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Tied to My Sewing Machine!

October 23, 2015

Double Wedding Ring Quilting, LKennedyGood Morning, Quilters!

This week I’m focused…(A noteworthy event!)

I am working on my daughter’s wedding quilt…(She’s been married for over a year!)

My vow…no more Tuesday Tutorials, pin cushions, or vase quilts until this is quilt, bound and mailed!

WeddingRing.FMQ.LKennedy002

I doodled several options HERE and decided on this version.

I am soooo happy to have extra harp space under my BERNINA 770 and I LOVE the huge bobbin! WeddingRing.FMQ.LKennedy003So if no one asks me to make dinner, dust or go to the movies, I may have a Tuesday Tutorial!???

What are YOU focused on this weekend?

We’d LOVE to hear!

Lori

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

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41 responses to “Tied to My Sewing Machine!”

  1. Carol says:
    October 23, 2015 at 6:45 am

    Love the quilt Lori! I also made a scrappy wedding ring quilt for my oldest daughter years ago only I hand quilted mine. What was I thinking! LOL Yours will go much quicker than you think. Have fun with it.

  2. Gail says:
    October 23, 2015 at 6:45 am

    I’m focused on unpacking boxes. We moved a month ago and I still have boxes sitting around. It’s driving me crazy. I have finished two quilt samples for the store I teach at. Now to get busy on all the boxes sitting around.

  3. Pamela North says:
    October 23, 2015 at 6:46 am

    I’m focused on pinning out a UFO and preparing some more hexagons from The New Hexagon book by Katja Marek.

  4. Charm says:
    October 23, 2015 at 6:50 am

    Well, if your family is like mine, they sure won’t starve. When I get in that mode, my husband knows that he is fending for himself and me too. So understanding and that helps out a lot. And doesn’t it feel good to get that project finshed. Then you can move on to the next one! Good luck and of course, it’s beautiful! One day I would like to make a wedding ring quilt.

  5. Anne Tinkel says:
    October 23, 2015 at 6:59 am

    I am working on a nap quilt for the pre-K my granddaughter previously attended. The 2 quilts I made for them a year ago are very popular with the little ones, and they always welcome everything else I send their way: empty spools, scraps of fabric, stickers, etc. I always feel good when I leave there!

  6. Geraldine Van de Kleut says:
    October 23, 2015 at 7:07 am

    My son and his wife will be married nine years this summer, and they just got their quilt this weekend. Your daughter will be way ahead! Have fun!

    1. Jacqui VMS says:
      October 23, 2015 at 7:46 am

      Love that! Makes me feel like I’m not the only one LOL

  7. Lynn Ehrmantraut says:
    October 23, 2015 at 7:07 am

    Lori – I’ve got a quilt very similar in my “backlog” for my daughters March wedding – would LOVE to see how you wrap this one up!

  8. Deb says:
    October 23, 2015 at 7:15 am

    I’m gearing up for a quilting/hunting retreat with my sister in South Dakota. We quilt while our husbands hunt. I will be working in a table runner using one of your turtorials, by the way, plus I’m hand quilting a queen size quilt and need to figure out machine quilting for a bullseye quilt! So much to do!

    1. Ness says:
      October 23, 2015 at 9:47 pm

      Deb! I’m just across the border in WY. I’ve been trying to tell my family that the hunt/quilt thing would work! Thrilled to hear that’s what you are doing!!

  9. sillyandrea says:
    October 23, 2015 at 7:39 am

    I have a client quilt to mail off, a visit to my LQS for some website technical help, and a queen size tshirt quilt top to start sewing together, for another client.

    That one is laid out on the living room floor and we keep having to step around it. 😀 I arranged the blocks yesterday on work breaks. Today’s my day off, gonna be a full one!

    1. WordPress.com Support says:
      October 23, 2015 at 11:28 am

      You’ll be exhausted when you go back to work!

      1. sillyandrea says:
        October 25, 2015 at 6:38 am

        AND I started sewing two more bags! Good thing I had Friday & Saturday both.

        Still tiring tho. 🙂 Thank goodness the husband vacuums.

