A long time ago in a quilting room far, far away* I made a quilt with some darling Gerbera Daisy fabric and hinted that I was going to do something creative with the fabric.
I finally did:
I will DEFINITELY use this spiral on more projects. It was So. Stinking. Fun!!!
Quick question: Do you have any idea how much binding is around six placemats? Answer: Eleventy-thousand miles!** Anyone who knows me knows how much I despise binding, so I thought these would be the perfect project to practice Pat Sloan's machine binding technique:
Well...
I finally did:
I made six of these beauties for my mom.
I have been having fun playing with Pat Sloan's Teach Me to Machine Quilt book and finally stitched out her walking-foot spiral using WonderFil Konfetti cotton thread with a DecoBob bobbin:
I have been having fun playing with Pat Sloan's Teach Me to Machine Quilt book and finally stitched out her walking-foot spiral using WonderFil Konfetti cotton thread with a DecoBob bobbin:
I will DEFINITELY use this spiral on more projects. It was So. Stinking. Fun!!!
Quick question: Do you have any idea how much binding is around six placemats? Answer: Eleventy-thousand miles!** Anyone who knows me knows how much I despise binding, so I thought these would be the perfect project to practice Pat Sloan's machine binding technique:
I think, after sliced bread, quilt binding clips are my favorite invention ever.
I had some fun with my thread choice for the binding. I used my FabuLux Wisteria thread with a DecoBob bobbin. It didn't blend in but instead added a touch of jazz to the binding.
For Christmas of 2015, I promised my mom 12 months of placemats, but I never said that all of the months would be in the same year!
Enjoy your placemats, Mom!
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*It was actually my sewing room where I'm sitting to write this post. It's called "creative license."
*It was actually my sewing room where I'm sitting to write this post. It's called "creative license."
**About 400 inches, which is bad enough.
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