Here is my quilt as I finished up this week. It’s coming along! Photo by me.
Hello all! I am anxious to read about everyone’s Independent Learning Projects for this week. I have to say that I missed reading blog posts about our learning projects from last week what everyone experienced from their time working on them.
This week I started off strong with my quilt. I was feeling pretty good that my sewing and blocks were coming along and I was kinda of excited how nicely my blocks, squares and triangles were all lining up.
Then….
I re-read the instructions and whoops! I missed read and sewed four strips and blocks wrong. Rats! I needed to sew a red square instead of a green square. Thank heavens I had a little extra fabric from the beginning and I had enough to fix my mistake! So, I cut some more fabric and learned my lesson, to really read the instructions! It’s definitely not the first, nor the last time that I make a mistake. I look at it as all part of the learning process. In fact, I am glad that it happened, it made me slow down and enjoy this learning and sewing time. So, after I fixed my mistake, I was ready to roll and keep on sewing.
I learned a new sewing trick that I want to share called chain piecing or chain sewing. When I purchased my pattern and fabric, the quilt shop gals mentioned that this would be helpful in sewing my quilt. So, I decided to read up on it some more and found this YouTube video that explained it further. It is really handy when you have the same strip or block to sew that you just keep sewing and not stop and take the fabric out of the machine, cut the thread from the machine, you just keep going until all your blocks are sewn, then you cut them apart. I found this to be very helpful, instead of starting and stopping in between blocks.
Here is how I sewed using the chain piecing method, I like how quick it makes sewing the blocks together! Photo by me.
I am happy with how much progress that I have made with my quilt. As you can see from the top or first photo where I am at with my quilt. I had another mistake, as I sewed the strips backwards and when I opened it up, my flying geese where flying the wrong way. Good grief! I decided that I needed to stop and take a break. I am sure that the next time I sit down to sew, it will go better.
Until next time!
Jaime
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Jaime,
It can always be very frustration when things don’t go right the first time. Sometimes, even when I do the read the directions, I don’t read them correctly or I skipped over a very important detail. I think that your quilt is looking really good! You seem to be handling your mistakes a lot better than I would!
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Thanks Tate for your comments to my blog post. I did learn my lesson to really read my instructions! I was a little frustration because I wanted to get so much accomplished this week, but it didn’t turn out that way. But its all good! 🙂
Jaime
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Hey Jaime! Your quilt is coming along beautifully! I know it’s frustrating to make a mistake, but I’m glad you were able to fix your mistake and have such a positive attitude about it!
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Thanks Brittney for your comments to my post. It was so frustrating to make a mistake, especially when I was so happy to sewing and enjoying my time. However, it was a good reminder to slow down and enjoy the process! Jaime
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Thanks for adding a video! It kinda lets us in on your process a little further than the pictures (which are beautiful by the way). What makes you choose the colors you do for your sewing? Is it part of the instructions like a kind of recipe or do you just decide these will look nice together?
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Hello Avery! I am glad you liked the video. I thought it might be helpful in understanding what I was trying to explain. When I choose colors and fabrics, sometimes I like to follow what the pattern shows or sometimes, I like to pick my own and build off of that! It can be fun to pick my own and try an match up coordinating fabrics. Thanks for your nice comments! Jaime
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It looks like you’re doing some great work here! I love that flower fabric in the middle!
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Thanks Christa for your nice comments about my quilt! I am loving my fabric choice and it is exciting to see if come together and starting to look like a quilt. Jaime
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Looking good so far! I think that trick and other ones that come up along the way could really help you out in the long run. Keep taking chances and making mistakes, its all part of learning.
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Thanks William, I am enjoying my project. You are right mistakes and chances are all part of learning! Jaime
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