Help, I've got a problem with one of my finished quilts!!! Have you ever had an issue with your quilting stitches breaking too? Fixing it isn't that big a task, but often it's one we put off, well I know I do!
Showing posts with label Yuma Quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yuma Quilt. Show all posts
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Friday, 1 January 2016
Exploring The Garment District - Gotham Quilts, Midtown Manhattan
What's happening in New York City? Well, there's a new fabric studio in town, and that's something we all love to know about.
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Yuma QAL - A Finish
As the Yuma QAL is coming to a close, I'm ready to share my own Yuma quilt's photoshoot.
I'm a huge fan of smooth quilts - my usual method for laundering my quilts is a machine wash then tumble dry till half dry then press till fully dry and smooth as new.
This quilt had other ideas, I guess there's always one! The 100% cotton Quilters Dream Request batting and the American Made Brand solids shrank at different rates during the first wash, and no amount of pressing can fix it - and yes I have tried. So let me introduce you to what's only my third ever 'crinkly' quilt!!!
The quilt's for my daughter, Flicky, to remember this summer and looking forward to all the future summers we're yet to share, I love you so much Flicky x
'For all the summers yet to come.'
I hope you've enjoyed the #yumaQAL, I've had fabulous feedback about all my #yumaQAL tutes from lots of you who are making Yumas but particularly about my piecing and joining rows tute. I've created a link page for all my Yuma tutes and posts, and you can link to it here or via my tute page in the sidebar but for one last time here're all my previous posts links:
Monday: my fabric choices
Wednesday: Log Cabin blocks
Thursday: piecing and joining rows
and finally: quilting my Yuma
Last week I had the best news, Ivete and Andrea @Gotham Quilts like my solid Yuma Quilt so much they're now selling it as a kit so you can make my quilt yourself. I'm happy dancing at the great blog post they wrote about it too!!!
Angie @Gnome Angel also wrote a fab post in the last week about losing her sewjo while making her Yuma. Hopefully, normal service will be resumed for her very quickly, but I did do another happy dance when she featured my solid Yuma in her post and said it's her fave :D
YUMA QAL SCHEDULE
Featured on:
Clicking on an image will take you to a new page of crafty goodness :)
Disclaimer: Gotham Quilts supplied the fabrics used at a discount price to mbCD otherwise this post is for informational purposes only, no payment or commission is received on click-throughs and opinions are my own.
Click to follow me on
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Yuma QAL - Quilting My Yuma
Welcome to the final week of the Yuma QAL, and it's about time I shared with you how I've quilted my Yuma quilt.
Let's start with a glimpse of my quilt back, and as you can see, my dogs love to fight on it.
Enough fluffiness, for now, let's get straight down to how I quilted it - here's an outline of my quilting design.
It's really incredibly simple - just 10 straight lines and 5 squares, I've drawn each line in a different colour and added arrows to show you the direction I quilted each line. The main box in the diagram is the original quilt size given in the quilt patternavailable free here @Gotham Quilts, and I've continued the lines and boxes out into the border I added.
I drew the lines onto the quilt sandwich using a heat erasing pen.
I quilted my Yuma myself on my Juki TL-2010Q sewing machine, using a 4.0 mm straight stitch and Aurifil 50/2 #2600-Dove thread. I could have stitched in the ditch, but I didn't, I've actually sewn 1/8" away from the ditch always in the neutrals and never in the colour fabrics.
A few close-ups pics of the quilted front:
What is it with dogs and quilts?!!!
My intention one day is to hand quilt each of the coloured triangles - embroidery thread colour is yet to be decided, probably I'll do it all in a silver grey, but there's a slim possibility I'll do each colour row in a colour that matches the leader colour triangle for that particular row. Right now my daughter, Flicky, is sleeping under the quilt, so I'm holding off on the hand quilting until September when she's back in St Andrews.
and finally - Yuma QAL - A Finish
If you want to join in all you need to do is download the free Yuma Quilt pattern here and be sure to share your work on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc using the hashtag #yumaQAL. Even if you're not making your own Yuma click through to the Instagram #YumaQAL and take a look at what everyone else is up to.
Each week another blogger will be sharing their #YumaQAL experiences with you.
17 June - kick-off blog post on Gotham Quilts
week of 22 June - made by ChrissieD click here to find all my Yuma QAL posts
week of 29 June - Faith and Fabric
week of 6 July - Daydreams of Quilts
week of 13 July - Lisa in Port Hope
week of 20 July - Sunflower Quilting
week of 27 July - Roar Haus
week of 2 August - Gnome Angel
10 August - Life Under Quilts
12 August - closing blog post on Gotham Quilts and start of linky party
19 August - linky party winner(s) chosen
Click to follow me on
It's really incredibly simple - just 10 straight lines and 5 squares, I've drawn each line in a different colour and added arrows to show you the direction I quilted each line. The main box in the diagram is the original quilt size given in the quilt pattern
I drew the lines onto the quilt sandwich using a heat erasing pen.
I quilted my Yuma myself on my Juki TL-2010Q sewing machine, using a 4.0 mm straight stitch and Aurifil 50/2 #2600-Dove thread. I could have stitched in the ditch, but I didn't, I've actually sewn 1/8" away from the ditch always in the neutrals and never in the colour fabrics.
