I have done a little bit of sewing this week. I got a good start on this baby blanket for my daughter. She wants to do her baby's room in jeeps. I have cut out one jeep so far - very time consuming. It is not yet fused because I will have to cut them all out to choose where they will go.
I crocheted around the edges of two baby blankets and one burp cloth. One of them I pieced in large squares.
Happy Sewing!
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I was able to begin glue basting the lovely flowers. This block is beginning to come alive and I really am happy with it. I also crocheted another baby blanket edge last night. Life is good!
I am linking up with Esther's Wow, Sew, Stitch, Snap, Share, and Let's Bee Social.
Another receiving blanket crocheted around. I am addicted to making these things!
Hello Blogland! I thought I would show how productive my Saturday was (yesterday!)
It all started with this fun queen sized buggy barn star quilt. I made it several years ago and gave it to my daughter as a wedding gift. While visiting her last weekend I noticed that it has a couple of spots on it where the dyes bled. She said she hadn't washed it, but it did get wet. I took it home with me so I could fix it.
A red fabric and a black fabric had both bled onto neighboring pieces of white. I should have taken a before/after shot, but I didn't. I washed the entire quilt in Synthrapol. You can get it in some quilt shops or at Dharma Trading Company online. It releases the excess dyes from the quilt and does not allow it to bleed while doing so. After washing it in Synthrapol and checking to see that the bleeding areas of the quilt had come out, I then washed it in Retayne. Again, you can get it online at Dharma Trading Company. Retayne sets the dyes so they will no longer bleed.
Ta Da! The quilt looks great!
Sometimes I like to piece the backs of my quilts to use up the leftover fabric, as is the case with this one.
I also whipped up a couple more receiving blankets and burp cloths for my cute little grandbabies that will be arriving this summer. My daughter is having a little girl so here are her two little receiving blankets.
My other daugher is having a little cowboy. Here are all three blankets photographed together. I will be making three more for their combined baby shower the end of this month.
My greatest Saturday accomplishment was completing the machine quilting on my Storm at Sea. Yay! I have a finish (almost). I still have to hand stitch down the binding which I will have done Monday or Tuesday.
A big thank you to the following Linky Parties:
Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday
Monday Making
Moving it Forward Monday
Main Crush Monday
Freemotion Maveriks
