Ariane Quilts

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Slow Stitching Sunday...

Hi everyone,

I worked all this weekend.

But after work I managed to do some slow stitching. Tonight I finished stitching the top block of my quilt "A Blackbird Gathering ".

Now I only have to sew the border on. So excited about it.

Last week I made a little bowl filler pillow with an embroidered block that I stitched in 2009. It was nice to get this block made up into something nice.

This is a free embroidery pattern on this website.

http://zuill.us/andreablog/2007/11/30/december-embroidery-pattern-reindeer/

I hope you like it!

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Making progress...

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to move some of my projects forward. You all know I have many on the go.

The first one is my Buttermilk Basin Mystery 2016 quilt. I finally prepped the "W" block and the large snowman block. I sewed all these blocks together. I still need to hand stitch these two blocks. But at least they are ready.

The second quilt is A Blackbird Gathering by Cheri Payne. I prepped the top block, bordered it and sewed it to the main body of the quilt. I still need to hand stitch the appliqué. I also need to sew on the borders. I did start stitching this one though.

The third quilt I made progress on is my Scrappy Medallion Quilt. I started making blocks for the next border. This border is made up of maple leaf blocks on a light background. These blocks are 6 inch finished and are made the same way as the centre maple leaf blocks. I'll update you more as I get further along.

That's what I've been working on. I've been super busy lately so I just get a bit done here and there when I can.

Hope you like my progress!

Monday, November 21, 2016

A table topper finish

Hi everyone,

It's been such a busy time around here. I did get a chance for a little bit of sewing today. I made a diamond star table topper.

It's a cute little table topper made using the sidekick ruler by Jaybird Quilts.

I bought this ruler on Friday of last week at my LQS.

I really like this ruler and I think I will use it a lot. This table topper was made as a gift for my Mother-in-law's friend. My MIL had been sick since the beginning of the summer. And had been off work all this time. She didn't have much money for gifts to give, and asked me if I could make a few table toppers for her to give a few special friends who helped her while she was ill.

This is the first of the table topper I've made for her. I may make a few matching mug rugs to go with it.

Another thing I used on this table topper is a Westalee ruler foot and ruler. I purchased this several months ago but never tried it until now. I thought it would be hard to get used to, but it was really easy.

I only used the foot when I used the ruler and switched to my regular free motion foot to fill in with quilting. I did the quilting on my old Kenmore machine.

This machine actually belongs to my MIL. She lets me use it for quilting. None of my other machines handle free motion quilting well. But this one is a workhorse.