Wednesday, June 22, 2022


 Tulips for Oma Quilt..........took almost a year to complete.  I prepared the squares ahead and took them with me on my trips to Acme and Brooklyn to hand sew.  This turned out to be so large.  I struggled with the longarm quilting.  Some of the pieces were three pieces thick which caused the needle to break multiple times.  Also, I don't think I was tightening the needle enough.  I'm guessing actually.  I finally just stopped trying to quilt the thicker pieces.  I'm very happy with how the quilt turned out.  It was so fun doing English paper piecing for the sun petals.........and lots of applique!!!

 This quilt is called Spangled.  Maybe it was supposed to be red, white and blue.  Looks good with my white kitchen table and chairs.  You c...