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Garden Baskets Update 4

Posted on July 5, 2021 | 16 comments

I’ve not been sewing very much. Betty Boop (otherwise known as my Janome sewing machine) is in the hospital and awaiting ordered parts. I hope to have her home soon, but there is no telling when. So, during this drought/heat season, I have been spending a whole lot of time with Ancestry and having fun pursuing family history.

Nevertheless, some hand work is happening.

To remind you of the Garden Baskets project, here is the flimsy that I am working on:

I have the borders and the vine stitched on. I am currently working on the hundreds of buds and a few other appliques.

I’ve drawn all of the parts onto freezer paper, ironed the freezer paper to the fabric, and cut out all of the shapes.

I am using the ‘freezer paper on top’ method. Why?

I don’t know…I just decided to do it that way. I have stitched as many of the shapes together as I can. In other words, stems and beaks and other parts are fitted together to make the whole before I stitch them to the quilt top.

The pieced kitty is pinned and ready to be stitched to the background.

The washout blue marker is my guideline for some embroidery to be applied.

One applique stitched down. Hundreds to go.

I know there are many…what is your favorite way to applique?

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Garden Baskets Update 3

Quilt On!

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Garden Baskets Update 3

Posted on March 24, 2021 | 26 comments

I have been working on the borders for the Garden Basket quilt.

I used my soapstone marker to mark the center length and width of each border.

I also mark the quarter measurement of each border. All of those marks will help to place the vine and appliques.

I used a flex ruler to help draw the curves of the vine.

I used the Quilter’s Strip Ticket (I have had this handy reference chart for a lot of years) to help me calculate and cut the amount of yardage needed to make the bias vine. I am sure that if you want one, you can find this chart in several places…I just did a quick search and found it at Soft Expressions (no affiliation).

In the picture above, you can see a Clover bias tape maker. I find these to be useful little tools and I have several sizes. I did not take a photo of actually using it to make the vine. Oops. If you are unfamiliar with a bias tape maker, there are lots of tutorials when you do a search, including on You Tube. Here is one by Pat Sloan.

I chose to glue baste the vine onto the border.