It's in the Genes

Its a proud moment when your children, who have watched patiently, are finally able to independently use the sewing machine.

This was taken a couple of years ago. My daughter, then 8,  making her first quilt.  She has since designed and made more as well as finishing them on the long arm and binding them by hand.

#lifelongskills

Finishing Projects

Today is all about finishing...

I've been working on a few project and they are all around the same stage.  This is the part when (if you have started sewing without purpose or pattern, you second guess yourself as to the potential use v's size.

So for one of the quilts, I'm in between a throw or a single bed. Here is the work in progress of my C+S Hunters Star.

Here I have constructed the basic Hunters Star block using a layer cake of C+S. I decided to use a shot cotton made by Moda called Cross Weave - Sand.

I starched lightly as this fabric like all shot cottons has a tendency to fray.

I tried to used a variety of colors for contrast and some turned out better than others.

 But.... this is where I got stuck. I'm not a border kinda gal but I had had enough of making blocks. - Do I leave it as a small throw? Or should I go bigger with borders or blocks.

Borders won out. Its on the long arm and quilting has begun.