Thimbleberries – LODGE – Wall Hanging and Pillow
Posted By drsao on March 14, 2008
I was a substitute teacher for 2nd graders Thursday and Friday of this week – and in my spare time I relaxed with another Thimbleberry project.
Every quarter, in the Thimbleberries Club, there are free directions for an extra project and this quarter the project was a 60″ x 60″ lap quilt.
Since my large Thimbleberries project is a quilt being made with the Thimbleberries LAKESIDE line of fabric, I decided that the lap quilt would make a great wall hanging for our family room – and it was made out of the LODGE line of Thimbleberries fabric.
Here it is, all put together and ready for quilting – I think this will be a project for Valerie – my longarm quilter at A NEEDLE RUNS THROUGH IT in Goochland, VA. To be truthful, I actually did THINK about quilting it myself, but I am not SURE that I am brave enough! I took the machine quilting class in February – and so I SHOULD know how to do it….but the question becomes ON WHAT DO I PRACTICE? So far I have liked everything that I have made and I don’t want to commit it to the practice run…..I would be sad to ruin it! 🙂
So, I said, “SELF, maybe you could practice machine quilting a top for a matching sofa pillow.” AND SO I DID THAT! I felt encouraged – but I STILL don’t think I am brave enough to try to quilt the lap quilt…..maybe I will practice on a quilt made with some of my online exchange block swaps! 🙂
Here is the top – quilted by sao herself! I used a ton of quilter’s safety pins and fusible batting.
TA DA…..here is the finished pillow – it measures 18 1/2″ square….and it looks kind of cute on the little sofa loveseat!
I am happy – it is my FIRST quilted pillow!
Cute pillow! Great job! Keep practicing!