I finally got around to piecing the back of the quilt. I took this picture before it was sewn together. I used five Kona solids and the Funky Monkey friends. I love, love, love those Monkeys!!! I basted the quilt (with spray like I always do) and started doing some straight line quilting. I hated it. It was a total fail. I did not have a walking foot for my machine and was having a hard time getting the quilt to move under the pressure foot. I went to my local fabric shop to see if I could pick up a walking foot and they were out. Frustration and disappointment set in, so I decided to do something that I have never done before... Hand quilting! I love how it looks. All of the stitches are not even, but I still think that it looks so cute. There is only one problem...
I got a walking foot today!!! I have already tested it out and it works amazingly well. I did a happy dance for all to see because I was so excited. So the dilemma is whether or not I should machine quilt little man's quilt. I would be a lot faster and would probably look a little better. I'm going to sleep on that.
I will leave you with a few more pics of what I have been working on lately.
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| This quilt is for my co-worker's new grandson. I used some of the scraps from the Funky Monkey quilt. |
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| Here is the sock monkey appliqué I put next to his name. I am in love with this little Monkey : ) |
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| Here is the fabric for my next project. I was commissioned to make a baby quilt for a friend. I will finish this one next week! Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I will try to not neglect the blog and give updates more often. Lindsay |
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