Mini lone star done!

Well, I still have to stitch the binding down on the backside, and the hanging sleeve.

 Even though this is for my upcoming studio, I’ll be hanging it upstairs in my sewing room, it looks so cute with my new sewing machine covers!  

I used Quilters Dream Deluxe cotton batting on this one, I had a craft size and I’ve never used it on a quilt because most people don’t like the the thick batting, nor the expense of it.  I myself prefer either wool or the select weight typically, but I’m contemplating making a king sized quilt for our bedroom… actually layering this with a layer of wool.  I would love the density and loft, but I’m concerned that the weight of it could pose a problem when it’s wet from washing.

I’ll have to block my little wall hanging when I get the binding finished, it’s not quite square… I’ll confess my lonestars never are quite square!  This one was worse than usual, I had a nasty little bulge in the center that I ended up taking it to my embroidery machine and stitching a little flower to on top to hold it down!  LOL 

Wheeze... gasp!

I’m hyperventilating… I keep looking over at my empty sewing cabinet where my Bernina 830 should be, and it’s not!  I love all of my machines, but the 830 is the one I must have… its the machine that no matter what I want to create, I know it can do it!  No limitations!  I am having serious withdrawal symptoms, ack!

Pathetic huh?  But Jim’s away and I tend to get all wrapped up in my little creative world when I’m alone! I was doing just fine on my darling little 630 until this morning, when I finished (I think!) piecing my little lonestar.

Do I want to do some appliqué in the setting corners?  Embroidery?  Leave it alone and let the quilting shine?

Or maybe I should add more borders!  I love borders.  To me they make a quilt.  Right now, my wall hanging measures 32.5 inches square, which is about perfect for the wall, so maybe I’ll stop there, and decide if I want to embellish it.

Oh before I forget, Sandy asked what method I use for the diamonds.  I cheat!  My friend Dee taught me the “flip, fuse and sew” method of doing these lonestars.  Quiltsmart make the fusible interfacing.  Very easy!

And if anyone is interested, I uploaded my EQ7 project file for this, you can fiind it at the bottom of my free EQ projects page.

Waiting on Doctor Love...

Sounds bad eh?  I’ve given up on my podiatrist, and have ordered a foot and calf massage machine.  It will arrive this afternoon, and I’m hoping it will cure my plantar fasciitis once and for all!  Not to mention, having my feet massaged twice a day for fifteen minutes sounds pretty darn blissful!  I’ve decided to dub the machine “Doctor Love”.  Let’s hope “he” lives up to his name!

I finished another customer quilt this morning.  It’s a wild one!

 I believe she said this was for a college student, although I may have it confused with another she’s made in very similiar colorways.

  

This swirls pattern is my most requested quilting design, and I am really pleased with the way it looks on this wild quilt, just the right zany design to set it off!

One more quilt to do and then I’m caught up, and can get the binding stitched down on the comfort quilt I recently finished.  I’m about a third of the way through Jim’s scarf I started knitting, I’d like to finish it up so I can try my hand at a pair of socks!  Maybe I need a knitting machine… do they still make those?  LOL