More quilts for little ones

More quilts for little ones! These two went to a 3-year-old great niece and her new baby brother.

This was made from 6 fat quarters using the Turning Twenty Pattern.

Here is the back of it:

Here is the one for the new little boy. I just cut squares and rectangles to make this one.

 

A close up view:

A view showing the backing:

Free Motion Quilting

What is this mess below?

Oh, that's me trying to free motion quilt. I recently found out about Leah Day https://www.leahday.com/ and her fabulous free motion quilting. She is a talented young lady. You can take one of her classes on Craftsy.com. Use the link on Leah's website to get 50% off the classes.

I signed up for "Free Motion Quilting a Sampler". It is 9 hours of video instruction about free motion quilting. I've watched a few hours so far and it is great. It's the first class I've taken on Craftsy. You go at your own pace, can pause any time you want and even add notes at any points in the video. 

One reason my practice piece is such a mess is because of tension issues. I had dark thread in the top and light thread in the bottom to make sure the tension was right. It wasn't! I kept messing around with it. Tried different thread on the top and still had problems. Finally I tried a different bobbin. Ah ha! That was the problem. The bobbin I was using seemed to not be wound tight enough. 

I still need a lot more practice of this type of free motion quilting. I'm not good at judging distances. That is part of my problem doing this type of echo quilting.

This practice was done on my Husqvarna Viking Quilt Designer II. Leah Day talks about a way to modify a generic free motion quilting foot so that it does not "hop" while you are quilting. I realized with my Quilt Designer II, that is not necessary. If you get the speed up just a little, the foot stops hopping. I made a short video to show you.

 


I spent a lot of time organizing quilting supplies and fabric this weekend. I found two items I need to frame or make into wall hangings.

Two little girl quilts

Today is about more baby quilts. These two quilts went to sisters.

This one took me a lot longer than it should have. I just was not in the quilting mood for a long time. But I did get it to her before she started to school :)

Isn't she a cutie?

When the little sister was announced, I got motivated to finish the one above and make one for the youngest.

This was the "Turning 20" pattern but with 6 blocks instead of 20 blocks.