Baby Quilt Finished

Being unable to spend hours and hours quilting as I used to do in the past, due to pains in the back, I just quilted this baby quilt with big stitches, following the sides of the small squares of the four patch blocks, using variegated colored threads. The final result is quite pleasant.

Gypsy Four patch Quilt Borders

These days I am still adding borders to enlarge my Gypsy Four Patch quilt top to fit my  bed.

Unfortunately I had no fabric enough to cut stripes properly : following the prints of the fabrics. 

Well... let's say it is boheme style! 

You can see this quilt top before borders were added here.

Rail Fence Miniature

Slow Sunday Stitching

Miniature quilt

Detail hand quilted border

Miniature quilt backing

Miniature quilt backing

This mini quilt measures 11" x 8". The Rail Fence center measures 7.25" x 4.50".

Each block 1.50" x 1.50". Each stripe 1.50" x 0.75".

It is machine pieced, hand quilted and hand binded.

Hand binding explanations here.

I am linking up today with Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching, and with Karen for Sew Many Ways.

Best wishes for a wonderful stitching Sunday.

Pour mes amies francaises : 

Ce quilt mesure  28 cm x 20 cm.

Le motif central  19 cm x 11cm.

Chaque block       4 cm x  4 cm.

Chaque bande     4 cm x  1 cm.

Ce mini quilt est fait a partir de petites chutes de tissus. Il est assemble a la machine et quilte a la main. La bordure est cousue a la machine sur l'endroit et a la main sur l'envers du travail avec un petit point glisse. Explications ici.

Je souhaite a toutes mes amies quilteuses un super dimanche!

Christine

Blue Quilt Hand Binding

This is the last touch to my blue Log Cabin : I am sewing the border on the reverse side of the quilt as shown HERE. As usual I enjoy this relaxing phase, sewing in the garden with a cup of coffee next.

I am linking up today with Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Wishing a wonderful Sunday to everyone!

Christine

String Quilt Binding

My String quilt is back from Eleni's, who again did a beautiful quilting!

It's now time to prepare it for binding. As I have added a neutral beige sashing, I thought that a busy binding, recalling a fabric I used in several blocks, would be fine.

I trim the sides.

The binding is done and I will sew it as explained in MY TUTORIAL.

For the back of the quilt, as usual, I will hand sew the binding, as explained in my other TUTORIAL .

Listening to music, I relax and I sew, really enjoying this phase of the whole quilting.

Almost finished!

I think I like it!

Enjoy your Sunday stitches!

Christine

Short Tutorial for Hand Sewing a Quilt Back Border

I always enjoy to give the last touch to my quilts by hand sewing the back border. It is not very quick, but I like this part of the work, I find it relaxing.

I use an applique needle and a thread that should always be the same color as the border (here red).

I make a slipped stitch all along. (I slip the thread inside the border). The result is absolutely invisible!

Happy stitches to everyone!

Christine

Tutorial for an Easy Quilt Binding

The double border : my favorite method!

Baby quilt

This is the method I find the best, and that I use every time I have to bind a quilt.

For a finished border of 8mm width, cut stripes of 5cm width. The length of the strip

will be equal to the perimeter of your quilt + 30cm (for the corners and the ending).

Put two strips perpendicular on each other, right side against right side :

Sew them diagonally :

Trim seam at 1/2cm

Open and press seam :

Fold the angle :

Cut a 1/2cm :

Fold the strip on the whole length :

To start, open the strip and sew it on the right side of the quilt,
 in the middle of one side, for about 7cm :

Then fold back the strip and sew it all along the quilt :

Stop at 1/2cm from the edge, cut the thread, 

turn and go on sewing as shown :

To stop and start again, I use the smallest stitch possible,

instead of a backstitch.

At the end, I push the end of the strip inside the place
left open at the beginning :

And I go on sewing, backstitch to stop.

It is not important if there is a little fold on the wrong side

as it does not appear on the right side :

To finish, I turn the border on the wrong side,

and sew it by hand.

Finshed border

I hope my explanations have been clear enough, and will have been of help for those who need. For the beginners, next time I will give some tips on how to hand sew this border on the back side.  

Have a great week-end. Greetings from me.

Christine