Sunday, January 28, 2018

Quilt Class begins

I enrolled in a class to make a quilt - a Christmas quilt - I have told my self - again and again - NO MORE CHRISTMAS QUILTS
but I got sucked in with this picture:
(Can't resist houses   -   or trees - and there are a few of them too)

To justify this - I will be learning all sorts of features on my new monster machine...although I had an embroidery machine before I had not had any lessons, just picked things up as I went - or asked those in the know.
We will be doing a lot of applique blocks and "In the Hoop" blocks.


Here is what I achieved in Lesson 1 
This is "applique in the hoop" - the machine stitches an outline of the number 2, then you place a piece of fabric over the shape - another outline stitch is done - then you remove the whole thing from the machine and trim away the excess fabric - that is quite tricky around those curves - then you put it back in the machine and it does the satin stitch...not a process to be rushed...and "apparently" I should have had some tear away underneath it as well...next time!

We also had a 9 patch block to make but I can do them separately.....so, although we didn't achieve a lot of finished blocks - I did learn quite a few things and there was a bit of information that had to be shared before we started..
Here is an idea of what it might look like when I've finished.  We are using a few different fabrics, but mainly the same.



AND I was given homework for next month - some candy canes and leaves & berries and peppermint twists ..etc!!!
But fortunately this has been a long weekend so by Sunday night I have manged all but one of the homework blocks.  That green background is so much darker than the picture.


Next month we do "in the Hoop" flying geese....but I might sneak in a practice house sometime.


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow Susan such gorgeous work my friend ,well done,this xmas quilt is gorgeous i can see why you got sucked in,lol xx

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Lots to keep you busy there Susan....it looks great!

Helen said...

Enjoy the lessons Susan it all looks wonderful :)

ellieshomemadehome.blogspot.com said...

Loving the embroidery machine work. I wish we had classes nearer to us for that as I also have an embroidery machine but rarely use it. Enjoy your classes. :)

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

I can see why you were sucked in...have fun ❤️❤️

Michelle Ridgway said...

Wowee! Clever girl! Can never have too much Christmas lol!

Jeanette said...

I'd have been sucked in too. :) Love you blocks. Hugs,xx

Maria said...

It is a lovely quilt and you are learning how to use your big machine ...

Fiona said...

What a great way to learn the features of your machine - and you can't have too many Christmas quilts can you????
Hugz

Joy from Days Filled With Joy said...

I'm with Fiona - you can NEVER have too many Christmas quilts!! And I wish I lived close to you, I'd be joining in on that class for sure!! xx

Bethan said...

Oh such gorgeous blocks! I have yet to try a Christmas quilt, but I can see why you love them x

Kaisievic said...

Cute!