Sewing~a small baby doll sized panel!~godson's quilt work continues

I am in the process of making a

1 panel sized quilt.

It's my practice panel for doing the quilting on the 

full sized quilt I am making of this and other 'Thomas panels'

for my godson's quilt. 

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I was hoping to do some 'swirls' as a design but

I am having issues with the needle and the machine when I try to do so.

My friend is coming over this week and we will try to figure this out,

as she and I have the same machine. 

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So meanwhile I used my walking foot to make strait lines

and like how this looks.

For this quilt, I am going to do something like this,

I think it fits in well with the panels and 

gives it a good sense of movement.

And good for a first large quilt.

I am going to try to match up the lines in each panel 

as I think that will look neat and pleasing to the eye.

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This 1 panel quilt is practice and is not fully lined up.

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I hope to learn to bind it soon and have a finished object!

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I am so glad I get to do this!

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What are you creating and doing this week?

My godson's quilt top ~ FINISHED!

My Godson's quilt is made with 

Thomas the Tank Engine fabric 

that can be made into a fabric book.

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You can see that Cleo is quite interested

in this project :)

The panels I cut out, 

keeping the blocks intact. 

It did not take much time to cut out

as they are about 18" long!

Then I sewed them together....

(had one oops where I sewed a panel in upside down!

Took it out and fixed it!)

I pinned a lot to be sure all was

matching up well.

My quilting friend came over

and was there when I finished the top!

She took the above picture. :)

The red is the fabric book 'cover' and is a bit

larger than the other panels,

but this will all get worked out in quilt class!

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Now I need to learn to baste the quilt 

so that it is ready for machine quilting! 

Yarn Along ~ New Many Coloured Blanket

I am making a new multicoloured

'crazy quilt' yarn blanket!

The first one I made is still very much loved!

I am going to give this one, if all goes well,

to the three brothers in Ottawa,

of whom my godson is the youngest.

Ravelry here.

I am also working on the beginnings of a simple

quilt for my godson.

I will be seeing his Mother in August D.V. and

hope to bring this with me

so it is ready for Christmas...

(the savings on shipping will be substantial!) 

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I hope to be at quilt class again today 

and get some ideas on how to do this quilt top!

My godson loves Thomas the Tank Engine

and I am excited to use this fabric! 

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As for reading, 

I am on a real Little House on the Prairie kick

right now (first time reading them!)

and just finished Farmer Boy.

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The themes of patience, obedience, not speaking quickly,

and hard work... not to mention what an intact

family looks like, and learning lots about how

farming used to be done,

it was such a delightful read!

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What are you reading and creating? 

Yarn Along with us!