I can't decide -

Quick update -

And I can't decide how to quilt some stuff - I need some input - ;))

I cut the backing for the Christmas embroidered blocks table topper as a simple one-piece of the lighter fabric with the green holly leaves - still need to fuse it - but it shouldn't be a problem -

When I realized that I had already cut the backing for the Turkey Day Wallhanging - I got that fused together and the "quilt-in-the-ditch" lines between the larger sections done -

And then as I was looking at the pile of blue placemats and other smaller stuff to be quilted - more or less as practice pieces - I picked out the Christmas placemats and the other little Christmas table runner -

Now I can't decide how to quilt them -

Any ideas??? - ;))

The Christmas placemats have already been bound and have "quilt-in-the-ditch" lines around the green bars of the tree and down the "seam lines" between the white - the green - and the red.

The red section is narrow enough to not need any more quilting - and I could probably do some free-form squiggles to sort of outline the "roses" - but I need ideas on what to do in the "white" background behind the "tree".

I'm not very good at "stipple" so I thought maybe I could mark out one from a stencil. It wouldn't be much to mark - and following a stencil could/would help me get down the rhythm of the curves and practice changing directions. Besides - if I use white thread - once I'm done - I can brush off the marks and no one will be able to tell where I didn't "hit the line". Does that make sense? - ;))

On the table runner - I'm drawing a complete blank -

The middle block is set differently from the two on the sides -

The end blocks have the little pinwheel in the middle -

I was thinking of using red thread on this one to make it blend in - and thought I could try to do a free-form holly leaf in the red sections - but I have NO idea what to do in the lighter areas. It probably doesn't matter because it's so busy it won't be seen - but I have to do SOMETHING and I can't decide what that SOMETHING should be - ;))

Any ideas??? -

I'm open to any and all suggestions - ;))


Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Design Wall Monday - 5/2/16

DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
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At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -

The Christmas embroidered blocks table topper - 3x3 -

Next up in the "to be quilted" queue - ;))

I got the table runner (three in a row) quilted with a cross-hatch grid -

And I like how it turned out - ;))

It still needs to be bound - so I set aside the Turkey Day Wallhanging for the time being - I want to make the backing for the Christmas table topper first and then quilt it with the same cross-hatch grid. I'm pretty sure that I have enough of the lighter Christmas fabric for the backing and I want to bind both the runner and the topper with the red and I may not have enough of that - so we'll see - ;))

This past week - I also did a bit more FMQ "practice" - ;))

Some big oval pebbles in the yellow sash -

Some spirals in the green sash that didn't look quite right -

They were supposed to look similar to the ones in the blue wedge section -

So I unsewed them and tried again -

Better - but not by much - ;))

Then I did some leaves on a vine in the orange sash - ;))

I practiced doing square spirals on all eight of the blue placemats -

And some feathers and other stuff on my old practice piece - ;))

Gotta make some more placemats. I think they make terrific practice pieces - even better than pillows. They are the perfect size - they have a variety of spaces to fill - and if I use thread that blends in - my boo-boos most likely won't be seen. And even if someone DOES see one - BOB can cover it with a plate pretty quickly - ;))

Then someday - when I get back to the Turkey Day Wallhanging -

I think it wants some big "clamshells" in this section - ;))

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And a SPECIAL NOTE OF THANKS to my friend, Gene - who shared a bobbin winding trick and helped me get these photos from my computer to my blog. Quilting buddies are the BEST - THANKS, Gene!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -