Finally, I'm quilting the children's quilts I'd finished piecing in November. My sewing machine's free-motion quilting was enabled by the repair guy fixing the bobbin tension in January. Hooray! August's quilt was finished in January and the following ones were finished in February. One more next month and they will be done, and I can get started on the next quilts I have planned.
Samaira's quilt: finished size = 52.5" x 78" (133 x 198cm.) Pattern is the Plus Sign quilt (or the Modern Plus, or just plain Plus). All fabrics from my stash, including part of a fat quarter bundle I picked up years ago, intending it to be for a young girl's quilt. I have cut enough block pieces for a second quilt of a similar size. Quilted in the ditch on the the pluses, and a vague squiggle in the name blocks.
Mason's quilt: finished size = 51.25" x 71.5" (130 x 181 cm.) Pattern is the Confetti Quilt from the "Super Simple Fat Quarter Quilts" book by Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith. Fabric is a layer cake of brights, plus a bit of extra fabric from my stash. The layer cake was purchased in the USA last year, from Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton, Missouri. Quilted with the walking foot in the main blocks, with a stipple with the free motion foot in the name block, and free motion in the two borders. I'm not sure about having the borders only on top and bottom. I just wanted to make the quilt a touch longer, but not any wider.
All the quilts this month have labels printed on fabric. It is getting harder to get the labels printed, as fewer people have inkjet printers these days. We've stopped using ours as the ink cartridges cost too much. I just use the public library printer these days for the small amount of printing I do but can't use the special fabric there. What do other quilters do? I can hand write the labels, and often do, but it is nice to have a colour label with maybe a picture on it.
I had a bit of a win this week, when binding Mason's quilt. I ended up with only 4" of binding left when I attached it. Often I have a lot more than that left over and need to incorporate it into a scrappy binding.
February 2025 fabric tally
Fabric used: - 16 m Fabric acquired: + 0 m
Running tally for 2025: - 22.25 m