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      <title>"City Blooms" Patchwork Pillows</title>
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      <description>Here's the last of the three projects I made for my Bernina University class this summer. The instructions are from Pat Sloan's I Can't Believe I'm Sewing - I made the blocks exactly like she did, except that when they were done I added batting...</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Leichte</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p><img style="float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 2px solid;" src="http://www.berninausablog.com/files/patchwork pillow 2 copy.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="288" />Here's the last of the three projects I made for my <a href="http://www.berninausa.com/home.jsp">Bernina </a>University class this summer. The instructions are from Pat Sloan's <em>I Can't Believe I'm Sewing</em> - I made the blocks exactly like she did, except that when they were done I added batting and quilted them.</p>
<p>I used <a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n25-r15-i68-sUS.html">Patchwork Foot with Guide #57</a> for the piecing - the little guide on the side of the foot ensures that all of my seams will be exactly 1/4". The fabrics I used were three different colorways of the <a href="http://benartex.com/">Benartex</a> <a href="http://db.benartex.com/storelocator/FMPro?-DB=invimage.fp3&-lay=internet&-max=15&delay=no&-op=eq&directory=cityblms&-Format=collection.htm&-sortfield=primarysort&-sortorder=ascend&-sortfield=recordid&-sortorder=ascend&-find">"City Blooms"</a> collection.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 2px solid;" src="http://www.berninausablog.com/files/random line quilting copy.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="225" />For the quilting I did three different styles. On the first one I used the regular presser foot (<a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n25-r13-i136-sUS.html">Reverse Pattern Foot #1</a>) and stitched meandering lines from side to side - I think this is one of the easiest ways to quilt, as you don't have to follow any lines or worry about running out of room to stitch. I wasn't using a backing, so didn't have to worry about layers shifting. If I'd had a backing in addition to the batting and patchwork I'd have used <a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n25-r15-i62-sUS.html">Walking Foot #50</a> or <a href="http://www.bernina8series.com/videolist-n15-sE.html">BERNINA Dual Feed</a> to keep the layers from sliding as I stitched.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 2px solid;" src="http://www.berninausablog.com/files/stitch in the ditch quilting copy.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="248" />For the second pillow I used <a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n25-r13-i140-sUS.html">Edgestitch Foot #10 </a>to stitch-in-the-ditch. The guide in the center of the foot made it easy to follow the straight lines of the patchwork.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 2px solid;" src="http://www.berninausablog.com/files/freemotion quilting copy.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="239" />For the final pillow I dropped the feed dog and attached <a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n25-r15-i70-sUS.html">Freehand Quilting Foot #29</a>. Then I did big stippling over the entire surface. By "big stippling" I mean that my lines were about an inch apart - usually stippling lines are much closer, about 1/4" apart. I could also have used my <a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n26-i166-sUS.html">BERNINA Stitch Regulator</a> for my freemotion stitching - it helps me keep my stitch length consistent, speeding up or slowing down according to how fast I move the fabric.</p><br/><div style="clear:both"></div><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/bernina">bernina</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/bernina"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/bernina.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/pat sloan">pat sloan</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pat sloan"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/pat sloan.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/i can\'t believe i\'m sewing">i can\'t believe i\'m sewing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/i can\'t believe i\'m sewing"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/i can\'t believe i\'m sewing.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/reverse pattern foot">reverse pattern foot</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/reverse pattern foot"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/reverse pattern foot.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/edgestitch foot">edgestitch foot</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/edgestitch foot"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/edgestitch foot.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/freehand quilting foot">freehand quilting foot</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/freehand quilting foot"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/freehand quilting foot.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/foot 1">foot 1</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/foot 1"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/foot 1.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/foot 10">foot 10</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/foot 10"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/foot 10.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/foot 29">foot 29</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/foot 29"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/foot 29.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a>  <a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/bernina stitch regulator">bernina stitch regulator</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/bernina stitch regulator"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/technorati.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.berninausablog.com/tag/bernina stitch regulator.rss"><img src="http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/tiny-rss.gif" border="0"/></a> ]]></content:encoded>
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