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March 23rd, 2013

Quilted Parisville Pillow

by Julie Hirt

Last night I decided to make some pillow shams to match my big purple quilt that was recently finished.  After making the shams I found a Parisville jelly roll!  Holy crap, I forgot I had that.

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So I decided to make a patchwork pillow to match the bedding.

Recently I was at Tuesday Morning and they some truly hideous pillows on clearance for like $10.  When I realized one was down filling, I snatched it up just for the insert.   It’s a 20″ form and it’s perfect and squishy.  Now that I have 2/3 left of a jelly roll I think I’ll keep hitting up Tuesday Morning for a discounted pillow.   I’ll make an army of them for the bed!

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I stole the Scrappy Trip Along idea and just made one block that was 10 strips wide.  Worked out perfectly for the size.

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I did simple quilting  on the front and back. You can’t tell in the picture but every other row the thread changes from navy or purple.

There is a 1″ box on the corners.  For some reason pointy pillows really bug me. Like the corners totally distort the shape or something.

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Thanks to my recently acquired zipper knowledge (Weekender), I was able to add a zipper!  This is a nice change from my standard envelope back. I feel fancy!

Now I’m ready to wash this up and get that crinkly quilted goodness.

The shams – I had a dozen or so left over blocks  from the quilt and wanted to *quickly* make simple shams.  That turned into quilted shams with pieced backs and 2″ flange.   Oy.

I’d like to post more pictures but the lighting in my room is too dark and I can’t take them outside because it’s SNOWING. Again.  Blech.   I posted this on Instagram this morning, so you can kind of see what I did.

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It all sort of blends together but the sham is on top of the quilt. Each one has 2 ‘geese’ with borders. I really wish I had thought of making these before I sent the quilt off.  Then they would have those awesome quilted feathers too. Oh well!

 

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March 20th, 2013

WIP Wednesday

by Julie Hirt

This is my first time joining in on the Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday.  I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone is doing!

Last week I took the plunge and joined a couple of Block of the Month Clubs.  I was able to get caught up in the Lucky Stars group.

January – Funky Star:

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February – Exploding Star:

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March – Ninja Star:

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I’ve also purchased the The Farmer’s Wife Pony Club book. I’m having a blast reading because the stories are so cute.  I’ve decided to incorporate these into my block making schedule, hoping to finish at least one per week.   I think I’m just going to go all scrappy and use whatever fabrics I feel like.  These are 8″ blocks and I’ve stuck with my paper piecing theme and chose “A Dandy” for my first block.

The Pony Club is nice because you can use up some of those tiny pieces that you just can’t throw away.

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See the center of that?  It’s a Bubblegum Basics print and I can’t find it ANYWHERE.  It was in the first group of fabrics I ever purchased (just started sewing a couple of years ago) and I saved a 3″ scrap.  So glad I did, I love that print.

I also decided to start Block Rock’n, so I’ll be working on that this weekend.   What are your current projects?

 

 

 

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March 16th, 2013

Big Purple Quilt

by Julie Hirt

I’ve been sick all week and haven’t been able to do any sewing. Makes me so mad! I like to make at least one block in the evening. I was hoping I would be up for it today, but it’s just not happening.  At least I have something to blog about.

What would you call this one? It’s a humongous, King sized, HST, flying geese type of quilt. This took me a long time to finish because I lost interest. It was so boring to work on and even more boring to look at. I finally finished it up and sent it over to Tia Curtis. She did an AWESOME job turning my plain Jane into something truly fun.

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Check out these these feathers! I believe she used King Tut Superior thread with a purple variegation (Egyptian Princess?)

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The prints are curved cross hatching.  After washing, the texture is simply amazing. Makes it even harder to get out of bed.

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This was the first quilt I’ve sent off to be quilted, it was entirely too big for me to tackle.  I no longer have qualms about sending off a quilt.  If I need long arm services in the future (and I’m sure I will), I’ll be using Tia.

At the moment, Tia happens to live pretty close to me and I was lucky enough to meet her and check out her quilting lair.  It’s freaking RAD!  She has two long arm set ups and tons and tons of space. She also has more fabric than I’ve ever seen outside a quilt shop. For real. She’s so fun and I wish she lived even closer, I’d camp out in her quilting area.

Tia also has additional pictures with better views of her kick ass feathers. She free motions those! Check out her Camp Follower blog too, she’s truly a sewing inspiration.

I’m also really happy with the back.  It was my favorite print in the collection and it’s super busy, but I just love it.

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FABRICS
Parisville by Tula Pink – Fat Quarter Bundle
Solid is Kona Cotton in Berry

 

 

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March 12th, 2013

Buzz, Buzz, Bees & Hives

by Julie Hirt

I just joined my very first Quilting Bee!  It’s  the 4×5 Modern Quilt Bee on Flickr.  I’m actually super pumped about this.  We are assigned to a “hive” and make 5 blocks of our choosing for 5 people with their choice of color scheme.  Then we all exchange.  At the end you’ll receive 5 unique blocks in your requested color scheme.  Plus, I’ll probably make one for myself so that would be 6.

They are 12.5″ blocks and it renews quarterly. I’ll probably sign up a couple of times so I’ll have enough to make a full Sampler Quilt.

