The first piece that I stitched up on my long arm was built from a fat quarter of berry fabric that my husband had picked out many moons ago.I started by picking a green dot fat quarter from my stash, to use for the back, and put the two fat quarters on the machine with a double layer of cotton batting between them. Then I found this berry design that fit perfectly and stitched it up with Superior Omni Light Sage thread.
When the piece was fully stitched, I took it off the machine and brought it back to the cutting board for trimming. You can easily get four 7 inch squares from one set of fat quarters!
They weren't completely made from my stash, because I turned up shy on coordinating fabrics to bind with, but now all four squares have the first machine binding stage completed and I am slowly working on hand stitching the binding to the back. I even took them out on the deck because the day was just to lovely to sit inside!
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| First Block Finished! |
Linking up with Let's Be Social and Slow Sunday Stitching.
Beautiful fabric. Too hot here for porch time...lucky you!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty potholders. I try to keep a stash of them handy as gifts.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect project to work on in the middle of the summer!
ReplyDeleteSo summery!
ReplyDeleteSitting on the porch hand binding sounds like a lovely way to finish these up.
ReplyDeleteOh! Such pretty summery fabric! Soon it will be cool enough to sit on my back patio and stitch away! Lovely!
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