I worked up some new place matts for our household, given as a Christmas present to my husband who cooks. Used mostly batiks and batting scraps with this general pattern/technique from Night Owl's Fat Quarter Place Matts. I did enlarge them with an extra piece of fabric at the top / bottom.
My poor sewing machine has some issues these days ... There seems to be some give in the post where you attach the sewing feet. When I move the fabric, it also shifts that post and the stalk where the needle attaches -- just ever-so-slightly. I must have broken 7-8 needles in the process of free-motion quilting these place matts. I can't use the 1/4-inch foot anymore because the needle comes down on the foot instead of through the little hole. Hmmmh-- I may have to retire this one and take up one of my mom's fancy-dancy sewing machines. Maybe I'm just too hard on it? I did finish multiple quilts this year, and several more tops! Maybe I can crack it open and tighten up whatever is loose ...
Extra practice with the bindings. Even after all this time, I still get stuck on joining the beginning and ends of the binding.
The batting was cut off of one of the quilts finished earlier in the year. Wool, I think.
Before (left/upper) and after (right/lower) washing and fluffing.
Before (left/upper) and after (right/lower) washing and fluffing, with a little more of that crinkle texture.
That wet finish has a way of making everything come together as a team, as one cohesive unit. The stitching sinks into the batting and the fabric.
It was a Christmas present, so I had to wait until the gift had been given before I could post it here on Sweet Leaf. ;-)
Here's something else that arrived in time for Christmas.
I'm just so tickled and amused to see a killer whale wearing a sweater and advertising chocolate.
LOL!
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