Yep, I have been in the quilting zone for the past few days. I'm taking advantage of the foggy weather and getting lots of quilting done. I found this Sunbonnet Baby Sue pattern in a book almost 20 years ago. I just love her chubby little belly! There was no pattern for an Overall Baby Sam, so I made my own.
I had so much fun appliqueing these cuties that I might have to make another one in the future.
For the quilting, I did meandering on the yellow background. I almost did the white background too, but I think I'll leave it with just an outline around each baby.
I wasn't sure what to do with the snowball quilt. I thought about doing a snowflake or an echo pattern, but I like curves more than straight line stitching. I drew different swirl patterns inside each snowball. I was able to follow my patterns.....most of the time. This is the first time I have tried following a pattern while free-motion quilting on the sewing machine. It is a lot easier to do by hand! That is for sure!
Right now, it looks a little messy. I'm hoping this will look better once I wash out the ink.
On the Jungle Stars, I did a stitch-in-a-ditch to show off the stars as well as the squares.
And an outline around these two guys.
I have one more top to layer and quilt. I finished the applique last night.
Next on the list is to make binding for all four quilts. I need to get them done before we go back to the coast. There is a good chance we will be on a limited power source and binding takes a lot of ironing.
Plus with all this cold weather, I'm looking forward to sitting under the quilts while I'm sewing on the binding. Ha!....there is a method to my madness...
Happy Quilting!
