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Other than the stockings, this was the only other thing I sewed in 2010. Candice is Baby D's mama and I don't want her to see this yet since I've still not given it to her.
I used the Plain Spoken pattern from The Modern Quilt Workshop book and it's totally awesome. Very easy, very quick. Just be sure to cut with a rotary blade!
For the record, my first quilt was a full size pinwheel pattern (I have to show it to you guys sometime. It's a mess, but I love it!). I cut every single piece with scissors - the sashing, all the little triangles, everything. I thought to myself, "Geez, no wonder it takes so long to make a quilt. The cutting alone takes forever." Then someone told me about rotary cutters and I was like, "Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!", so I like to pass that info on just in case others out there are as in the dark about all the fancy quilting notions out there as I was oh so many years ago. :)
One of our mutual friends cross-stitched this entire front. It's so beautiful! Seriously, click on the pic of Eeyore and check that detail. So sweet!!
I had a total blast stipple quilting this, which is amazing since I've been so scared to quilt up till now. Well, scratch that, I'm still a little scared to quilt, but I found out that if I use a free-motion quilting foot the whole process is way easy! All the quilters out there just laughed out loud. For you non-quilters, me saying that life is easier with the right presser foot is like saying it's easier to cook with a stove instead of a bunch of lit matches. See all this stuff you're learning today??? :)
The only down side to the new free-motion foot was the cost. It was like $35 or something, which is So. Much. Money. However, life was exponentially better - at the very least $35 better. It was money well spent, and I know I will be quilting more in the future. I do believe that spending money on your equipment is a good investment if you know you're going to use it. Otherwise you're just wasting money and who wants to do that?
We will be cutting our fabric for the Marie Skirt Sew Along this weekend (and I'm SUPER EXCITED!), I just want to whip up a prototype before then. I should be able to get it all sewn up tomorrow night, so look for the fabric cutting post Saturday or Sunday. Monday at the latest!! Go get your fabric if you haven't yet and upload a picture of it to our new Flickr page!! :) My fabric is the only photo in there and there is nothing sadder looking than an almost empty Flickr page so go upload pics of your fabric for the skirt or anything else you'd like to share. I'd love it to be kind of a forum for any sewing related questions you have, so don't be shy - post away!!!
xoxo,
