Basting

Today I am preparing my Log Cabin baby quilt for hand quilting. It is a part of the quilting process that many quilters don't like very much, but which I enjoy as much as all the different stages of quilting.

You can find the method I use in MY TUTORIAL, where you will understand the reason of the spoon on the quilt.

A Dream of a Poncho

 

I knitted this poncho last month in three days. It was so quick and easy! The pattern is created by my sister, reproducing an old poncho bought years ago in Peru and completely damaged by wearing it for so long. 

I used 100 g of Drops Melody with number 12 circular needles. I finished it with a crochet row all around and one pompom at each corner.

I am so happy with it, it keeps me warm in the evenings. Though spring is here, the evenings are still

very fresh... This poncho is so pleasant to wear, light like a feather and so warm!

Bicolor Alpaca Poncho

Searching in my stash of wool I found four alpaca yarns : three light blue and one beige.

I had them since a long time but could not find a way to use them until last week came to me the idea of knitting a poncho. The yarn is very thin but I decided to use needles 6mm for a soft and light touch. As I could not find a suitable pattern I thought of making it very simple in garter stitch, which is my favorite stitch recently. It is a simple rectangle with a neck hole in the middle. 

I am not sure if the final result will be ok...

The cute woolen sheep comes from Uruguay!

Embroided Pincushion

Pincushion

This is not quilting, but I was feeling like showing one of my pincushions that I re-discovered after putting order in my studio. I think that this embroidery was meant to be a big one (I don't remember what exactly) but it remained at the size of a pincushion!! I suppose the work of cross-stitching on a raw piece of old linen was tedious and backbreaking, and it discouraged me from going further!

Pincushion & Spools

Embroidery detail

Greetings.

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

Turquoise inspiration

Just beautiful shades of turquoise.

I love those fabrics offered to me by my son's fiancee Chelsea,

coming back from a trip to Alaska!

Fabric assortment

The refinement of a needle threader!

Needle threader