Storm at Sea Quilt Finished

I finished the Storm at Sea quilt!

This is the first proper quilt I have finished since last April! I used a walking foot to quilt simple wavy lines. It is the first time I have done this type of quilting, and I think that free motion quilting is easier.

This was a really lovely quilt to piece - I pieced it last spring. When I was quilting I was surprised how well it was pieced - if I do say so myself! The ruler for cutting the pieces worked so well - it was easy to cut and even easier to piece. I love Creative Grids rulers, this one is the Storm at Sea ruler - it really is ingenious!

This is a photo from last May, when all the individual blocks were pieced,

and this photo is how I lined up the points with a pin, to make sure they matched.

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Sweater Knitting and Quilting

One of my goals for 2015 is to knit sweater with yarn that I have dyed and spun. It is progressing nicely, but I have realized that I won't have enough yarn, and I keep putting it aside to knit something else - hoping for something to change! I now realize I have to either restart it - maybe a sweater with short sleeves, or try to dye and spin more yarn - I just worry about being able to match it.

I did get a start on quilting one of the quilt tops (photo of the Storm at Sea after pinning). I decided to try quilting wavy lines with a walking foot - something new for me - following the line created by the change in colour dominance on the quilt. The red backing is flannel I had - part of my 'using up my stash challenge'.

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Quilt Tops

I finished piecing the Double Wedding Ring quilt
Now I have three quilt tops waiting for quilting.

A Rob Peter to Pay Paul,

and a Storm at Sea.

It is time for me to start quilting!

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