Sydney J. Harris, long-time syndicated columnist for the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times, occasionally wrote a column called, "Things I learned en route to looking up other things." I was reminded of this recently while looking for a quilt top I took with me to my Intro to Free-motion Quilting class at John C. Campbell Folk School. I used the quilt top to illustrate how I pin-baste quilt tops.
Anyway... while en route to looking for the pin-basted quilt top, I found another UFO quilt that was pieced and quilted about 6 years ago. The top was made to showcase a vintage, sewing-themed fabric line. A long-armer friend quilted it, but I never put on the binding.
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| Finished quilt with binding. 37.5" x 37.5" |
This weekend, I decided to finish both quilts—the quilt top I was searching for, and the 6-year old UFO that lacked a binding.
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| UFO that needed a binding (left) and basted quilt top ready for quilting. |
Thankfully, a black binding was conducive for both quilts. Convenient!
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| A black binding was used on both quilts. |
Cool quilting motifs
My friend, Sherri, long-arm quilted the UFO with some really cool computerized motifs. Below are photos of the different motifs in each of the corners.
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| Computerized quilting motif. |
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| Circular computerized quilting motif. |
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| Computerized quilting motif. |
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| Linear computerized quilting motif. |
The free-motion quilting on the other quilt is not as elaborate as Sherri's work, but serves the purpose for a kitty quilt that will go to the Chattanooga Cat Clinic. The kitties will love it and the staff will be happy to have a new kitty quilt.
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| Finished kitty quilt. Finished size 28" x 24". |
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| Back of kitty quilt showing the quilting design. |
My 9th Make Nine 2022 finish
I wasn't sure which UFO I would need to complete to fulfil my last Make Nine 2022 prompt. This one is as good as any! And it fulfills the second UFO prompt. This quilt is headed to my quilt guild this week—along with 5 other cuddle quilts—for its community service project.
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| Pile of 6 cuddle quilts for the guild community service project. |
Going down the rabbit hole unearthed two projects that are now complete and heading to new homes.
