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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Hour Glass Quilt

First, let me say, I LOVE doing these horizontal loops for the quilting. I was looking for some kind of quilting that wouldn't require going over those humps where the points meet. I had seen this method on my favorite quilting blog, Crazy Mom Quilts. I used my long arm, because I can't not use it, but she did this method on a table top machine. I think my beginning quilting friends could use this method.

I also tried a new method for machine binding. I found this method on the Red Pepper Quilts blog.

I had to pin all around, which I did not like. I messed up some, but like most things it will take practice.

Yep, below is one of the mess ups....

 

 

Look at that wonderful texture!

I am very happy with my little "cabin fever" quilt. I've linked up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict. Go check out all the great projects there.

 

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6 comments:

  1. Petit Design Co.March 5, 2015 at 9:27 PM

    I love machine binding and use it almost exclusively! It take me forever to do hand binding and only an hour or two to get it done by machine.

    I wrote a tutorial on how I do it, you can see it here: http://blog.petitdesignco.com/2012/10/binding-with-walking-footpart-1.html
    It's probably pretty similar but you might pick up something that might make it a bit easier.

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  2. RachelMarch 5, 2015 at 9:46 PM

    Oh thank you! I am wanting to learn how to do it well. I don't mind hand sewing th binding down but it takes so long.

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  3. KarenMarch 5, 2015 at 9:59 PM

    Your quilting looks wonderful. So glad you gave the machine binding tutorial a try. I really enjoy Crazy Mom Quilts blog too. I am pretty sure she had some machine binding tutorials as well.

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  4. The Farmhouse QuilterMarch 5, 2015 at 10:44 PM

    That is absolutely beautiful. I like to see binding sewn by machine...it's my fav way to do it!

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  5. LynnMarch 7, 2015 at 11:46 PM

    Oh that is so lovely. I am always looking for baby quilt patterns that are relatively easy as I seem to come across so many people having babies. Thanks for your beautiful quilt and pics!

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  6. MuvMarch 8, 2015 at 3:19 PM

    Beautiful quilt, Rachel, I love the colours.
    Can you fit a seam guide to your machine? They are a Godsend when it comes to binding. You might find this helpful:-
    http://lizzielenard-vintagesewing.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/using-seam-guide-when-binding-quilt.html

    Love from England, Muv

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