And….

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I’ve also joined a couple of Block of the Month Clubs. Whee!  It’s already March but I figure I have plenty of time to catch up.  I can handle 2 blocks a month.  I’ve already done my practice block and January block for Lucky Stars.  It’s my very first time paper piecing and I really like it.  It’s nice how precise and exact your lines and points can be.

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I’m not sure what I was afraid of. I’ll definitely be updating my Carnival Time Pattern to be paper pieced.

Since I *just* signed up for the Sugar Block Club (like 10  minutes ago) I haven’t received anything yet.  Can’t wait!

 

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March 2nd, 2013

Scrappy Trip Around the World – Done!

by Julie Hirt

I am so excited about this quilt!  It’s my favorite in so many ways. The Scrappy Trip Around the World (Scrappy Trip Along) has taken over the online quilt world..  The pattern can be found over at Quiltville.  Has anyone seen the cover for the 20th Anniversary issue of American Patchwork and Quilting? It recently came out and has a pretty scrappy tripper on the front.

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This is the first quilt I’ve used ALL scraps – like honest to goodness fabric scraps.  It’s also the first quilt I’ve chosen such a boring backing for. I figured with so much going on in the front it was ok.

Mine turned out pretty big at 6′ x 6′ and I’m glad I went with that size. The blocks are 12″. Originally I was only going to make 25 blocks, making 36 just made it perfectly jumbo sized.

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I decided to try petal quilting since the quilt top had the squares as a guide.  After washing, the wrinkly goodness let me know it was the right choice. There are 1296 squares – so that’s 1296 individual petals!  It seemed to take me FOR.EVER to quilt, but I think it’s totally worth it.  Since I was using a solid backing I went with a variegated thread to give it a little something extra. Can you see the blues and pinks?

I just have to say how happy I am with my quilting on this.  The texture makes it so fun.

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Those of you with pets know how difficult it can be to get pet-free pictures of anything on the floor. Huey was determined today. But he curls up with these just as much as I do and he’s cute :)

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For the binding I went with Kona cotton in turquoise. It’s my favorite color so that just added to my quilt love. Now I wish I had made it king sized!

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How did your Scrappy Trip Quilt turn out?  Has anyone tried jelly rolls?  I will definitely be making another one of these sometime!

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February 18th, 2013

Crochet Edged Superstar Quilt

by Julie Hirt

WARNING – Picture heavy post!

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For some reason I just had no desire to finish this thing up.  I got this idea in my head that I really wanted to crochet a border for a quilt.  When we were on vacation in Florida the home we stayed in had a beautiful quilt with a crocheted edging, so I just had to make one.

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I’ll tell you what, trying to figure it out frustrated me to death.  First I bought an awl, then after playing with scraps realized my fingers would fall off before I punched all the way around a quilt (3 layers, ya know!).  I knew I didn’t want to blanket stitch all the way around. So I kept playing around with scraps and finally came up with something I was happy with, and wasn’t totally time consuming.

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Recently I posted my pattern for my Superstar quilt and wanted to try something for the quilting. Following Oh, Fransson’s orange peel tutorial, I found it was relatively easy.  Now, don’t look too closely!  It was definitely a practice but I really like how it turned out.  Off kilter circles and all.

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This quilt had a series of firsts for me:

  • Coming up with a pattern for the star with a single charm pack
  • FMQ the orange peel
  • Round quilt corners (just traced a cup and cut!)
  • Mitered corners on the border
  • Crochet border / binding

The crochet quilt edging definitely did not save time from traditional binding, but I love the look of it and it’s worth the effort.  Although, I’m not sure I’ll try it on a large quilt!  star7

To make the crochet edging I assembled the quilt a little differently.

  • I made a sandwich by stacking batting, backing (pretty side up) and quilt top (pretty side down). Sewed 1/4″ all  the way around leaving a 6″ gap for turning.
  • After turning I hand stitched the gap closed.
  • Then I stitched 1/4″ all the way around (after finishing, I realize this step can be omitted).
  • Then I pulled out my overcast M foot – pretty handy! I don’t really make clothing and such so I’ve never used it. Over-lock stitch all the way around the border.  (This is why the last step was unnecessary) This creates a nice little zig zag with thread overlaying the outer edge. I suggest using  a matching thread.

Now the tricky part.  Pull out a small metal crochet hook (I used 3.25mm) and thin yarn. Red Heart Baby Sheen was a nice size for me, it’s a fine yarn.

Between each overlock stitch there is a thread on the outside of the quilt, on the very edge.  Put your hook between under that thread and single crochet.  At first it seems really strange until you get going. I noticed where the thread makes a “V” on the blanket is directly below where I wanted my crochet hook.  This step takes a little time but you can do it.

After Single Crocheting (sc) all the way around, pick your design!  I chose a simple scallop pattern:  *5 DC, skip a stitch, slip stitch, skip a stitch and repeat from *.  When you get to the end you may have an extra stitch or two but just slip stitch to your beginning DC and tie off.

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I just love the texture this created. If you know of a better method for adding a crochet border, let me know!  I did NOT want to blanket stitch all the way around, it just looks kind of messy to me.

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