Side Tracked

Instead of working on the crib sized quilts I have been sidetracked finishing up several potholders.



And knitting scarves.

Nine Patch on the Floor

My second quilt sandwich using the tape on the floor method.



Now it is time to get on with it, and get to the quilting.

Quilt Sandwich

I just tried making my first quilt sandwich using the method described here at oh, fransson. It is a brilliant method of smoothing out your quilt for the sandwich. It makes use of floor space. I have to admit it is less fun to crawl around on the floor than to work at my cabinet level table, but it sure was nice to have room to spread the whole quilt out nice and flat, and the technique of using the blue removable painting tape seemed to work very well. I will definitely use the tape at the table with my smaller quilts.

I pinned my quilt sandwich using quilting safety pens, they have an extra bit of bend in the middle, which makes getting through all the layers quite easy and as far as I can tell my hardwood floor survived without a scratch.


I had a lot of trouble with the batting which came in a a queen bed size pack -- not only is it wobbly it is not evenly thick. The photo surely shows all its wobbles. I think in future I will try to get batting by the yard.


And tomorrow I will make another quilt sandwich the same way, although I have not yet quilted this sandwich.

Nine Patch

I was cruising online feeling lazy and enjoying looking at quilts other people had made. After spending a while at happythings blog I spent even longer looking at the quilt images. I was inspired by this one to try my own simple nine patch -- kid's quilt.

I am now finishing up the top for one and have a goodly portion of the blocks for a second variation. I love making multiple versions because you learn so much from the differences. Because I made the strips and thus the blocks a little smaller than I had originally intended, I will have a small border band on mine. I like the look of no border, maybe because I got used to the borderless look in all of my potholders, but it is interesting how much a border can change the quilt top.

Looking down on my quilt top before adding the border.

Corvallis Artisans Market Boutique

My wall pieces hanging in an interior window of the market.

Summer Heat

This is the second of my finished Four Seasons quilts. I think the next in the series is going to be Winter --- something in shades of brown and grey -- clouds, bare trees and rain. But before I get to that I am finishing another wall piece and doing a couple of crib sized pieces. And then there is the knitting.

Fall Colour

When the rain is not falling the colours can be breath taking.

Fall Colour
Originally uploaded by alice_knitter