How did I do on my January goals?
- Opportunity Quilt – 6 blocks - I did part of them and handed them over to the Chair for this project to complete.
- Friendship Braid – Piece Backing – Completed!
- Simply Sophisticated – Two Blocks - Completed not only the two blocks that I wanted to do, but finished the top.
- Sweet Treasures – Two Blocks – yea… didn’t get to this one
- Friendship Braid – Bind – nope
- Friendship Braid – Quilt – nope
- Friendship Braid – Sandwich - nope, I am having problems sandwiching now that I have a new dining room table.
- Pastel Lucky Stars – Complete Binding – yes, this was done
- Home for the Holidays – Piece Backing - yes, this one got completed
- Home for the Holidays – Sandwich - again, nope because of the problems with sandwiching things
- Home for the Holidays – Quilt - nope
- Home for the Holidays – Bind - nope
All in all a productive month, but some things I really wanted to do didn’t get accomplished. I do need to find a way to sandwich my quilts without having to put them on the floor. I used to put them on my kitchen table and clamp the layers to the table and then pin. I got a new dining room table at the first part of the year and now I don’t want to mess it up at all. I tried to use my table in my sewing area, but I can’t clamp to it because the table is too thick.
I hope you had a productive month too!
I have the same problem with sandwiching. Since we moved I also have the added problem of not having floor space really big enough unless I move a ton of furniture. Let me know if you come up with anything. I would love a new plan.
Tami – I have floor space, but I really don’t want to get down on the floor to baste. I think I might try Joan’s method that she posed about below.
I have a floor frame for hand quilting set up in my basement. I really only use it for pin basting. I roll everything onto the frame as if I was going to quilt it and then just pin away. I also have one of those older banquet tables set up down there to use for smaller quilts. I bought some super orange handled clamps at a DIY store that fit over the thick edges since my bulldog clamps would not open wide enough.
Paula – If the method Joan posted about doesn’t work, I will look into getting some different clamps.
I just tried something new this weekend and it seemed to work pretty well, just need a little practice. It’s a technique by Sharon Schamber and there’s a video (two part) on youtube (http://bit.ly/andsYo). She’s hand basting but it will work for pins or in my case, the microtack gun.
Joan – thanks for posting about this. I am going to have to get some boards to do this with.