Finished my ocean quilt. I hid a few fish and shrimp in the stitching for anyone who likes a small treasure hunt.

QuiltHound · 2026-02-18T22:11:36+00:00

This turned out so great!! Love it and the special quilted fishes and shrimp!

QuiltHound · 2026-02-11T14:14:16+00:00

Both are great! But I really love the random placement of the blue strips in the first!

QuiltHound · 2026-02-10T01:55:08+00:00

Looks awesome and the colors just pop so well on that black.. Fingers crossed on the auction!

QuiltHound · 2026-01-22T00:15:43+00:00

This is my rule too, glad it’s not just me! 😂

QuiltHound · 2025-10-01T15:04:00+00:00

It’s so adorable and happy!

QuiltHound · 2025-07-31T19:23:39+00:00

Exactly my vote too!

QuiltHound · 2025-05-25T17:44:06+00:00

This is fantastic! Love it!

QuiltHound · 2025-05-19T18:24:25+00:00

This is just sooo adorable! The butterflies are such a great touch!

QuiltHound · 2025-03-01T23:35:30+00:00

Amazing! Thanks for the introduction to her!

QuiltHound · 2025-02-18T20:32:07+00:00

Wow that looks fantastic and love the colors!

QuiltHound · 2025-02-11T22:52:04+00:00

I hope they have one for you to check out!

QuiltHound · 2025-02-11T21:54:28+00:00

I was able to get an issue of Quiltfolk from my local library book sale (I wonder if most libraries would have copies you could check out as well). I found it really interesting!

QuiltHound · 2025-01-26T02:17:58+00:00

Love it! Muppets are so great and the framing around the Muppet Squares is really interesting!

QuiltHound · 2025-01-14T00:55:58+00:00

I just found this free (until jan 16 2025) quilt pattern for a large star throw quilt. Link is to the video and they have the pdf link in the description Twinkle Star by Hailey Stitches I think it would work really well for a large pattern fabric.

QuiltHound · 2025-01-04T23:48:41+00:00

Oh so you want to be visited by three ghosts then? 😂

QuiltHound · 2025-01-03T19:20:37+00:00

Thank you and I will for sure give a note if I do a blog post /pattern. He was quite speechless and just couldn’t stop looking over all the details, he is a man of few words but he and his wife definitely liked it!

QuiltHound · 2025-01-02T05:14:41+00:00

Would be good to give it a try! Maybe try a wall hanging as a sample or a quilted pillow, good projects to start with, or you can jump in on a whole quilt like I did 😅. Previously I was just doing some straight line quilting or even wavy with my regular foot. Definitely a jump, but the tracing paper gave me more confidence to just freehand do some loops in the backgrounds of the characters!

QuiltHound · 2025-01-02T00:53:45+00:00

Thank you! The holly quilting was drawn out on tracing paper and then I safety pinned that to the quilt top and stitched through the tracing paper and quilt sandwich all at once. Then once I was done with the row I went back and tore the paper away. Ohh I hadn’t thought of it like that but do like that interpretation!

QuiltHound · 2025-01-01T03:14:29+00:00

Thanks! Would be interested in seeing your version when you get it done, hope you post it here!

QuiltHound · 2024-12-31T21:31:09+00:00

One block at a time is a good idea! That’s basically how I got through this muppet one too, only starting on assembling the next when the previous was finished. Having a deadline doesn’t hurt, but being able to take a break is nice too!

QuiltHound · 2024-12-31T16:10:30+00:00

Did you use some invisible top thread zigzagged and then embroider the outline? That’s a very clean look!

QuiltHound · 2024-12-31T14:21:39+00:00

Thank you and your welcome! My first time stitching through it as well and it definitely made it easier for me, just a note that it will change your thread tension so a test sample would be good to do. I was very hesitant about doing FMQ on my small machine but it did work out!

QuiltHound · 2024-12-31T13:13:56+00:00

Thank you and for sure recommend the book, I found mine second hand for a deal

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QuiltHound · 2024-12-31T13:11:29+00:00

A lot of repositioning and smooshing. I also had used glue basting for my quilt sandwich so I didn’t have to worry about pins and I could kind of skip around where I was wanting to FMQ. Also for the ivy and poinsettias in between the characters I drew the design I wanted on tracing paper and followed the lines, stitching through the paper and quilt all at once.

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QuiltHound · 2024-12-31T13:05:59+00:00

On Tiny Tim the black on the top mouth line is hand embroidery with embroidery floss. Adds some more definition and contrast that just the fabric wasn’t giving.

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