Wednesday, September 8, 2010

School Dresses

Monday and Tuesday I spent sewing for Lily. She wanted a couple of school dresses and I talked her into going with jumpers and blouses instead. (I have never enjoyed setting in sleeves so I avoid it whenever I can.) Here are the finished products:

I also spent some time working on that throw I'm making out of the "cake-thing" bundle of squares I bought last week. It's all together now and I've marked the more intricate quilting designs. Just have to prepare a backing and get it pinned together and start quilting.

I usually just free-hand a stiple or meander design or use Golden Threads paper with the design on it. On this one, I decided to mark the top before making the quilt sandwich. Brother, I know why people complain about marking the quilt top! Boring! Tedious! Hard on the Back! Takes waaay too much time! But. . . (and this is important) I think I may end up with a better quilt when I'm done. I'll post when I'm finished and you can be the judge.

3 comments:

  1. Those dresses are adorable, and much more practical because she can wear them with short or long sleeve tops, or without. I'm curious to see your quilting. Did you use a stencil?

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  2. Cute dresses - so fun to sew for a little girl. Like Rhoda I am looking forward to seeing your quilt. I have never used the Golden threads paper and am just now getting into marking a quilt top for quilting. What did you use to mark your quilt top? The erasable blue pen? Bernie

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  3. P.S. I really liked your Labor Day post - I think a lot of us feel this way. Bernie

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