What would you call it?

The Border is on

The Baby's Quilt

The sashing is complete and the border is attached, the top of the quilt for Jason and Susan's expected baby is done. With the blue border on, it takes on the water theme.  The border really helps to POP out the blues in the embroidery.  

Did I mention that we are going to be grandparents?

Uncle Phil is building a crib, what a handmade nursery they will have.

Does anyone have any name suggestions for this quilt?

We are going to be moving house soon and I think the design wall is going to need to be packed away for a few weeks.  The embroidery machine is packed, but I'm not quite ready to pack my sewing machine.

Stay tuned...

Salsa Nights 3

Paper piecing allows for clean details

 Now all the blocks from Salsa Nights are added to the design wall.  The main blocks are 12", and you can see the row above and below which is the row made up of the paper pieced block joined with the cornerstones. between each of the blocks is also a block made up from the paper pieced blocks.  Now to sew all the rows together to create the quilt top.

On the Design Wal

6 blocks

The Quilt Design Wall

Once you have your quilt blocks made, the next part is to arrange the blocks in an order that is most appealing. You can do the arranging on a table, perhaps on the floor if you have some space, but a great idea is using a design wall. The video shows a design wall that you can hang letting you place the quilt blocks on it and rearrange for better placement. The video is really self-explanatory. I made this video for my friend Kathy who had asked about it.