Tag: Snowman

The Salty Quilter - Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland

General Info

Start Date  Dec 9, 2013
Finish Date  Dec 14, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  12″ x 10″
Pattern  A Winter Wonderland from Love of Quilting magazine
What it’s for  Gift for my Grandpa
Batting  ?

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Fusible appliqué with buttonhole machine stitching. Embroidery and sunburst beads.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

 

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The Salty Quilter - Winter Wonderland

The Salty Quilter - Cross Stitch Ornaments

Cross Stitch Ornaments

General Info

Start Date  Jul 30, 2011
Finish Date  Nov 9, 2011
Status  Finished
Size  3″
Pattern  Kits
What it’s for  Sent to various family members for Christmas 2011.
Batting  N/A

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

First pic: Found $2 Jaylynn Christmas cross stitches at Spotlight. I wanted something that I could carry to do in the car while we moved. Never actually did them in the car, but they were nice portable projects.

Second pic: Stitching Garden cross stitch kit.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Cross Stitch Ornaments

The Salty Quilter - Cross Stitch Ornaments

The Salty Quilter - Snowman Door Hanger - Finished

Snowman Door Hanger

General Info

Start Date  Aug 21, 2010
Finish Date  Jan 3, 2011
Status  Finished
Size  36″ x 12″
Pattern  Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Pam Bono
What it’s for  Made two: one for me and one for Grandma MJ.
Batting  Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting.

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Modified table runner pattern. Added an extra snowflake block and made two. Used skinny heart shaped buttons for nose.  Added star burst beads to hanging loops.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Ditch quilted snowman body, then free motion quilted loops inside body using 50wt gutterman thread.  Probably should have done outside channel quilting first, and more densely, to help prevent distortion.  This project would have greatly benefited from trimming, but I didn’t think to do it, and blocking, which I didn’t know about then.  Attempted to use silver metallic thread in snowflake, but kept shredding.  Need to use larger topstitch needle next time.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Snowman Door Hanger - Finished

The Salty Quilter - Snowman Door Hanger - Snowflake close-up

The Salty Quilter - Snowman Door Hanger - snowman close-up

The Salty Quilter - Snowman Ornament

Icicle Snowman Ornament

General Info

Start Date  Dec 24, 2010
Finish Date  Dec 24, 2010
Status  Finished
Size   7″
Pattern  Happy Hollows
What it’s for  Christmas tree
Batting  Iron on pellon.

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Was bored on Christmas Eve so went to Sewco and picked up this Espresso kit. It was pretty expensive.  Pattern was easy.  Would be good option for annual Christmas ornaments one year.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Snowman Ornament