My tension is causing me tension

So I adjusted the sewing machine tension when I loaded up the new thread and ended up with a big mess on the back of the quilt. Time to get out the machine manual and play with it a bit to get back on track.

 

 

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Santa's Village

In December I joined an online stitching group called Stitching Santa's Village Together. Each month Country Cottage Needleworks is releasing a new pattern (12 in all) for a building in the village. I am stitching them all on one piece and plan to either frame it or make it into some kind of wall hanging.

 

I think it's turning out really cute, and the on-line community is keeping me motivated not to fall behind. I'm adding the candy cane border on the side, which was an idea I read on the blog, and will eliminate a couple of other borders in between the rows to make it more cohesive as one piece. I switched out some of the recommended threads in the borders for overdyed and I love the way it gives depth to the berries, the branches, and the candy cane stripes.

Although it's taking up much more of my crafting time that I had anticipated, I'm really pleased with it, and my family likes seeing the village under construction as well!

 

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Secret Project Stalled

In the spirit of using up what I have, I've emptied every spool of ecru thread in my possession, and I'm only about half way through quilting. There is no store in this town that sells cotton thread. I have looked. I'm stalled until I can make it to the next town over....

 

 

 

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I'd like to buy a consonant please

 

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Secret project

I'm working on a secret project that has turned out to be a massive undertaking. Billions and billions and billions of pieces.

 

 

And since I'm doing the shopping from my fabric stash, that means there's lots of math involved as I work bits and pieces together.

 

 

I sewed and sewed and sewed over the holiday break, and I'm making progress, but there is still a long way to go. I love each little block, and I am getting excited to eventually get to the point where they all get put together.

 

 

 

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Believe

"Believe" has a special meaning for my mother, and so it was a natural to use it as a theme for this year's Christmas stitching.

 

Merry Christmas

 

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Alexander's Christmas Quilt

It's Finished!!!!

I'm not 100% sure a white backing was a wise choice for a teenage boy, but I wanted to clear it out, and I thought the red stitching would be neat on it.

 

I was looking for Christmasy quilting patterns and remembered this wonderful site. I thought the star flower looked like a poinsettia, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

 

 

 

 

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