Patchwork Times announced the number 8 as the UFO goal for August.
My number 8 is these floral blocks:
I stitched these 3 blocks many moons ago when I was teaching a machine applique class.
What to do…pillows…, a table runner…, a wall hanging…, tote bags?
Hmmmmm….
I am linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal (OMG).
I missed July’s pillow challenge over at QuiltShopGal’s blog. Between working overtime, a vacation (a fabulous, and short, one week stay with my son and his family), and a horrendous fire season in my neck of the woods, I’m lucky that I managed to finish a pillow in August.
But finish I have!
The expert this month is the very talented teacher, and author, Angela Walters. Definitely check out her blog, website and classes!
I designed this pillow using EQ7 software. It will be a Christmas gift for a young grandson.
I’m using one of my favorite threads, Aurifil 50 weight, for my quilting.
I started my free motion quilting right off by sewing through my Supreme Slider. Ha, ha!
At least I caught the mistake early. I know…I should have taped the slider down. Never skip this step!
I finished quilting without the thing.
Here’s a couple of close-ups (I need to work on getting even stitches):
And a lousy photo of the back (the tension is good, but the photographer really needs to bone up):
A look at the back of the pillow with a covered zipper insert:
One more look at the front (by the way, I have too small of a pillow form in there…it’ll look better with the right size):
I have chosen to do Option 1 from the August challenge. I participated in the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge and you can see my blog post using Angela Walter’s tile quilting here.
I am linking up to this year’s challenge here.
Previous pillows/challenges:
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In a previous post, I shared about making quilt blocks to contribute to the Washington State Quilters-Spokane Chapter raffle quilt fundraiser (that’s a mouthful!).
Hubby and I attended the quilt show last weekend and I finally had the opportunity to see the raffle quilt all completed and on display.
There were enough blocks turned in to make two raffle quilts and some pillows!
This is my block:
Lots of crystals were added to the quilt but, unfortunately, the glitz doesn’t show up in the photo:
Oh yes, I bought my raffle ticket!
And here is the other raffle quilt:
I wish you could see the quilting of the second quilt; it really is wonderful. Whoever the winners are; they are fortunate indeed!
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LC's Cottage 