I have spent most of this week quilting my Sunflower quilt top. The only thing that was on my mind other than getting that done was also coming up with some additional quilting stitches beside the serpentine stitch I have used on my previous tops. I have a membership in Craftsy, so decided to take some time to watch Jacquie Gering's Next Steps class on using decorative stitches for quilting. Her advice was to make a sample of stitches.
There are some interesting ideas here. I think I will try some of them out on a smaller project and see how that goes. Last week I finished this top for my charity group to use in a fundraiser. It was a kit with pattern and all the fabric. After completing the quilt top I had a good deal of leftovers from the kit's fabric. There is enough here to make a runner for myself. I have done a good deal of fussy cutting butterflies. I think I have a nice start. So I will get busy and see where this goes.
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How nice that you will have a pretty runner from the scraps of that wonderful donation quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove those fussy cut butterflies!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteLovely stitching and quilt!
ReplyDeleteYes! When I went to my Bernina Mastery Class, the teacher suggested we make a “Stitch Book”. The premise is similar to your sample stitches. She suggested we write notes (maybe with a sharpie) on the actual fabric.
ReplyDeleteYour journey into quilting is so inspiring! I am learning so much from you!
Your table runner will be lovely!
Happy Stitching!
You have some interesting stitches to try out. Congrats on finishing off the donation flimsy. Love the fussy cut butterflies. Happy stitching this week.
ReplyDeleteVery cool use of the leftovers for a tablerunner... great idea! Thanks for linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to use those left overs for a table runner Donnalee. Love the fussy cut butterflies! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!
ReplyDeleteI use that serpentine stitch a lot too. You have some fun alternative stitch ideas there.
ReplyDeleteThe machine stitches sampler is a great idea, and you have some very pretty patterns. Looking forward to see how you use them on a quilt!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful runner, these little butterflies are cute and beautifully fussy cut.
Thank you for sharing, and linking up.
I love all things pink and all thing butterflies. Beautiful.
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What a lovely table runner you are getting. Thanks for sharing in Sew & Tell.
ReplyDeleteThat's fun. I like the bubbles and the sun rays. I have to admit that I virtually never use the decorative stitches. I should look at see what I have. The quilt is pretty and I love when there's enough extra left to make something useful.
ReplyDeleteHow clever to play with the leftovers and create a table runner! Can't wait to see the result. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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That is such a pretty fabric. Your quilt is lovely.
ReplyDeleteBoth the runner and quilt are soft and pretty. I use some decorative stitches on short "framing" pieces around blocks in sampler quilts. Just a nice addition to the samplers! My Janome doesn't have a serpentine stitch but I think there's a way to program it I need to investigate.
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty fabric, and such a pretty quilt. How nice that you'll have a runner for yourself out of the leftovers. I always think of scraps as my freebie projects. It's always nice to get some of those.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of making a sample of your quilt stitches. I should do that. :) I stipple everything. I would like to branch out a bit.
You have some wonderful stitches on your machine. A stitch sampler is a great idea! Love all those fussy cut "flutterbyes"!
ReplyDeleteThe sampler quilt of your decorative stitches is a great idea. How sweet to use the leftovers from the charity quilt to make a runner for yourself. You'll get a warm, fuzzy feeling when you look at it knowing your quilt went to a great cause and helped out. Thank you for linking with To Do Tuesday. Hope you had a good week this week and lots of fun, stitching time.
ReplyDeleteLove that runner! The squiggles with circles is interesting. I'm sure I've used the very first stitch on applique.
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