Schnibbles is finally quilted

I really had a hard time deciding how I was going to quilt this little quilt.  I took it to Thursday's group and we laid out thread onto the quilt and decided that because of the strong colours in the quilt that white was the best one for the job.

I did straight line quilting and used the wobble stitch.  I first used the wobble stitch when I took a class on "Cotton Theory".  It is a zigzag stitch that is very long and narrow.  It is a good stitch to use when you are sewing straight lines because if you go crooked it doesn't look as bad as if you were sewing with a straight stitch.

I quilted only on the white and tried to avoid the coloured stars.

Because it is winter here

YKW held it up indoors,

so it looks a little crooked.

Peggy

To-day is Thursday it must mean Quilting Group

To-day we got together at Joyce's house as usual but it sure took a long time to get down to doing some quilting.  Last week it was just Joyce and I so the 4 of us had a lot of catching up to do and showing our show and tell. 

Joyce is working on 6 placemats and a tablerunner for Christmas.  She used reverse binding and quilted with gold thread. 

Pink Poinsettias

Pierina is working on her tree pattern.  These are wonky trees and the pieces have to be kept together or the whole concept is lost.

She rolls them up on a newspaper to keep them in their

right places.

These are her red trees with beige background

She finished 2 green trees today.

Maria was working on her Schnibbles.  She quilted it and is now ready to apply the binding.

The fabric is Sunkissed, by Moda.

Maria, was also working on her Fabulous Fracture Quilt. 

Sewing rows together.

I quilted my Schnibbles quilt.

I really didn't know how I was going to do this,

but group consultations helped and

I used white thread in a blocking

pattern.

I also worked on my Hunter Star Quilt and made 18 squares to make three more rows.

One large stack

Some still have to be trimmed.

We got a lot accomplished after all.

Peggy.



 

Thursday Group

This Thursday we started the day early so that we could have more time but it never seems to end that way.  We had a lot of catching up to do but we still accomplished a lot today.

Pierina is still quilting her table topper.

Aren't the colour beautiful??

Maria's Schnibbles Plan C

The fabric is Sunkissed by Moda.

She is sorting the pieces for the piano key border.

It is hard to pull them out randomly,

I also picked my colours out for the border

so that it was very organized.

Joyce is still sewing squares together for cushions.

Here she is cutting squares to make cushions to match

her Bed Scarf.

I am making a table topper with Christmas Trees.

This is one 1/4 of the topper.

I need to quilt it before I show it.

Peggy

Schnibbles is finished

I finished the top of the Schnibbles quilt.  The piano key border has been added.  I have to wait to quilt it since I have a lot of sewing to do for Christmas.  I like to make a lot of gifts so it will be put aside for awhile.

I used Ready, Set, Snow

from Me and My Sister Designs

for Moda Fabrics.

Peggy

Schnibbles Class

Last night I took the second of two classes making a Schnibbles Quilt.  We used Carrie Nelson's Schnibbles times two book.  With this book you can make quilts using 5" charm squares or 10" layer cakes or just that size of scraps.

We also used Deb Tucker's Wing Clipper Ruler to make our flying geese for the quilt.  There is a video on youtube on how to use this ruler.  I took this class because I had heard a lot about this ruler and wanted to learn how to use it. 

Wendy was the instructor

She has made a lot of these quilts,

so it was a great class.

It is always good to take a class from

someone who has made the quilt

before.

The class busy working.

Maria's - almost finished

Marlene's - one row done

Maureen's piano key border.

Maureen's finished and

she used all scraps.

Isn't it beautiful.!!

This is mine.

I have to add the piano key border.

The border is sown together so hopefully I should

have it finished in a day or so.

Peggy