Second Hand, Second Chance Quilts
I make quilts myself from scratch; but I also look to buy quilts as well.
Especially ones that just need a little TLC to make them better.
What I am working on...
The Amish Quilt was bought as a finished quilt.
~ machine pieced and machine quilted ~
I saw room for some hand quilting to be added.
I hand quilted the first border. I am working on the pink an blue squares now.
From blanc spaces...
I used the blue pen to mark the designs...
and quilted.
Now, when I feel like a bit of hand quilting I will continue on.
Another work in progress is the blue star quilt;
also purchased and listed as "needs repair".
The center of the star had come unsewn. I simply added some stitches and repaired the quilt.
with my needle and thread
to this...all repaired.
Because this is a vintage well loved quilt I am adding more
hand quilting to help stabilize the quilt.
I hand quilted the dark blue center, and now I am moving on to the yellow.
I have the yellow marked with blue ink ready to stitch.
I am hand quilting every other row around the star...
dark blue, yellow, and next up the dark blue.
I have plenty of projects going to keep me busy.
And plenty of choices to work on
whatever catches my fancy for when the moment comes my way.
I work without giving myself deadlines;
just stitch and or quilt when I feel like it.
~ Happy Stitching Everyone ~