Sharon Schamber's Basting Technique

I finally finished one of my UFOs and I have Sharon Schamber  to thank.

Sharon posted two videos on YouTube that demonstrated how to baste a large quilt using two boards and a herringbone basting stitch.  

Her method is genious!  

Here's a couple of pictures of my finished Scrappy Bargello.  The Scrappy Bargello pattern I used came from Quiltville

I also used Bonnie's idea of piecing my backs from large squares of fabric.  A great way to use up some of my bargain basement, garage sale stash!

Locker Hooking

Some one mentioned locker hooking on Stashbusters so I thought I would post a picture of the one I am working one in case people want to see what it looks like.

It is really fast easy and makes a very thick mat.

You use 1 inch strips of cotton fabric, latch hook rug canvas and cotton crochet yarn. Uglies work great. You can make a pattern or scrappy. I prefer the scrappy.

I make big balls of fabric strips. I join the strips by cutting a slit in the end of each and pulling the one through the other.

When I get to the end of one ball I join the next by sewing the ends together.

I use old binding to finish the edges.

I bought my locker hook at Walmart, but I think I have seen them at Joanns too.

The idea is to draw multiple loops of fabric through the canvas and then secure them with the cotton yarn.

I found a tutorial here.

Sudoku Quilt for New Year's Day

I wasn't going to do the Sudoku Quilt on New Years Day because I still have to do steps 2, 3 and 4 for Bonnie's Carolina Crossroads Mystery Quilt but my daughter gave me some fat quarters for Christmas and I wanted to use them in a project instead of stashing them away so the Sudoku Quilt is a perfect project.

I used 7 of the FQs she gave me and picked 2 more from my stash.

Tomorrow I will check to see if I have something appropriate for sashing.