Thursday, June 14, 2012

One day later...

and I finished two things.

Here is my little Zakka zipper pouch. Great learning experience. Next time I will use fusible fleece or quilt it. I used fusible batting and it's a little puffy. I also think that will help with the top tabs that I put around the zipper ends. It's a little bulky up there and was tough to sew around, I bet thinning it down would really help. I also could use a little practice with those corner pieces. They look cute but they are far from perfect. All in all, I am no longer afraid of zippers and making little pouches, yay! And who can resist those cute hexies (which were easy, btw). I am seriously considering cutting my Echo into hexagons now.



My guild bee quilt is finished. Super happy with how it turned out. It's totally special to me because I know each person who made these blocks for me. I will really enjoy curling up under it this winter.



I quilted it using 28 wt white Aurifil using random diagonal lines and a grid around all of the white Essex Linen borders. I love how you can see the white quilting on the solids on the back. Did I mention that I really enjoy piecing backs now? It's amazing how much my quilting is evolving.



Here's a close up of the blocks where you can see the quilting a bit too.



Time for a little knitting now. Maybe I'll have something to show you in a couple of days.

11 comments:

  1. Rebecca: I love your cute zipper pouch and the guild quilt is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Way to go, my friend!

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  2. Both of these items are lovely. Well done with the pouch - I used fusable fleece (lightweight). It worked well. And quilts that mean something are always special.

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    1. Thanks, definitely going with fusible fleece next time!

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  3. The guild quilt is great!! I just love that line of fabric.

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    1. Thanks Erika, this was the first fabric line that I bought.

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  4. DUH! How is it I found Lee's blog to follow and not yours? You have permission to flog me with a cat of 9 selvages!

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    1. Glad you found me Bethany!!!

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    2. You can flog me too, but I get to keep the selvages! :)

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  5. I love that pouch! The hexagons are so cute, but look complicated!

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  6. Thanks Christine! There was some hand stitching, but I swear it was easy.

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