Jean57 | Quiltsby.me

Saw this recently and thought it would be pretty in my leftover burgundy's and a dusty blue I had. At first was thinking of just randomizing the colors. That did not work for my eye; just felt to jumbled. Wanted to try the curl hook with feathers quilting design and then some paisley thrown in in the cream backgrounds. The stars were a bit harder. Nothing I drew worked so I ended up just shadowing the shape along the two inside edges.

By Jean57

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Quilting Gloves

One of the people I follow on YouTube said to buy the gardening gloves at the Dollar Store to use for quilting. Well, they were too short for my fingers so I starting cutting off the tips of the fingers; which of course they started fraying. So, I just used a blanket stitch to contain the ends. Wow! This made a big difference for me. Because of the neuropathy in my fingers I really couldn't feel the needle through the gloves and was constantly taking them on and off to tie off threads. When my good quilting gloves starting getting holes in the tips I felt it was okay to cut them off. I cut them a bit long and turned them under to hem the ends. LOVE THEM! Not having to take my gloves off all the time is a little thing, but wow!

By Jean57

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Cover Your Can

I like using up and recycling things to be useful! These are a great way of keeping things you need organized and at hand. The large cans are 3# coffee cans and the small one is an Condensed Milk can. Pattern is available; see my profile for contact information.

By Jean57

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