Tips and Men, The Big Finish!

Tips and Men, The Big Finish!

A very big thank you to all of my followers who chimed in with Tips to help me create a great quilt that my DC loves!

"Baby, it's cold outside!"

Eight hours of hand sewing to complete the binding....

Perfect time of year for this project!

All done!!

80"x90"

Its name?...

"Americana"

On to the next project!

What are you doing for National Quilting Day on March 9th, 2013?

Tips and Men, Part 9

Tips and Men, Part IX

"Binding and a Finish"

Last time I entered a quilt into a quilt show, the judge advised being sure to "fill" my binding.  After researching different types of bindings HERE, I found that leaving a 1/2" of batting and backing to the right of the sewn-on binding strip will give me the binding the adjudicator sought.  

Perhaps this quilt would now win?!?

Six Steps to a Perfect Binding Video

National Quilting Day is coming up on March 9th, 2013 and I am going to show this quilt :-)  Can't wait!

Attaching the binding with a walking foot

Folding over the binding to the back with 1/2" of material 'filling' the binding

Now time to hand sew with a slip stitch the full length around.

A finished, mitered corner was created by clipping the extra batting and backing off completely at a 45 degree angle so there wouldn't be too much filling.

Now, as tradition dictates, I need to sleep one night under the quilt before giving it to my DC because...

More Tips and Men!  Thanks for following along and leaving your helpful hints :-)  It's been fun!

Part 8

Part 7

Part 6

Part 5

Part 4

Part 3

Part 2

Part 1

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Tips and Men, Part 8

Tips and Men, Part 8

This was one busy weekend for company and for quilting, both!  I got to go to two quilt shops with my sis-in-law who is also a quilter, my Mother got to pick out a new used vehicle and the Tips and Men quilt for my cousin is even closer to being finished - all that's left is to hand sew the binding on!!

This is a King-sized quilt - it's a 'whopper' - quite heavy, indeed!

Here's a template I designed and cut out onto lightweight cardboard.  The Fons & Porter pencil with white lead and a handy-dandy tape measure round out the goodies.

With an 85" space, I'm creating three template markings per 17".

The midpoint of the template marks the 17" spot.

Here I am at work!

The Brother Nouvelle PQ1500S sails through quilt sandwiches at 1500 stitches per minute.

It sure is fun to use!

Flying star borders

I like this photo-it really shows the border nicely.

 Here's a close up of the stitched template.  Sinking thread ends kept me busy for about two hours last night, but it was fun to snuggle up under the quilt while working!

Square up the corners and edges to 1".

Attach the binding, leaving a healthy 10" unstitched at each end, plus a 20" opening.

Stop at a 1/4" from the end 

sew down

Walking foot

Here's a picture of the quilt that I'd hoped to show off the binding, but it was too difficult to photograph due to its fairly monstrous size - the binding only shows at the very bottom - sorry about that!  Once the binding is sewn on, I'll take one last photograph and show you the completed quilt!!

The next quilt has been cut :  10" squares in various 1930s prints featuring kitties.  This one's for me :-)  My sis-in-law and I found this at one of the two quilt shops we frequented this weekend - it'll make for a good memory to use this quilt!

What are you working on this week?

Who are you sewing/quilting for?

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More "Tips and Men" posts:
Part 7

Part 6

Part 5

Part 4

Part 3

Part 2

Part 1

Tips and Men, Part 7

Tips and Men, Part 7
-almost finished!!

My DH is great with math, so I challenged him early this morning and he was able to explain/show me that:

with a 85" x 14"w border and wanted five large 10" star templates equally along that length, he explained that I'd need to use a 17" middle for each 10" star template.  So, it'll go like this:


[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17" and continually all the way across the 85" border each 17"]
                                                                X(this will be the center of each 10"star)  From here, I'll mark another 17"                                               1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
                                                                                                                                               X, etc.

Since I wanted five 10" stars along the 85" border, he divided 85" by 5 to come up with 17".  (This is the length of my inside border - there are another 2.25" inches on each end.  What an incredibly large and heavy quilt this is!

I hope that helps explain it, but you know they say a pictures worth 1,000 words, so here's a pic:

85" long x 14" wide

I'll use Fons & Porter mechanical pencil in white to mark my star-shaped 10" template.

 

After figuring out exactly where to place the template, it's time to get marking!

I've been scared off from blue wash-out markers, as they can come back in cold weather and that won't work for this neck of the woods!

Marked and sewn!  Now, nine more to go...

More "Tips and Men" posts:

Part 6

Part 5

Part 4

Part 3

Part 2

Part 1

 Please meet Nouvelle...my new quilting friend...

Brother Nouvelle PQ-1500S and my giant king-sized quilt

It's easy to keep the bobbin thread from being too long

Easy access through the table via a door

Awesome tall shank - very easy to see!

These bobbins go longer than regular bobbins

There are four different feed dog drops - I'm using the third one with the pin tuck.

It's cold here, so I've got to get busy sewing!  My cousin's waiting to warm up after sixteen hour days in the North Dakota oil fields!

Now, for my readers and followers:

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