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Two Machine Quilting Projects

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I have two Machine Quilting Projects in various stages of completion.

AERIAL QUILT:

I previously posted about my first attempt at low-fat quilting, and I’m about one-third of the way completed on the Aerial quilt:

I'm trying to make circles but I'm struggling once the circles start to get bigger.

I’m trying to make circles but I’m struggling once the circles start to get bigger.

A ROBOT FOR HOPE:

In the middle of working on the Aerial quilt, I agreed to make a “boy” quilt for the charity, Margaret’s Hope Chest, a quilt-a-long hosted by Crazy Mom Quilts. The pattern was a rail fence:

I used all scraps. Each strip is 2.5" by 6.5".

I used all scraps. Each strip is 2.5″ by 6.5″.

I had some “robot” pieces left over from another “boy” quilt I made.

robot print

I was inspired to create a “robot” for the back and to use a “circuit board” for the quilting:

rail fence circuit board

I used orange thread in the bobbin.

I used orange thread in the bobbin.

I really like how this looks.

I really like how this looks.

I’m about one-quarter through the quilt with the “circuit boards.” It needs to be completed and delivered by August 1. Calling technical support?

 

UPDATE:

It’s a wrap. I finished the quilt and shipped it. The final product was one of my favorites:

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I made a lanyard.

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I got this idea when I saw a photo of Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts who was attending quilt market in Pittsburgh. She was wearing a beautiful lanyard. http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/to-market-and-back-again.html. Sorry about the link. I’m having trouble getting the “title” part to work when I insert the address. Oh well.

I took one of my Fat Eighths and went to work:

I cut a 3-inch strip along the length of the Fat Eighth.

I cut a 3-inch strip along the length of the Fat Eighth.

I folded it in half and ironed it.

I folded it in half and ironed it.

 

I unfolded it and then ironed into the middle seam like I was making binding.

I unfolded it and then ironed into the middle seam like I was making binding.

 

I sewed one end about a quarter inch.

I sewed one end about a quarter inch.

I added the ring.

I added the ring. (they make rings which snap on, but I didn’t have one; I used the one from the one I was replacing)

Overlapped the two end pieces, matching the same stitched sides together.

I overlapped the two end pieces, matching the same stitched sides together.

Stitched it together.

Stitched it together.

To make it lay flat around my neck, I twisted it at the back.

To make it lay flat around my neck, I twisted it at the back.

Stitched across the two pieces about 1 inch from the ring.

Stitched across the two pieces about 1 inch from the ring.

The finished lanyard.

The finished lanyard.

The happy employee.

The happy employee.

Let's go to work.

Let’s go to work.