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Other than my family, the passion of my life is quilting. An eclectic, I love a wide variety of styles and techniques encompassing both machine and hand work. I am a longarm quilter who can work for you. I enjoy any style, from pantographs to all-over to full custom, ranging from traditional to modern. I love bringing vintage tops to life and am willing to work with a challenging quilt top. Instagram: lyncc_quilts

Monday, September 30, 2013

September NewFO Report - Climbing Lanterns

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Love Barbara's NewFO parties each month, and they're really helping me get these kits pulled out of stone-cold status and on their way to becoming quilts before my youngest is out of high school.  ;D  Lots of other fun projects emerging, so take a fun breakfast stroll through the other links.







This was a fun Fall-ish project to pull out of deep storage NETYs (Never Even Touched Yet) and get into the mix.





"Climbing Lanterns" is a kit I'd bought who-knows-when at whatever sale that snagged me. The pattern is by Marinda Stewart, and it uses the Laura Gunn "Lantern Bloom" fabric collection.
 



The quilt is a background of nice earthy colors patched together in 6 inch patches with a woody print appliqued over in a tree form.  It has a fun 3-D component, which is what those pieces in the first photo are for. You make a couple folds and straight-stitch those, do some gathering stitches, put in some fiber-fill puffing, and stitch them down onto the quilt hanging from the branches. That will be fun to do.  :)

I'm seeing if I can successfully adapt the back-basting method I use for hand applique to machine applique. So far so good. I drew out the tree on the back of the background. Laid the tree fabric front-side-down on the floor, then laid the background front-side-down on top of that and pinned it well. I put my machine on the largest stitch it will do, lowered the tension significantly, and with the pinned layers upside-down so I could see my pencil lines, I stitched over those. Got some thread bloopies from the super-loosened tension, but that won't matter one bit.




I cut about 1/4" away from the stitching, and with the quilt top-side-up in the machine, I'll be taking out those basting stitches a stretch at a time, turning under the edge, and real-stitching the edge down. Maybe with the teeny-tiny blanket stitch I favor, or maybe I'll try that "invisible" machine stitching I remember seeing something about online if I can find that again. 



Not sure yet if I'll attach the 3D lantern blooms before or after I do the quilting. But this is a really nice little quilt (a good small sofa size) in real life.


Here's my backing fabric that I got at the time (glad I did, as the collection is too old to find anymore):




This is the binding fabric that came in the kit. I'm not digging it for this quilt. I'm relishing a knife-edge finish, instead. But won't this fabric be a great addition to my small-yardages stash?  :D  





I don't think I'm going to store this project away just yet - I'll keep it out in case I ever have sewing moments available in October after doing my daily anniversary quilt sewing.  :)



Oh!!!!!   And I want to journal this:



HAHAHA!~! Nothing like Nature and a kiddo to break your snarky mood. A little walking after dropping the girls off at the school, and a gorgeous fox dashes across the road 20 feet ahead. Around the corner, as I'm passing a mom with a toddler in a stroller, *another* fox sprints full-out across us not 10 feet ahead, chased by a madly screaming magpie. The kid has the most astonished look I've ever seen on her face, and in that stuttering way they have, yells out:

"Dat kitty.... Dat doggy.... Dat kitty......... Dat Kitty-Doggie is in touble! Dat birdie will SPANK him!" lolol

12 comments:

  1. I'm really interested in how your machine applique turns out. Keep us posted. Great NYET!

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  2. What a fun project... and I just adore foxes! I haven't seen one cross my yard yet this year. Funny story.

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  3. Love the three dimensional tree quilt, and REALLY love the backing fabric. That is so cute what the kid said!

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  4. Cool! I'm really trying to find a happy place for machine applique and have to to find the perfect method. This catches my attention for sure, I'll have to try it sometime. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. I like the Backing fabric you found. It's perfect! Crazy Foxes. No wonder I see roadkill when I'm driving. Hope you continue to get more finishes out of your NETY pile.

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  6. Really love the Climbing Lanterns quilt! And that is such a great photo of the fox! (or kitty, or doggy.......)

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  7. This is going to be a great quilt - very neat! Isn't it fun to come across a beautiful fox?! ~Jeanne

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  8. Your Climbing Lanterns quilt looks like it's going to turn out really pretty. I don't understand all those applique things you talked about, but I have never appliqued myself. But, it always look so pretty!

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  9. Love your Climbing Lanterns, very pretty.

    Kids say the cutest things, loved that comment.

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  10. What an unusual kit - looks gorgeous, and look forward to seeing it on the finish pile sooner rather than later. Do you think that kid has watched too much Tweety and Sylvester?? Otherwise, I wonder who the birdie was??

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  11. I guess that makes you a "foxy lady", huh? Love your lanterns. The backing fabric is perfect. Great work.

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