November 14, 2015 · 4:01 pm

Football Fan Quilt

Personal fan or not, when someone special in the family is a fan you endure and make them a quilt!  So the customer made this for a special upcoming birthday.

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And special-ordered the football pantograph for me to use for quilting!

Oh, this was the closest I’ve ever had to get by at the end.  I changed the way I had it loaded so I could get my quilting to the edge of the quilt.  Wowsers!  (Just 1 inch to spare before it is quilted to my frame!!)  The customer is my friend and had warned me that she made a change in the top plan and it might be close.  We had a good smile over this!!

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November 12, 2015 · 9:00 am

Scrappy D9P Finished!

This is a Disappearing Nine-Patch pattern in a very random and scrappy layout.  Out of the 441 squares needed to start the quilt, only a few are repeated and used more than once.  The way this pattern goes together, the fabrics repeat in some places but only 4 times for 49 fabrics.  Otherwise, nearly all the fabrics are different.

Pieced, quilted, binding on, and washed.

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Gold variegated King Tut thread by Superior Threads.  LEL done
With all the squares and rectangles on the piecing, I quilted circles with hooked feathers randomly as I went along the quilt.  Then I filled in the other areas with loops and spirals.

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One circle has a script L for the customer.  I don’t know if she’s found that yet!

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Ready to be shipped and loved!

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November 9, 2015 · 10:03 am

Circle Label

I feel like I just rocked my favorite quilt label ever!

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After choosing the Bible verse and doing the layout for the center for owner and my signature, I transferred the lettering to my fabric with a lightbox and Micron pigma .08 black pen.  Label is heat set when I’m finished with a hot iron.

This was my first circle label so I kept needing to turn the fabric as I lettered the verse around the circle.  I love it!

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Hand-stitched with edges turned under on the backing of the quilt before quilting.

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November 7, 2015 · 10:59 am

D9P in Progress

The very scrappy Disappearing Nine-Patch quilt continues….

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November 5, 2015 · 7:58 pm

The Start of Scrappy

A customer asked for a quilt “about queen size, to snuggle in” and her only color choice was “scrappy”.  I asked about styles and her favorite and not favorite color and she answered plainly, “scrappy”.  So I’m starting….

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441  –  5″ squares are needed.  Here are 3 blocks in each section string-pieced.  It was a very long chain and I thought would stretch across my living room.  But it was twice across diagonally!

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February 1, 2015 · 2:38 pm

Wholecloth Baby Quilt

Wholecloth, my hand-dyed fabric, my design, freehand quilting, … is there more to say?

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For a sweet great-nephew who has been waiting awhile for his quilt.

100% cotton top, 100% Hobbs cotton batting, 100% cotton flannel on the back.  So warm & cuddly as I hand-sewed the binding down in the evenings.

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And he likes it!  So precious.

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December 15, 2014 · 4:44 pm

Around the Block with a Splash

This quilt is a special order for her MIL for Christmas.

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Her suggestions were: greens, browns, nature-y, with a splash of red.  I used a purchased pattern that I altered for the splash of red and love this so much I have 2 more planned in other colors to sell.

 

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A special label with all the family names.

 

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Close-up of the quilting.  I just played with the machine and had leaves, feathers, and vine/swirls for the quilting.

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December 10, 2014 · 4:38 pm

Motorcycle Quilt

This customer found the pantograph online that was perfect for her quilt.

She stitched the brand-name embroidery sections from a licensed distributor.  Then she used a purchased pattern and her fabrics.  I think it is a fun quilt.

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It was a great Christmas gift for her to give!!

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And he likes it!  Win – Win!

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October 15, 2014 · 2:36 pm

Windmill Baby Quilt

I have some great-nephews that aren’t such babies anymore still waiting on baby quilts from G-Auntie J.  One is done and delivered!

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Accuquilt 12″ die pattern called Windmill.  Speed cutting and easy piecing.

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This border fabric begged for mitered corners!
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Then I played with the quilting.  A variegated yellow-ish thread was fun!

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The little man on his quilt!

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October 10, 2014 · 8:48 am

Royal Stars

This quilt is for her son’s graduation and he helped with pattern selection, fabrics, and the quilting ideas.  They make a great team!  While this was waiting for a turn to be quilted, I had it hanging in my studio with all the waiting quilts.  It was a joy to walk in my room and see the dramatic color and piecing of this hanging there.

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While this was waiting for a turn to be quilted, I had it hanging in my studio with all the waiting quilts.  It was a joy to walk in my room and see the dramatic color and piecing of this hanging there.

Together they decided on variegated thread and a stars design in the quilting.

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Even ready to be shipped out in a box, the quilt is lovely!

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