Spiderweb quilt finished!!

So, after many many (10 or so) months of stalling and stopping and finally finding motivation....
I  finished the spiderweb quilt.

I'm so glad my neighbors are so friendly and let me use their fence to photograph
the quilts I make.

Instagram fun

Picnic anyone?

A little piecing in the back is my favorite thing.

Onto the recipient, my sister Laura who's been asking for a quilt
for years now.

I had originally found the tutorial from CrazyMomQuilts blogspot. But instead of paper piecing, or sewing onto a small kite shaped piece of fabric, I used a muslin triangle, and just sewed on top of it until I was finished. That way I don't have to pull off paper, and I've got a perfect triangle and built in stabilizer. The quilt was heavier that way, and because of all the piecing and the under layer it was a bear to quilt through. My long arm quilter Kelliegh called me and told me the 12 layers of fabric at the thickest point was too much to fit under her presser foot on her long arm machine, and we decided on a lazy stipple for the pattern as opposed to a pantagram. And I love it, it's not too overwhelming for such a busy quilt and it allowed her to avoid breaking her machine and numerous needles.

 You can find Kelleigh at:

http://www.kellsquilting.com/

Next on my mind is a quilt for my daughter, to be joining us November 26, 2012. Talk about Thanksgiving.

Ruth

Spiderweb quilt---almost there

I have finished the front and back of the spiderweb quilt. Next, quilting time. Not sure if I'm willing to quilt this myself, or will have it done by a long arm quilter. I usually only quilt the small ones myself. My machine isn't really set up for anything bigger. And, the long arm quilting is usually so much nicer and more neat.

Decisions Decisions.

Notice the sippy cup and my son's foot in the right corner. He's my helper
(well he thinks he's helping)

The backing.

Forgive me for the poor pictures. I'm not a photographer. I just take these pictures in my living room with my phone. I don't correct the lighting, or find a nice backdrop or anything. At times I feel very sloppy in contrast to my other bloggers who have beautifully styled photographs, but, meh, I'm lazy. I don't have anywhere to take these photographs. On nice days I'll take the quilt outside and take a pic under some tree's or something, but space is at a premium in my house. One of these days I'll learn how to take good pictures. Or I won't. Not really sure how that will pan out really. 

I'll post another (probably sloppy) picture when this whole spiderweb quilt is finished. Until then, back to the crown royal recycling project. Next in line, purse, ipad cover, slippers and pajama bottoms made from crown royal bags. Lord know's I have enough to make a couple parachutes if I wanted to.

Ruth

getting close to finished

I've been working on a "spiderweb" quilt since August. I know, it's April and I'm still not done. It's very tedious which is why I took my time. I had wanted it to fit a twin but I know that it would take me quite a while, and I just want to finish it. So, I'm amending it to a small throw quilt.

I'm getting pretty close.

Next is sewing the blocks together, creating a border to make the quilt a bit bigger, and then making a backing, adding some batting and sending it to get long arm quilted. Yes, I know, I don't quilt it by hand or on my machine because it's way too hard and time consuming. It's not the part of quilting that I love.

I'll post more pics as I get closer to finishing.

Ruth