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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Stitching the Made to Measure

The last few evenings have been spent very pleasantly on the sofa stitching up a storm.



I table basted this massive quilt top on Saturday and am glad to have that part behind me. I have a few weeks of hand quilting to look forward to now - I love having a big project to work on in bits and pieces. This is the first proper big quilt that I will have entirely hand quilted - usually I do a little bit of machine stitching in the ditch to secure the layers. But I could not face wrestling it through the machine, and I'm interested to see how it turns out done entirely by hand.



It is slow, but very enjoyable.


I outlined all the seams in the central star block with pink perle cotton. I didn't mark any quilt lines at this stage, but may need to for some of the other borders...will wait and decide when I get to that point.  Need to pick another thread now for the next border.

On the home front, only more day at work and I'm off for a whole 11 days....cannot wait!!
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17 comments:

  1. tusenApril 15, 2014 at 8:40 PM

    It's going to be beautiful.

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  2. ShanApril 15, 2014 at 9:11 PM

    Very Nice. That is going to be gourgeous when you finish.

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  3. Pink Petal QuiltsApril 15, 2014 at 9:40 PM

    It's so pretty! I love it! Is this a pattern? I would love to make one myself:)

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  4. Katy CameronApril 15, 2014 at 9:50 PM

    Looking good so far :o)

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  5. Judith, BelfastApril 15, 2014 at 10:05 PM

    Have a wonderful Easter break S! Hope you get lots of lovely sewing time. Jxo

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  6. EllaApril 15, 2014 at 11:41 PM

    Gorgeous! Enjoy your time off!

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  7. Anorina @SameliasMumApril 16, 2014 at 12:56 AM

    It's looking fabulous. Your stitches are just perfect!

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  8. Anorina @SameliasMumApril 16, 2014 at 12:56 AM

    It's looking fabulous. Your stitches are just perfect!

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  9. Jo Robertson (thejoyofthehousetomyself)April 16, 2014 at 7:56 AM

    Your hand quilting is so neat. My first attempts look terrible!

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  10. HannlibApril 16, 2014 at 10:24 AM

    this is going to be so lovely. I really want to try hand quilting but I'm always too impatient!
    Enjoy your Easter break.

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  11. Canadian AbroadApril 16, 2014 at 11:15 AM

    Your quilt is so beautiful and the quilting just enhances it. You know me and my love of perle, you can't go wrong!

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  12. Judy April 16, 2014 at 2:51 PM

    That sounds so relaxing to slow down and hand quilt a large quilt. It's going to be lovely when you're done!

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  13. CindyApril 16, 2014 at 8:05 PM

    Oh, Sarah, it's a stunner. Perfect for hand quilting.

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  14. Martha April 17, 2014 at 10:12 PM

    It is going to be so beautiful. Your hand stitching is gorgeous.

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  15. my4lilgirlsApril 18, 2014 at 1:46 PM

    Beautiful, really love it
    Karen x

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  16. SvetlanaApril 18, 2014 at 11:14 PM

    ooh, what a stunning quilt. And all that hand quilting is making it even more amazing.

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  17. KristieApril 28, 2014 at 4:20 PM

    I just love your hand stitching projects :)

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