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Category Archives: tablecloth
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A simple single Irish chain. Another Connecting Threads kit (from eons ago) that has been languishing in a (very much out-of-control) stash! Simple piecing/small project……approximately 46” square…….. Stay tuned…..decisions to be made: What to stitch???? Thread: (top & bobbin) Isacord. … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads, Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, echo quilting, Feathers, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Isacord, loopy flowers, matchsticks, Ms Juki, ruler work, table topper, tablecloth, Texas
Tagged Connecting Threads kit, Isacord, Juki, leafy feathers, matchsticks, ruler work, single Irish chain, Texas
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Edging and border………………
Is what’s next. The batting has been trimmed, as has the backing………… (for details of this process, see the 2 preceding posts). The next step is to clip the curves of the backing in order to wrap the fabric over … Continue reading
Posted in Antique/thrift shop, applique, Aurifil, Connecting Threads, Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, echo quilting, Feathers, FMQ, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, ruler work, Sewline Glue Pen, Spring Grove, table topper, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Antique/thrift shop, Aurifil, Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, echo quilting, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Hobbs Tuscany cotton/wool batting, matchsticks/toothpicks, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, ruler work, Sewline Glue Pen, vintage
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Eons have past……………
Since I’ve been here!!! Yikes!! Onward…………. Festival of Quilts/Uffda Fest (Spring Grove, MN) happened last weekend. A town event that I have done a demo during the two day schedule for the last many years……..set up and ready…. The vintage … Continue reading
Posted in Antique/thrift shop, applique, Connecting Threads, Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, echo quilting, Feathers, FMQ, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, Spring Grove, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Aurifil, Connecting Threads Essential Pro Poly, Festival of Quilts, Hobbs cotton/wool, micro-stippling, stencils, vintage
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It’s Friday, and………
I’ve not finished anything I’m at liberty to share (), but I have gotten 2 things ready to stitch….sandwiched and pinned……first, the smaller one is 10”x 15” and will (hopefully) finish in short order—it’s really speaking loudly!!! Adding texture, … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Glide thread, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, pebbles, piano keys, Sweet 16, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Silk batting, paisleys, pebbles, Sweet Sixteen, swirls, tablecloth/whole cloth, vintage linens
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Friday finish, or how I spent my yesterday……….
I haven’t done much (any?) postings on the Killer Bee quilt group that meets every Thursday but they have been amazingly busy (as always). The meeting attendance dwindles as members’ head back home or head North to visit family. I … Continue reading
The completion of………………
Any project always brings mixed emotions. Satisfaction in the finishing/rescue of another vintage piece, the anticipation of “what’s waiting on the horizon” and bidding farewell to a “friendship” that grew as I spent all those delightful hours listening/getting to know … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Isacord, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Isacord, match-stick, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
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“Quilt as desired………..”
What happens to you when you read those words? A “blank canvas” staring at you can be an intimidating thing! At the end of a set of piecing directions, some magazines have provided wonderful diagrams/suggestions for this next step in … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Isacord, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Isacord, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
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Where have I been??????………..
In one sentence (without elaboration!!!): DH and I…yes, both!…. were hit with the influenza AND strep throat infections—-enough already!!!! Ugh! Hubbs still is plagued with the ever-lingering cough but yours truly is back in the land of the living! On … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
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Moving to the border……….decisions……..
Last time I finished with the beginning of the end of the center portion/the vintage cloth itself. See here. The micro-stippling is complete. Photos…………….from this: to this:. . . The dime helps to see the scale of the stitching…….contrast. … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, cut-work, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Jackson St Saturdays, Juki TL2010Q, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, ruler work, swirls, tablecloth, teal green batik, vintage
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The next step……………….
In this vintage process is to emphasize the quilting motifs even more than they are at present. The quilt stitching, especially of a “whole cloth” type (mostly “negative” space) is most effective when the stitched motifs/designs are dramatically different in … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, cut-work, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Jackson St Saturdays, Juki TL2010Q, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, ruler work, swirls, tablecloth, teal green batik, vintage, vintage and tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread
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Monday’s meanderings…………..
Further into “feather land”………….. I’m thinking I’m really going to love these corner designs—-with the added plumes!!! . For those of you who may have missed my initial information:The machine I’m using is a Juki 2010Q, straight stitch (only) industrial … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, cut-work, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Jackson St Saturdays, Juki TL2010Q, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, ruler work, swirls, tablecloth, teal green batik, vintage, vintage and tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread
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(Far from a) Friday Finish!!…………..
But having such a great time!!!! To catch up, see here. The center portion is reeeeeeelly close to a ‘finish’. I did the 4 sections that complete the center circle. Photo before stitching…… and after some ‘playtime’…… The obligatory back … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, cut-work, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Jackson St Saturdays, Juki TL2010Q, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, ruler work, swirls, tablecloth, teal green batik, vintage, vintage and tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread
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Feathering………………
Yesterday’s start has taken the expected direction…….. Feathers, petals, and…….well, lots more fun ahead…. And the flip side…….. To see the unstitched beginning, see here. Thanks so much for tagging along on my (exciting to me) journeys. These results amaze … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, cut-work, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Jackson St Saturdays, Juki TL2010Q, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, ruler work, swirls, tablecloth, teal green batik, vintage, vintage and tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread
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One Word Wednesday—-“Beginning”……..
Posted in Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, swirls, tablecloth, vintage
Tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro poly thread, cut-work, Feathers, FMQ, Hobbs 80/20, Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, Jackson St Saturdays, Juki TL2010Q, micro-stippling, Ms Juki, pebbles, piano keys, ruler work, swirls, teal green batik, vintage and tagged Connecting Threads Essential Pro Poly, vintage tablecloth
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