Sunday, 14 June 2015

First stitch

Finally made the first quilting stitch in Irish Circles today. It felt good to be doing "proper" quilting again after a couple of big stitch projects. I love this quilt, and I'm looking forward to every stitch of the quilting.


I've also had a design rethink for my mini quilt wall. I have installed a small wooden rail, a bit like a picture rail really, in my sewing room and I'm hanging the mini's evenly from the top. I have quite a bit of space to fill, so lucky I have two new mini's underway. 


My knitting is going well too, it's just hard to work on everything at once! Hope you find some time to sew this weekend.

Susan x

32 comments:

  1. Your quilting looks perfect....love that quilt! How gorgeous is your special rail for your miniatures x

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  2. Love that quilt and your beautiful quilting !

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  3. fantastic that this quilt has made it to the top of the quilting pile, love how you have started off!
    your minis look gorgeous, what a great idea for hanging them.
    happy quilting!

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  4. Wonderful quilting.
    I love your miniatur quilts.

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  5. Irish Circles is looking amazing! Love your hand quilting.

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  6. Your mini quilt wall is going to be amazing.

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  7. Love your quilt too Susan. Enjoy quilting it. Love your mini wall - how stunning it's going to look

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  8. Only one word .....sunny 💗💗👏

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  9. This is an absolutely gorgeous quilt to be working on.

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  10. Your quilting is looking just lovely. It is tricky keeping so many projects on the go, but it's also lots of fun to have choice of what you work on.

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  11. Your minis look lovely. - a wall of minis is on my bucket list!

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  12. great mini wall and your stitches look beautiful!

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  13. Hi Susan,wow your quilt looks amazing ,yes it's hard when you have a few things on the go .xx

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  14. Sigh....your hand quilting is perfection! Your wall of minis is looking wonderful.

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  15. Hand quilting feeds the soul doesn't it? It slows us down and allows the mind to find some peaceful thoughts. Your minis look so sweet - love the tiny clamshells!

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  16. Your Irish Circles is stunning!

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  17. The quilting you have started is absolutely lovely! I know you will enjoy every stitch :0) (Some people just don't get that). Your minis are wonderful - great way to display them!

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  18. Can't wait to see the Irish circles finished! Loving it already! Love the mini quilt rail! very cool!

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  19. You've made a good start with the quilting, Susan. Your mini quilts look great hanging up.

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  20. Perfect weather for hand quilting. Look forward to seeing that parade of mini quilts grow : )

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  21. woohoo... yes you will enjoy quilting your lovely quilt.... love the mini's hanging up there....
    Hugz

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  22. It is a beautiful quilt and will be more beautiful with all that elegant hand quilting. Great idea for the minis. Oh and that reminds me, there is still a promised label.....

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  23. Lovely to start the hand quilting on your Irish Circles! Some quilts are just perfect for hand work--all of it they can get.:)

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  24. Beautiful quilting and your wall of minis is going to be wonderful. I love your Kate Greenaway 'S'. Many, many years ago I did quite a few cross stitches featuring her drawings.

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  25. What a great idea - I love your mini wall.

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  26. Your hand quilting is beautiful! I admire the time and patience it takes.

    I love the way you are hanging your mini quilts. I may rethink mine too ;)

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  27. Your hand quilting is beautiful! I admire the time and patience it takes.

    I love the way you are hanging your mini quilts. I may rethink mine too ;)

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  28. So nice to see your quilting Susan - such even stitches! Of course I'm not surprised seeing how perfectly you stitch everything else! Those mini quilts are delightful - such a nice variety...and don't they look wonderful grouped :) I'm thinking they would be the perfect way to try a new technique or block...on a small scale.

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  29. Just love your Irish Circles!

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  30. Oh Susan your quilt is going to be beautiful! Your wall is going to be stunning...good on you for doing a wall of mini quilts!

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  31. It must feel good starting the next phase of Irish Circles. You'll have fun filling you mini quilt wall. Lots of scope for playing with different designs.

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  32. I hear you - hard to work on everything at once - so true!! Your Irish Circles is really going to shine (even more) with your lovely hand quilting. Good idea with the mini rail - I have to devise something like that too as my pile of minis is growing!

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