Long time no post! (I'll tell you a little about why in my next post) Anyway, this is my update on what I did over the easter weekend - all written at the time but I had one picture I needed to take and just didn't have the motivation until now!
First and most significant, I finished my quilt! Phew! After breezing through the assembly of the patchwork, it all slowed down to a crawl when it came to quilting the layers together. My attempt at machine quilting was a disaster, there was just too much fabric to get it under the arm of the machine and still be able to control. Rather than mess up something that was turning out rather gorgeous, I decided to hand quilt it :) many hours in front of the TV later, here it is!
I'm super pleased with it :) there's a couple of creases in the backing, but no one's going to see that but me :) next time, I'll be taping the backing flat to the table or floor before putting the wadding and top on - didn't know that trick for this one and getting all 3 flat and lined up was a nightmare!
Project number 2 was a remake of the red wool lekala dress :) the original accidently went in the machine at the wrong temperature, and shrank too much for me to wear it :( it will be going to the charity shop for the benefit of someone slimer who wears their skirts shorter!
The new version is the same fabric, but prewashed on 40 so its much thicker and slightly felted. It's lost the slinkiness, which I'm two ways about- the fineness was beautiful, but it did mean that it clung to bits of me that I don't think are beautiful (tummy!) Overall I'm glad I did it as I've ended up with a more wearable, washable dress!
Project 3 was a super quick and easy slip - thin black satin sewn into a tube with an elastic waist band. Hopefully this will prevent some of the static cling I've had going on with a couple of my dresses :)
First and most significant, I finished my quilt! Phew! After breezing through the assembly of the patchwork, it all slowed down to a crawl when it came to quilting the layers together. My attempt at machine quilting was a disaster, there was just too much fabric to get it under the arm of the machine and still be able to control. Rather than mess up something that was turning out rather gorgeous, I decided to hand quilt it :) many hours in front of the TV later, here it is!
I'm super pleased with it :) there's a couple of creases in the backing, but no one's going to see that but me :) next time, I'll be taping the backing flat to the table or floor before putting the wadding and top on - didn't know that trick for this one and getting all 3 flat and lined up was a nightmare!
Project number 2 was a remake of the red wool lekala dress :) the original accidently went in the machine at the wrong temperature, and shrank too much for me to wear it :( it will be going to the charity shop for the benefit of someone slimer who wears their skirts shorter!
The new version is the same fabric, but prewashed on 40 so its much thicker and slightly felted. It's lost the slinkiness, which I'm two ways about- the fineness was beautiful, but it did mean that it clung to bits of me that I don't think are beautiful (tummy!) Overall I'm glad I did it as I've ended up with a more wearable, washable dress!
Project 3 was a super quick and easy slip - thin black satin sewn into a tube with an elastic waist band. Hopefully this will prevent some of the static cling I've had going on with a couple of my dresses :)
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