Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2014

Well, if anything can get me back into blogging, it's the

Blogger's Quilt Festival!

Once again, Amy's Creative Side is hosting this biannual event.
It is always so much fun to participate in this, and see what everyone has been up to since the Spring Festival.
My entry will be seen in the Small Quilt category.
This is Pathways

I made this quilt using HRT's , and various low volume prints.
While I'm the first to admit low volume is not a favourite for me, it did work rather well in this quilt!
It measures 52"x 59"

For me, basting is always 505 spray, with a few pins around the perimeter of the quilt.

 I used this great fabric for the back that has all the months on it, and even invented a couple new months!

For the quilting, I set up my Janome Horizon with this serpentine stitch. There were a lot of steps to set this up, but it turned out really well, and I can hardly wait to use it again.
The thread I used is my favourite Aurifil #2600 grey.

I'm so happy with this quilt!!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and please check out all the other entries in the Festival.
I hope you have entered a quilt too!

A Lovely Year of Finishes...July 2014 finished

For July, I set what I believed to be an achievable goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes!
I am so happy to be finished this quilt, and it really was fun to do!
Pathways!

It started out as a challenge to myself to try HRT's using the tutorial from Latifah at The Quilt Engineer. She posted this as a tutorial for the MQG.

I sliced and diced, pressed and trimmed!
I must admit that I am not a fan of pressing seams open,
but I did it anyway.

Low volume with pink, purple, yellow, black and coral..ish!

Whew! I was happy to get all these blocks done!

I did look at a couple layouts, but it seemed that simple was the way to go!

I spray basted and pinned with a little help....

The backing is from a fabric line called 8 Days A Week.

I used the months line. Really nice backing and I would definitely use it again!

I didn't have enough to match when I pieced the back, so ended up with some new months!!

I really want to change my birthday to Fovember! Don't you??

On to the quilting!!

I have a Janome Horizon, and programmed a stitch provided by Janome, called Serpentine stitch.
Here is the actual link to setting up the Serpentine Stitch-
  http://onlinesewing.squarespace.com/storage/post-images/poth2.pdf

This was the first time I have used it, and I sure do love it!

I put 3 rows in each path, and it was so quick, and gives the quilt great texture.

The best part of the Serpentine stitch is that it is and end to end stitch!

No burying thread!! Yay for that!

 As always, I used Aurifil thread!! Love it!

This is #2600, and I use so much of it, for piecing and quilting.
For me, it is the perfect grey.

The binding fabric is a really nice grey stripe that I had in my stash.

This little darling measures 52"x59"

I am tremendously pleased with this July finish, and am linking up for
A Lovely Year of Finishes

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and please go and check out all the finishes for July!