Save My UFO!

Courthouse Steps

Peggio — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:44:27 GMT

This is my first pieced quilt top with lots of beginner mistakes but I love it anyway. I need help deciding on a binding and finishing and of course quilting it all together for the first time. Thank you for your consideration.

Space Froggy

simonesplace — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:36:52 GMT

Oh well....mmm... this little single bed applicae quilt id for my 3yo son but as you can see its abit ...whats the word??

Well it is simetrical with the checkers not showing on the other side. Its meant to be space froggy...so a frog floating in space down the bottom..(that green thing hes actually got a cute space suit on).

Near him is a ufo and above him is a spaceship going back to earth (with australia sticking out like a sore thumb), and a few stars in the sky. Also froggy is meant to be walking on a big planet but not sure if that shows in the photo.

Im unenthused and would love some advise from YOU.........

Pasayten Memory

Lindy101 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:11:04 GMT

This isn't an UFO, just an 'in progress'. What I am anxious to do is find someone else 'out there' that is doing thread lace applique' like this. I am excited to discuss methods and fixes and ideas!

50 Trees

TrunkShow — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:23:33 GMT

This is a queen size quilt top, each square displays a unique tree. Most squares include embroidery. I have yet to decide how best to quilt top to back. Do I do Pine tree shapes at the seams or try swirls, or a simple stitch. this quilt is for my daughter and her husband started December 2010. This quilt will compliment the stockings and tree skirt already made and embellished with these unique trees :)

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50 Trees

TrunkShow — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:23:33 GMT

Felted tree

Catherine Parkinson — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:24:50 GMT

I would love some suggestions on how to stitch, embellish, and finish off this piece of work. I am just a little stuck on where to next.

Help...

Maryse4 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:29:15 GMT

OK ladies and gentlemen I've been saving fabric for a long time...I got to this point just can't decide how to finish....a big border 2 smaller????Any ideas welcome Thank you so much....Purple is my favorite color to work with

Green Grape Vine

AnnieSky — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:37:57 GMT

I sun-dyed the center panel, hand embroidered the veins, and added the log cabin border. I'm at an impass as to how to quilt the central panel. Free motion grape leaves? How do I embelish it further, or is more embelishment needed? (The safety pins are NOT an embelishment - I am using them to stabelize the the batting & back, for quilting, but can always take them out.)

Mountain Majesty

Lindy101 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:21:02 GMT

This approximately 11"x11" quiltlet-to-be is an experiment in process. I wanted to try the Citra-Solve/National Geo method. I took the best page from the pile of trials and decided I wanted to interweave fabric with the altered paper page. I cut both the vertical paper and horizontal fabric somewhat bargello style by making 1/4"-3/4" slices. Once woven I added the mountain, tree and moon. As you can see, the weave wants to pop through the mountain... More layers might fix that? I have Heat n Bonded the whole to batting with the plan to quilt and bind it, but what shape? Jagged edged? Circular? Square it up? Bind it or zigzag the edges? I like the 'feel' invoked with this little piece, but am stuck. Suggestions sincerely appreciated!

Okay, so I have to square it up...again! But this is what my UFO turned out to want to be. Thanks for all the input everyone!

Late for School

brendastar — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:32:01 GMT

This is a small pieced wallhanging. Now that I've finished piecing, I'm wondering what to do next. I could quilt some seaweed (don't know what color thread), do embellishing w/paintstiks, maybe seaweed. Since the background (water) is busy, I don't want to take away from the fish. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks

Brenda Staresnick, staresnickb@aol.com

Hints of Green

roselegge — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:04:38 GMT

Unbleached muslin painted, printed, top stitched, and drawn on. I'll add some hand stitching, too.

Peace on Earth

quiltingMD — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:36:17 GMT

It's no exaggeration to say I've been working on this wall hanging for 15 years. It's based on a lovely Mary Engelbreit design. I am pleased with the way I've incorporated other materials into it, but my skills were not great when I started. So the edges are uneven, and I don't know how to even them up without losing some of the design. Also, I used yellow chalk to mark where the letters should go, and now it won't rub or wash off. Please help me finish this after so long.

City Barn

KimS@66 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:13:59 GMT

I've been working on this project for a while and I like other projects I really get Stuck! trying to figure out how to finish it (i.e., mount it on something, add a background, etc.) I did a pictorial quilt of my mom and was stuck on trying to complete the background - I finally just found some boring beige and did some free motion machine quilting for the background and it turned out ok.

I took this picture of an old barn located in a subdivision in Warren Michigan. I traced the photo onto muslim, painted it with just acrylic paints, added some free motiion machine stiching, some material for the grass, added some embroidery for the leaves, and satin stiched around the edging and then hand sewed the edging with thicker threads I had in my stash.

Can you help me finish it :)

Kim

By Reneau

shayb — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:43:23 GMT

4 part face

She-Quilts — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:33:23 GMT

I started this in a class on art quilts. Each of the 4 students drew our face, we cut it in quarters, and exchanged them. Then we were taught various ways to embellish the face. It is about 12" x 13".

I like the quarters and the various ways I worked at making the face. I like how they don't go together but they do.

I don't know what else to do with this. For now, I have it pinned to the wall in my sewing room. She just watches but never gets any attention for herself!

Joyce