haven't been brave enough to try the blanket stitching bit yet:
Cutting out several characters at once has been a fairly significant time sink, but I am hoping it will hasten the assembly portion later.
Pieced - Froggin'
I'd had my eye on this fabric for a while, but it didn't become commercially available until December 1. It's for a friend whose baby shower is Jan 28, so I zipped through piecing it.
Right now it is with my Pro Quilter of Extreme Awesomeness, and I am counting the seconds until it returns in a fully quilted state and I can start binding it. It's from a simple Fat Quarter pattern by Carlene Westberg and uses Froggin' fabric by Sue Zipkin.
Partially Pieced - Christmas Traditions
I finished paper piecing all the individual blocks before I put this one away in November, but when I had a few spare moments I dragged it out again for assembly. It is far less messy than my Star Wars project at this point!
This quilt has had many lessons in store for me, ranging from "you're obsessed with light sashing - don't be" to "the throat of your machine? It is not as big as you think it is," with perhaps a little "squaring a layer cake is HARD" in there for good measure.
That said, the Beast is quilted!
In addition to the squiggly lines and stenciled trees I showed last time, I put rolling waves along the outside, and snowflakes in the corner blocks. Now I am maybe 1/3 of the way through sewing binding on what I think may be the second-largest quilt I have ever made.
No Progress:
Planning
-Trick or Treat
Binding
-Eclectic Garden
And, for proper linkage:
Wow!! you are very busy there..loving the Star Wars...just jump right in on the blanket stitch.....you'll do great.
ReplyDeleteOmg! You are not making a Star Wars quilt, lol. I love it! Your first block looks great. Even if your blanket stitch is not perfect, which it will be, the characters will look great.
ReplyDeleteHee hee. I totally am! I figure even if it's not perfect (which I just started my blanket stitch and I ah, have confirmation it won't be) the uniqueness will make up for the imperfect craftsmanship.
DeleteI love your Star Wars quilt! Machine appliqué is one of my favorite things to do! Good luck and I will definitely be back to see the finished project!
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