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These are real challenges the week before Christmas, but fun ones because of the precious children who are the recipients. Vivi wants a quilt with a “soft” back, so it will get quilted with Minkee on the back too.
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I used a lint roller to pick up all of that fuzz.Īnd as soon as this is finished, I am going to sew the rows together on Ezri’s rail fence quilt that she’s making for Vivi. I had cut the lower edge of the backing to even it up before pinning it to the leaders. This is a picture of the backing just loaded on the quilt frame. It’s not the fuzz I mind, it’s the cleanup. Now that this is quilted, the plan is to use the serger to finish the edges to prevent so much fuzz everywhere while binding. However, when I started to cut, fuzz was front and center. For a soft backing, working with flannel or fleece is a better choice.
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When I bought the Minkee, the issues related to fuzz simply escaped my mind. I have used it already on the back of one of Ezri’s quilts, and Kes wanted it for the back of hers. When Minkee fabric was on sale a few months ago, I bought yardage for quilt backing. I love the fabric designs and this was fabric left over from a larger quilt that I made for Kes. The blocks are made of a Laurel Burch horse print. This is a favorite pattern of ours using a 3-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ rectangle die and the 2″ strip cutter. Yesterday I loaded and finished quilting a lap quilt made by my granddaughter, Kes. The munchkin at the end is my five-year old grandson. It just goes to show that a design doesn’t have to be complex to be really beautiful. I love the colors and the design and everything about this quilt. She has just started quilting again after quite a few years. Will show them another day when I get a chance to take pics.Īnd this is one that my sister-in-law made as a Christmas gift. There are a couple of other quilts I finished for the children – really quickie ones, but in the rush forgot to take pics. There’s no reason for the label not to be on the front of the quilt and this was so much easier than making a label and stitching it to the back. Rather than put a label on the back of each quilt, I used the built-in alphabet on my embroidery machine and stitched on the top of the quilts. It is really gorgeous and shows up so beautifully on the Minkee. The snowflake pantograph is one of Patricia Ritter’s from UrbanElementz. This is the one that Ezri pieced and I quilted. The grandchildren all wanted a “soft” quilt. After finishing all the embroidery, I continued on with the quilting with soft quilt backs like Minkee and fleece. Just a recap of December for the quilting that happened here. Christmas is fun, but it’s also a hurdle and once it’s over, it’s out with the old and in with the new. My husband said on Christmas evening that he always thinks of the New Year the day after Christmas, and I have the same feeling every year. Christmas Day has passed and we are on to a New Year.