Have been trying to wrap up my Christmas sewing projects. Some are gifts, some aren't.
The Christmas stocking for baby Chloe, my newest great-niece. Front....
....back.
This is crochet hook keeper....a gift. I received one from someone and thought it was a good idea, so I tried making my own. I need to buy some hooks and a small pair of scissors to put in it. You roll it up and slip the elastic over it. I love the one that I have and use it to keep all my hooks together and ready to use.
A Christmas table topper that I finished. I made three different ones of these and posted them unfinished in an earlier post. Finally got all the bindings sewn on.
My sister asked me to make a bag for her to give as a gift to a friend. I like making these bags and they are easy and a nice way to try out a block pattern.
I made this quilt top to give to our service projects group in our quilt guild. I can't quilt it for them, but someone else will donate the quilting time or they will tie it. I decided it was time to cut up and use some of the floral fabrics I had accumulated over the years!
Speaking of service projects: This quilt was made by the quilters in the Wabash Valley Correctional Institute (male prisoners). It is a gift for my husband for his volunteer work with them....tutoring, teaching, and gathering quilting supplies for them. Isn't it gorgeous????? What a great pattern and more complicated than anything I've ever made. These guys are good quilters even if they only tie their quilts. And they can't even use a rotary cutter or rulers like we do. I can't imagine making this with kindergarten scissors!
Here it is thrown on a bed. I need to figure out how to get better photos of it.
I got my orange quilt back from the quilter and it is beautiful! She quilted flames in the orange blocks for me and some beautiful heart shaped flowers in the border that echo the print. I with you could see the great quilting. I just love this and hope it makes me feel "toasty" warm this winter! The back has a bright orange flannel. Should have taken a photo of the back, too.
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4 comments:
Your stocking turned out beautiful...I have made a couple potholder for someone useing the hexigon star like you made the tabletoppers.
I love how your orange quilt turned out...I love the quilting she did. Very, very nice.
All your projects are so beautiful! I wonder though.. you mentioned several times you don't quilt your quilts but ask someone. Does the person do it by hand or with usual sewing machine or are there any companies that do machine-quilting using professional equipment?
Oh and the crochet hook holder: did you make it by pattern or improvised? I'd love such one for my hooks and knitting needles.
Rose: I was thrilled with the quilting on the orange quilt. So cosy and warm.
Alexandra: Thanks! I pay a lady with a long-arm quilt machine to quilt my quilts. There are several people in my city that do that sort of quilting for people. It isn't cheap, but the results are worth it. You can also find churches or individuals who will hand quilt quilts...again expensive and slower. I love the look of hand quilting but have most of mine done by a machine quilter. I can do very small quilts myself if I just "stitch in the ditch" or across diagonals. Some people do free motion machine quilting on their own regular sewing machines, but I haven't had much luck trying and not on anything big.
Someone gave me one of the crochet hook holders, so I just measured it and figured out how to make my own. It wasn't hard. Hers looked a little better than mine :-) I will find the measurements I used if that would help you and send you better photos to see how it goes together.
That quilt made for your husband is amazing! Yes, I am IMPRESSED! What a wonderful thing for male prisoners to do. I hadn't thought of that before. That;s just great. And your husband is so sweet for volunteering with them!
Love your sweet little Christmas stocking and all your wonderful projects!
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