Working With Rulers

I've learned that working with rulers can be intense.  Especially if it is cross-hatching.  Here is my latest work, using rulers, cross-hatching, and some free motion.

First, the whole quilt.  Done.

This. Took.  Forever.  Literally.

Here is the border treatment.  Actually, this was a fun part.  I really like when I get to the borders.

Here you can see all the cross-hatching in the yellow.

Now a view of the back.  I took a picture of one of my mistakes, but I won't tell you where it is.

You'll probably see it here, though.

What a relief!

What's next?  Not a whole lot.  I won't be posting for a while, I've got other things going on.  But, if I get something done this week, I'll take a picture.

Keep Sewing!

More Fun Pictures

My friend, Janet, promised more pictures of Sue with personality.  She sent them, so, I'm sharing them here.

Thanks, Janet!!!

I know the gals in the classes had a fabulous time.  There was a lot of laughter, and a lot of trying things out on the machines.  Sue made you feel like you could do anything!

I was a little nervous when she was sharing quilts, while standing by the stairs.  I was afraid that in her exuberance, she would take a step back and tumble down.  However, she did not and all was well!

I spent a day and a half quilting cross-hatches on a quilt, using a ruler.  I now know that I will need to charge more for this service, as it takes a LOT of time.

This is the front of the quilt, only not really that yellow.

Here is the back of the quilt.  I used the computerized machine at work to do the 6-petal flowers, then brought it home to do the ruler work on the rest.  So, about 2 full days of quilting.

So, I did an easy one, next.  I baby quilt.

I found the design online with a Google search on baby boy quilts.  It may have been a pantograph, but was easy to do free-motion.

I was so excited about the swirls, and how easy they were, I put on a minky quilt for my 15-year-old son.  I played with swirling circles and squares, and loved the way it looked.  I wanted to leave some puffiness to it, so I kept the quilting nice and big.

And the best part?  It only took about an hour to quilt.  Nice play time on a busy day.  I'll bind it soon.

Have a great week and Happy Sewing!