effika

@effika

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My hobbies are all excuses to collect pretty colors. I enjoy knitting, sewing, running, trombone-ing, gardening, & sci-fi short stories. Coding when necessitated and occasionally for fun. Microbiology for fun & (non-)profit.

effika @effika9/22/2024, 3:57 PM

Lap Quilt: Top Completed!

The top is pieced together, and now it's time to make the quilt sandwich (backing layer, batting, top layer), baste it together, sew the quilting on it, then measure & make binding, and sew the binding on.

I still haven't decided what I'll do for the quilting-- if I feel confident about my stitch-in-the-ditch skills I'll follow the seam lines through the stars and then do some echo lines around them. If I don't, I'll probably do an all-over cross-hatch design with some echoed lines for interest.

I'm glad I got to share most of this quilt with you, cohost! You will find the completed project (and progress photos) at my Mastodon or PatternReview (check the sidebar)-- eventually. There's still plenty of work to do!

Solids are Kona Cotton, batik is Anthology Lava Batiks in Moonstone. Red patterned fabric is from a pair of Victoria's Secret pajamas. Stars are from Carol Doak's 60 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars and the accompanying Bonus Block of the Month Facebook group.

I guess I'll never get to delete the typo tag for the book that I made when I first did these stars. I'll tag it here for infamy.

#lap quilt #60 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars by Carol Doak #60 fabulous paper pieced stars by Carol Doaks #quilting #fpp #FPP Quilting #foundation paper piecing

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Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer9/22/2024, 5:06 PM

This is really gorgeous! I'm glad I got to see it take shape. Paper piecing is currently beyond me, but it's very cool to see it in action.

effika @effika9/22/2024, 9:12 PM

Thank you! And do keep paper piecing keep it in mind for a future project someday: I find paper piecing easier than regular quilting because it tells me what to do next, right on the quilt block as I sew it! I don't have to go back to instructions or even worry about what color goes where, especially if I use my markers to mark up the paper.

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer9/22/2024, 9:22 PM

I'm a huge fan of markers in knitting patterns so this is a logical next step

samson @squidcrusher9/22/2024, 5:54 PM

This turned out amazing! I really like your color choices :3

effika @effika9/22/2024, 9:09 PM

Thank you!

elise @pinewarbler9/24/2024, 2:02 PM

This is so impressive! I’ve been thinking about trying to learn quilting, and this makes me want to try it even more!

effika @effika9/24/2024, 2:32 PM

Thank you! And definitely give it a try! Quilting really isn't much different than garment or bag sewing-- it just gets a lot bigger at the end! I find I'm a lot happier leaving mistakes in too. A charm-square based lap quilt is a great way to test the waters... Though I jumped right in with those gemstone blocks since I knew I wouldn't work on anything I wasn't obsessed with. I haven't actually made a a traditional quilt yet!