Octopus patchwork

Texte en français en bas de la page   I had two goals for August. The first one was to finish my Octopus quilt. And it is done! read the full blog post on this. The second goal was to sew at least half the blocs for the university quilt for my daughter. I also reached that goal and even went past it, because I sewed all the blocks and am almost done assembling the lines.  This quilt is based on the haphazard pattern from Liz, at savor every stitch. I will write more about this quilt at a later stage.   Marie PS link to   One Monthly Goal J'avais deux buts Pour le mois d'août. Le premier était de finir ma pieuvre, et c'est fait ! lire le post ici Le deuxième était de finir au moins la moitié des blocs pour le patchwork que ma fille va emmener à l'université. J'ai atteint ce but là aussi, et je l'ai même dépassé, puisque j'ai fini tous les blocs et que j'ai presque fini de les coudre en l...

Texte en français en bas de la page I thought I would never see the end of this quilt. Not because I hated doing it, but because I like it too much. I delayed every step of the process, being scared of ruining it. I read somewhere that, traditionally a quilter has to introduce a mistake in every quilt because only god is perfect... Well, I don't need to make an intentional mistake, my quilt is full of errors, misaligned seams etc. I am still very proud of it. My largest quilt so far and designed myself. I hope my nephew will like it read the full story here.  I quilted the octopus' tentacles, free motion with pebbles. For the background (the sea) I made wavy lines, using my walking foot. I quilted the piano key borders with straight lines. For the back, I was ready to settle on anything remotely nautical, but the perfect fabric found me. I even got a reduction because I finished the bolt! I used this method to machine bind the quilt. I have probab...

texte en français en bas de la page I am just  back from a 3 weeks trip and the first thing I did was to pick up my sewing machine that was also on vacation at the shop for a good cleaning. We are both ready to start new sewing adventures! Unlike what I hoped, I did not finish the  octopus patchwork before leaving. I have finished the quilting, but did not square nor bind it. my goal for the month of august will be to finish this quilt.   On another hand, I am now very late for the quilt I want to give to my daughter when she leaves for university... I have the pattern and the fabric, but I have not started it yet. My second goal for August will be to sew half the blocs on  this quilt   Until now, I have regularly underestimated the time required for my sewing. In addition, the weather is so hot that I am not sure how much sewing time I can endure (my sewing room is under the roof, and of course I have no a/c!) let's hope i can make ...