The slow stitching continues as I started the working on the borders of Baltimore Garden. It brings some excitement to the project as I have never done an appliqued swag border before. I am following the wonderful instructions that are in the book. I was successful at using the fast stitches of my Viking to back baste all of the swags to the four borders.
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First I marked the swags on the back of the border
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| Here they are machine stitched with a rough cut seam. As I applique the seams will be trimmed to around 3/16 of inch. |
We are having a bit of a warm up today so I decided to sit out back and put in a few more of the many stitches need to secure the swags. I will be joining Kathy and the others who participate in
Slow Stitching Sundays to see how things are progressing.
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| The hosta garden has seen better days |
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| Portion of a swag finished except for adding a flower at each intersection |
I love Baltimore quilts and I am eager to see yours finished. Your border looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I am looking forward to adding the flowers, they always seem to add so much!
Deleteour weekend is gorgeous isn't it - I should be outside enjoying the weather and instead we are working on the kitchen floor - really want to get it done before Thanksgiving!! I have never done an applique swag border - which book are you using?
ReplyDeleteThe book is Baltimore Garden by Barbara Burnham. I did stop stitching when my husband got back and we cleaned the ceiling fans..............................not sure where all that dust comes from. Your making great progress in your floor prep work, the fun comes when you finally get to put the new floor down! It won't be long now.
DeleteNice borders! A little bit each day and it will soon be done!
DeleteCarla your swags look amazing... and I never thought of back basting on a machine.. I thought it had to be by hand! I guess small pieces warrant the hand stitches.. glad you showed something for those longer pieces though :) Looking great! Kathi
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have thought of it either, that is what is so great about Barbara Burnham's pattern book. It would be a great method to use for Hawaiian quilts too!
DeleteYou have your work cut out ahead of you ( no pun intended! :) I thought I'd be outside stitching a bit yesterday but it was windy so the warm up didn't really count :(
ReplyDeleteOh me and the wind are not friends either. I agree it will take a lot of stitches to get these swags in place and then each intersection gets a flower, but the prep was so easy on the swags.
DeleteLove the swag border! Such a pretty view for hand stitching. I really hope to pin a quilt today but we are on house cleanup for dog sitting right now. Hopefully I can work on it a bit this afternoon... so I can do some hand quilting tonight.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to your stitching later! Nothing better than stitching when all those chores are completed!
DeleteI"ve never done a swag border...yours is very inspiring!!
ReplyDeleteNot as bad or hard as I thought and I can't wait to add the flowers between each swag.
DeleteVery impressing swag border, it does look quite complicated but you've said not in your comments. But it's going to look wonderful with flowers between!
ReplyDeleteThe swags really are not complicated and I am looking forward to adding the flowers to dress them up a bit!
DeleteGenius! Using your machine as part of the back basting process is pure genius!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing, but Barbara Burnham did give credit to where credit is due and that is Jeanna Kimball. Such a simple but great time saver.
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ReplyDeleteLovely. You make it all seem so easy. I can't wait to see it with the addition of flowers.