Quilting?

Don't worry, I'm not wandering away from knitting and spinning! But, the gang in Connecting Threads has become obsessed with English Paper Piecing. It is a fast, easy and fun way to hand piece an entire quilt! No sewing machine necessary! And, it's portable because you are working on little pieces!

It also turns out to be a perfect baby shower project. As you can see, even a complete quilting novice (me) can stitch together a little piece of the quilt. This is for Teri who is expecting her first baby. Stars and Hexagons have been distributed to people throughout the company - decorative painters, knitters and the quilters. I have to say that is was very soothing to work on my little star. I did the whole thing on the craft night before we left on vacation.

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Comment by Susie Rose on March 12, 2009 at 9:56am: Hello to One and All!

Very good work. Keep it up!

Surgeon General Warning: Caution! Hand piecing can be addictive! LOL!!

I have several hand piecing projects going. My Take-Along is a Grandmother's Flower Garden. The cut pieces are about the size of a dime. It will be a doll quilt. I want to do one about half the size pieces.

A Amish Colored Lone Star quilt. I was going to be for my ex but now it's mine. ;-)

Also I'm doing Keepsake Quilting's "Women's Voices" all hand sewned. I originally got it for ex, he was a Civil War buff. I mean he's a scholar about the Civil War. The entire thing is going to be hand pieced and hand quilted. I want to get wool batting for it.

Enjoy!!

Hugs,

Susie Rose

Comment by Bren on March 7, 2009 at 3:26pm: Nicely done! Joined the Connecting thread Englished Paper Piecing Club. I've ordered my kit from them. I hope to see what is so addicting about it. Maybe when I finish it I will show you what it looks like done.

Comment by knitpickers on March 5, 2009 at 12:40pm: I too have a grandma's flower garden going. I will be YEARS before I ever get that done. (and maybe it will never get done). I was always into quilting until my friend started to knit something and that was it! My crafts moods change just like the weather!

Comment by ContentedKyrie on February 27, 2009 at 8:55am: I agree with Peggy. I started a grandmother's garden hand pieced quilt in summer of 1999. Had gone to visit MIL and knew that a week there with nothing to do would make me buggy. So I bought the fabric in her local shop and her husband cut me a template out of wood. I think she thought I was a bit obsessive since I worked on it the whole vacation there... Little did she know, I'm obsessive about everything I do.

Comment by Peggy Stuart on February 25, 2009 at 11:57am: Kelley: Watch out! hand piecing is addicting, like socks and lace! I made a whole Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt out of hexagons. Then I hand quilted it! Great fun, but I didn't get much knitting done! --Peggy