Unfortunately, not much. Cleaning my sewing room is the priority these days, so sewing has taken a back seat. However, I have gathered photos of my projects from the quilting retreat from a couple of weeks ago.
We did 60 degree table runners. Made from a border print, then end result is a lovely design. And the same print makes very different effects, depending on where you choose your repeat.
These were run, and very quick to make. I'm planning some placemats next.
This is a bird-of -paradise, done in a new applique technique I learned at the retreat. It was a combination of regular piecing, applique, and paper piecing techniques, all rolled into one.
And this last quilt is 1/2 of the final project from the retreat. I believe the pattern was called Urban Candy. I have 6 rows done, and 4 more to go. I saw the sample quilt, and decided that I wanted to do mine in black & white instead.
More photos from this great retreat are on the shop's
Facebook page.
I'm off to another retreat this weekend, where I will hopefully fniish Urban Candy, and make some 60 degree placemats.
I've been a busy quilter this weekend. I finished 2 quilt tops, and made good progress on the borders for my swoon quilt. I hope to get them finished tomorrow. Apparently I wasn't smart enough to take pictures of the finished quilts, but here they are in partial stages. The black and white curves are from the last retreat I went on, and it is now complete. It won't have borders, so I'll add it to the pile of "to be quilted" - and hope to get some time in on my long arm over the next few weeks.
Yesterday I had 2 blocks to finish - and after I put them together I noticed that I had mixed up the pieces and the colours were in the wrong place. So, I disassembled half of each block, swapped sections, and put them back together again. Then I spent the rest of the day attaching sashings to the blocks. And only twice did I put the strips in the wrong place. Perhaps it was not my best day after all :)
We did 60 degree table runners. Made from a border print, then end result is a lovely design. And the same print makes very different effects, depending on where you choose your repeat. 
But I owed someone a quilt, so this week I managed to get it loaded on the long arm, and even finished in time to deliver on Saturday. And then when I came home, I cleaned up part of my sewing room (I can see the cutting table again) and today I put bindings on 7 baby quilties.