  10. Jacqui VMS says:
    October 23, 2015 at 7:45 am

    I’m tied to my sewing machine too! I am clearing the table to pin a quilt for my daughter in law’s grandmother who started chemo last week :-(. Had a top in the drawer that needed borders, so finished that and quilting it today hopefully. Want to have it bound and finished by next week too…itching to get at some doodling and quilting practise, but focus, focus, focus!! Too bad you aren’t closer…you could come over and we could make each other work LOL..no distractions….focus, focus, focus!!

  11. quiltbabe says:
    October 23, 2015 at 7:57 am

    Such a pretty design for the center of those rings, and gorgeous colors on the quilt. I didn’t realize how much of a difference that extra large bobbin made until I had a machine that used it – wow, such a convenience when MQing a larger project.

    I leave for a work conference early Sunday morning, so Sat. will be spent cleaning and packing, alas.

  12. Rosemaryflower says:
    October 23, 2015 at 8:03 am

    Well, this is beautiful I adore the fabrics.
    I think there should be a sewing prison room in my house and I should be on house arrest. Gosh wouldn’t that be so tragic for a quilter? lololol
    I just heard on France 24 that Pistorius is on house arrest now (I am sure cheaper for the prison) Anyway, Too bad he does not quilt.
    I have so much to do, and my life consists of running hither and thither – which includes leaving the iron plugged in (it turns off itself) and perhaps a sewing machine light still on, Luckily I have enough brain cells left to remind myself where to begin again upon return.
    Thank you Dear God for Stouffers and Wegmans.
    Lori you are always such an inspiration

  13. Gertrude says:
    October 23, 2015 at 8:09 am

    I love the quilt pattern you came up with and I love how you showed us your many doodles. Thanks for sharing with us. Seeing a real project in progress helps tie all the lose ends together. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished project.

  14. Michele Leonard says:
    October 23, 2015 at 8:45 am

    My son visited us from California and announced his engagement last November. As soon as he and his fiancé left, I started a quilt to give them for their wedding! She is Irish so I made a triple Irish Chain in all the jewel tones. iN the center where all the chains intersected I replaced with a Celtic Knot in coordinated color. I used several of your free motion flower patterns in the open areas as well as stipples and swirls! The quilt is gorgeous,but most importantly they love it. I gave it to them when they got back from their honeymoon…..

  15. dawk2012 says:
    October 23, 2015 at 8:46 am

    I’m in the same groove with a wedding quilt, due last June! I will finish the quilting this weekend with paisley feathers, God willing.

  16. Shirley M says:
    October 23, 2015 at 8:47 am

    House work for me today. I have been to quilt shows, classes and sewing up a storm but I need some house work time. I am so very lucky that I have such a wonderful husband. He is always telling me to enjoy, have fun and be happy. He let’s me sew and shop as much as I want. I’m so, so lucky…. I will be back at my machine tomorrow.. I will bet working on a Christmas table runner I want to finish.

  17. Rebecca Grace says:
    October 23, 2015 at 8:57 am

    Oh, Lori, forget the Tuesday tutorial — we want to see more of this gorgeous quilt for your daughter! 🙂

  18. Sharon - IN says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:01 am

    What a wonderful wedding quilt! I’m shopping and cooking this weekend. Family coming over. 🙂 Might not be getting to any sewing.

  19. Barbara says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:07 am

    Go to it! If I lived nearby, I’d drop off dinner. We’ll miss you, but that Wedding Ring Quilt has to get done!

  20. Karen Holt says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:17 am

    I’m focused on helping my daughter with our first grandchild! She’s adorable. I do have a question on your quilt. Do you stitch in the ditch at all on a quilt like that before quilting your motif? It’s a beautiful wedding quilt!

    1. WordPress.com Support says:
      October 23, 2015 at 11:21 am

      I did this time. I will write more next week

  21. Janet says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:26 am

    I also have a double wedding ring for my son’s wedding which was almost a year ago…trying to get good enough to put it under the machine to quilt it and come up with a beautiful design…what to put in the melons etc. Up til now I have hand quilted everything. This weekend I am attending a local longarm and sit down classes with Sue Patten from Handi Quilter. We are a small town but our local shop is hosting this event Thursday through Saturday…six classes to choose from…so lucky and it is a blast. Hope to learn a lot and start practicing and getting smooth lines.

