The Backside of the Square

There is a minor problem with embroidering a quilt square. The backside of the square ends up with birds' nests everytime it trims a jump stitch. The only way I found to stop this is to turn off " trim jump stitch" and to bring the bobbin thread up to the top at the beginning. There will still be a little bit of nesting that occurred when it finishes the stitching, but it's not too bad.

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Just in time for graduation!

I finished another graduation quilt!!! It's for a good friend of mine's son. And good thing too. He graduates in two weeks! It's the best one that I've made so far! I did black and gold sashing for Vanderbilt colors. I also embroidered "Vanderbilt university" on top and "Commodores" on the bottom border. The finished quilt is 96 inches wide x 130 inches long. You may be wondering why it's so long. Nick is 6 foot 7 inches tall. So it should cover him nicely! Happy quilting y'all!

2018 Recap Hey guys! I'm back! I know I haven't posted a lot this past year. But it's been an exciting, hectic few years for us as a family. I've made several quilts that I'm going to blast through. As I get older, times flies by so fast! Not a joke. So all of you youngsters out there, enjoy each day and don't take it for granted! 1. The most exciting event is m y youngest son got married to a very sweet young lady, Lily. Their picture is below. It was the most beautiful, calm, full of love wedding that I've been to. We had only close family and a few friends. Aren't they gorgeous! 2. My husband and I traveled to Italy for two weeks to see my sister and brother in law. We had a fabulous time! Italy is beautiful and overwhelmingly full of history! These are some of the best pictures that we took. Our favorite city to visit was Florence, Italy by far. We enjoyed walking and roa...

Quilt As You Go

The "quilt as you go" technique is the best thing I was taught since learning how to quilt! It makes putting together a large quilt more doable. Basically, you sew all of the blocks, quilt each block layer and then piece the layer together. The final quilt ends up with sashing between each block. So the quilter can have fun with colors. The navy blue strip is the sashing. You first zigzag the two blocks together then use the strip to cover up the zigzag connection on the topside and bottom side. The finished piece is shown below. I usually try to strategize when I sew the blocks together so that I end up with two halves. It makes handling a large quilt easier.

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