chocake2's Gallery : Machine Quilting

It's Sukochi's fault!! She made me do it...

chocake2 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:54:22 GMT

Sukochi posted some really awesome quilted postcards a bit ago. They are just too sweet. Today I had to try my hand at making one. . It's a bit crude, but hey, what do you expect from a project that only took an hour!?

Sprout's Star

chocake2 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:12:42 GMT

My children chose the fabrics and designed the quilt for thier new sibling. All I had to do was sew it all together! We had some trouble with the background, since the original plan was to use plain white, but that looked flat. The random pocka-dot print worked much better. I love the stripe-y binding that DD insisted I use! The backin is flannel, so it'll be extra cozy for the baby. I learned long ago to make baby quilts extra big so they can use them as they get older. By the time they start pre-school and want a snuggle blanket, it's all broken in and familure!

Ammonite wallie

chocake2 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:51:19 GMT

This idea popped into my wee little head and before I had time to really think about it, I started sewing, fallowing it's lead. There were days when it would progress very nicely and then all of a sudden my inspiration was gone. A week or so later, it'd "talk" to me again and I'd go back to stitching, never really knowing where the project was going. The fan coral presented the biggest challenge. It is 3 layers of net (Green, purple and red) layered with angelina fibers and fused. I put blue 'fingers' of tulle behind it, but the effect is so subtle you can hardly see them. *Shug* Live and learn...

Dressed for Dinner

chocake2 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:14:48 GMT

My kids and I decided that it would be fun to design and make a Thanksgiving wallhanging together this year (on top of the two that the boys did). I downloaded some cute coloring pages and drew a few turkeys for them to choose from. It was a unanimous agreement that we should use this one based on one of my sketches. DD took the doodle and added the table setting to it. I never would have thought of ptting that poor bird on a platter, but I'm sure glad she did! Then came the slow process of choosing fabrics. DD wanted jewel tones, Jr wanted brighty brights and DS1 wanted camo print... In the end, the only pallet that they would all accept (grudgingly) was this one. Everyone helped with the cutting and fusing, but Mom got stuck with the actual sewing/quilting. It's not perfect...but it's a treasure!

Lurin' 'em in

chocake2 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:59:02 GMT

This is just a funky odd block I made. I added borders and used it for FMQ practice . Va-la! Instant Wallie!

Baby's Daisies

chocake2 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:31:55 GMT

This is my latest project. I learned on the 3rd that I'm gonna be an almost aunty in just a few weeks (Communication is optional in this family...). I dug through my stash and found some sweet daisy-print flannel, along with a nice pink mottle print and a soft yellow to match. My 10 degree wedge ruler sure came in handy for making the medalians! The quilt is all flannel,(both front and back) so it's ultra snuggly, altho perhaps a bit heavy. I spray basted the pieces in place and quilted it at the same time I appliqued them down in order to save time. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd add a 2" border of the daisy print, but this will have to due, since I didn't have much time to plan it.

Fire breathing Dragon...er, Fish??

chocake2 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:35:45 GMT

DS1 made this last year using the glue resist technique. his goal was to make a dragon, but Mom, like an idjit, suggested it would look better with scales. All of a sudden it looked more aquatic.LOL He did all of his own quilting on it. Not bad for a 6 year old! He about burst his buttons to be the youngest person to have a quilt on display at the last quilt show. LOL

LoneStar Shining

chocake2 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:13:28 GMT

I made this for DD a few years back. She'd found the metalic print at a quilt show and had to have it. It took me a while to put it to use, and while it was a wonderful springboard for color options in this quilt, I hated to use it for the background. I backed it with bright pink flannel. DD loves it and takes it along to her sleep overs, road trips and outdoor games.

Rosebuds

chocake2 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:56:01 GMT

I really honestly believed that Jr was going to be a girl. I made "her" this quilt before "she" was born. It's quilted with rose buds and the back is roase bud flannel... He doesn't mind.

Home on the Range

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:00:27 GMT

Fantasy in a fansaty

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:55:27 GMT

I Used me DD for the model for this. Originally the fairy was nude, but her father had a fit so I had to fashion her a dress. The moon started out the same color as her skin, but the night sky bled something terrible when I painted the moon-glow on it. I liked the effect, so I left it.

fall wallhanging

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:46:31 GMT

This is a companian piece to the sunflowers.

Fabri-gami Clock

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:43:56 GMT

Justa fun little folded fabric block that I turned into a clock for our livingroom. It makes a quick afternoon project.

Glue-resist art quilt

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:05:01 GMT

Ok, Here it is, in all of it's finished glory! This is the quilt I've been working on in the class I'm teaching at the art studio. The Glue-resist technique results in a rather batik-y look. You might need to copy it and zoom to see the details (I'm so much better with thread then a camera!). I painted over it with some irridesent shimmers. The inner (red) border is scalloped and embellished with seed beads (love the texture that added). It's stitched with metalics and has blingy-thingies glued on here and there to help balance the sparkle factor.

Rainbow Prairie

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:01:01 GMT

A fun experiment with two color Prairie Points.