A few close-ups pics of the quilted front:
and then the quilted back:
What is it with dogs and quilts?!!!
And finally, the binding is machine sewn to the quilt front then hand sewn to the back.
My intention one day is to hand quilt each of the coloured triangles - embroidery thread colour is yet to be decided, probably I'll do it all in a silver grey, but there's a slim possibility I'll do each colour row in a colour that matches the leader colour triangle for that particular row. Right now my daughter, Flicky, is sleeping under the quilt, so I'm holding off on the hand quilting until September when she's back in St Andrews.
I did prise the quilt from Flicky for long enough to add a personal label, wash and dry the quilt and do its final photo shoot, I'll share those pics with you later in the week.
YUMA QAL POSTS & GIVEAWAY
Here's a list of all my #YumaQuilt posts:
Monday: my fabric choice and giveaway
Wednesday: Log Cabin blocks
Thursday: piecing and joining rows
almost there! - Quilting My Yumaand finally - Yuma QAL - A Finish
YUMA QAL SCHEDULE
Clicking on an image will take you to a new page of crafty goodness :)
Disclaimer: Gotham Quilts supplied the fabrics used at a discount price to mbCD otherwise this post is for informational purposes only, no payment or commission is received on click-throughs and opinions are my own.
Friday, 26 June 2015
Yuma QAL - Finished Quilt Top With Borders
I just can't believe I'm at the end of my #YumaQAL week already, it's flown by, and the best bit is I'm totally in love with my #YumaQuilt top, yay. How's your week going, have I tempted any of you to Quilt Along?!!!
If you've been following all week, then you're probably here to see this pic of my finished Yuma Quilt top.
Don't know about you but it reminds me of mountain ranges and snow peaks.
The quilt top should measure 64" x 64", but with the piecing issues, I told you about yesterday mine came in at 62.5" square.
I wanted to make it larger, so I auditioned different border sizes, here's how each looked.
7" visible border (cut 7.5" strips)
Still uncertain I trialled a few cornerstone options using some of my extra pieces cut for the quilt top.
HST cornerstone continuing main quilt top diagonal
I wanted to make it larger, so I auditioned different border sizes, here's how each looked.
4" visible border (cut 4.5" strips)
5" visible border (cut 5.5" strips)
6" visible border (cut 6.5" strips)
Still uncertain I trialled a few cornerstone options using some of my extra pieces cut for the quilt top.
HST cornerstone going against main quilt top diagonal
4 piece cornerstone
Right away I knew I didn't want cornerstones - they detract from the quilt design, so I threw that idea out. I wanted to maximise the size of the quilt, so I chose a 7" border without cornerstones.
Adding Borders
You'd think the easiest way to add borders is just to sew a length of fabric to the side of your quilt then trim it off to the required length. Move to the next edge and do the same and repeat until all four borders are added.
Yep, this is one way to add borders and in some scenarios might be the easiest way to go but you'll be nothing short of lucky to escape a wavy quilt top that doesn't want to lie flat in a quilt sandwich and becomes a quilting nightmare running the risk of tucks and folds.
If you want to save yourself problems, in the long run, the correct way to add borders is to take 3 measurements across your quilt widthwise and lengthwise. You should then average out your 3 measurements for each direction.
Cut your border lengths according to the average width and length numbers from this calculation - NB: don't forget to add in the additional amount required on the two longer side lengths that are created once you add the first two borders.
Fold your quilt top edge in half and mark with a crease then fold your border length in half and mark with a crease. Match these two centre creases and the two ends also and securely pin them. You should now fit your borders easing them to a perfect fit within these pin markings. You can add additional markings to the quilt top and also the borders at the quarter way marks (and more too if your quilt is particularly long) and using this method your quilt should lie perfectly flat, no wrinkles and waves.
The finished size of my quilt top is approx 76" square, and I'm truly, madly, deeply in love with it. Of course, as always, my daughter Flicky has laid claim to it which is fine but only as long as it's her quilt here in my home because I'm not ready to let this one out of my sight.
I've been planning how to quilt it from the first moment I saw the pattern, and I've stuck with my plan throughout which tells me it's a goer. I feel with such a modern, graphic design and bold yet simple solids the quilting should be the exactly the same and not become the focal point of the quilt so I'm going to quilt each triangle a 1/4" from its seam which will also create a train track effect with the parallel 1/4" quilting line from the adjacent triangle. Don't worry if you don't get what I mean I'll be posting again once the quilt's finished.
I hope you've enjoyed my week on the #YumaQAL, here's a list of all my #YumaQuilt posts - you can click the links for previous days to catch up on those too and don't forget the international giveaway from Monday's post, more details below:
Monday: my fabric choices
Wednesday: Log Cabin blocks
Thursday: piecing and joining rows
almost there! - Quilting My Yuma
and finally - Yuma QAL - A Finish
Featured on:
Clicking on an image will take you to a new page of crafty goodness :)
Disclaimer: Gotham Quilts supplied the fabrics used at a discount price to mbCD otherwise this post is for informational purposes only, no payment or commission is received on click-throughs and opinions are my own.