  22. Sue b says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:36 am

    My quilting room is so messy I can’t stand it any more and so I think its time to dig out, its so much more fun to sew in a cleaned up space and then I don’t feel guilty that I should be cleaning up the space when I’m quilting. Hope to be quilting by Sunday if all goes as planned.

  23. Melody Lutz says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:48 am

    Wedding ring pattern was the reason i started quilting…not knowing it was more challenging than a beginner could do. It did get into my list a few years later and so glad i waited! I adore the colors of this quilt.

  24. QuiltShopGal says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:50 am

    I fully understand your need to focus. I’ll be here when you are finished with this beautiful quilt and look forward to seeing it before you hand it off too! Gorgeous quilt and FMQ. I’m sure the newlyweds will love it always.

    QuiltShopGal
    http://www.quiltshopgal.com

  25. Kristin says:
    October 23, 2015 at 10:36 am

    I love the design you chose! Soon I will begin a wedding ring wall quilt to go with a queen size basket quilt that I am currently piecing. But first I will start the HST quilt in solids (gradated greens and blues) and white, for my son’s girlfriend. I would love to see how you quilt the HST border on your daughter’s wedding quilt. I will think about and doodle some ideas……

  26. Linda in Calif. says:
    October 23, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    This is a beautiful quilt – and seeing how they are still in the “honeymoon stage” you are okay. I love getting in the zone and completing a quilt – so enjoy it, and don’t worry about us/Tuesday Tutorials. We’ll be here when you are ready. Oh and this weekend, no sewing for me. I’ll be out of town visiting my sister. The following weekend I’ll be tied to my sewing machine. 🙂

  27. Susan Jones says:
    October 23, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    I love the design you chose! It has inspired me to practice doodling it today along with a few variations. Shhh….I’m at work sneaking in my doodling between assignments. I just seem more inspired today! Thanks a million! Can’t wait to see your finished quilt!

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      October 25, 2015 at 7:18 am

      There’s actually evidence that doodling during meetings increases your attention–I’m not kidding!

  28. auntiepatch69 says:
    October 23, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    The elderly lady next door passed away and left me her sewing machine. When I picked it up, I also took 6 of her house dresses. I have taken them apart, cut them into 2 1/2″ strips, and this weekend I will sew them together into a quilt top for her daughter who lives in Hawaii. So, that’s what I’m doing this weekend……

    1. WordPress.com Support says:
      October 23, 2015 at 6:27 pm

      How lovely!

  29. Charmaine wade says:
    October 23, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    Your quilt is beautiful. I hope your daughter
    appreciates all the love that went into it.

  30. Lorraine Doyno Evans says:
    October 23, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    Love your quilt. I am working on a chevron quilt for my mom with white background and the same bluey color assortment that you have for your daughters wedding quilt. This weekend I am going to start to FMQ it. I am a little nervous to say the least!

  31. LaNan Eldridge says:
    October 24, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    Making the last 2 Halloween costumes for our grandchildren. Finished and mailed 4 a week ago! Then I hope to start appliquing a Christmas quilt!

  32. Shelly says:
    October 24, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    I’m focused on quilting a quilt for a friend that I have been avoiding because I want to do something fun on it but lack the confidence. I’m gonna get it done.

  33. Karen Wookey says:
    October 25, 2015 at 7:21 am

    Your quilt looks beautiful! Your daughter will be so elated! You have given me inspiration to finish my daughter’s wedding quilt as well. (Tomorrow will mark their 3rd anniversary!)

  34. Karen Wookey says:
    October 25, 2015 at 7:28 am

    Forgot to say, rain, rain, rain!!! Great time to sew in Texas this weekend! Will venture out to church this morning, but otherwise staying in house to sew. (And…will be pulling out “THE wedding quilt” as well.)

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