September 25, 2014 · 8:55 am

Purple for Northwestern!

This quilt is a for a friend of mine that doesn’t quilt but delights in following God’s leading of how she shows love & mercy to others.  I said I wanted to make her a quilt and her only idea was that it be purple, black, and white.  I was pretty sure that would be all she’d say which made me laugh when that was the reply I received back from her!  I knew just what to make!

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Just the blocks laid out on my floor for arranging.

It is a planned Disappearing Nine-Patch pattern in that I purposely arranged the 9-patch units so that my dark purples would be the trail going through the quilt diagonally and the white with black fabrics would be the rectangles.  (The purple for my friend and the more predominately white fabrics in smaller pieces since she has kids.  🙂  )

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All quilted, binding on, and washed for presentation.

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I think labels are super important!  Sometimes I put the label on before quilting and sometimes afterwards.  Your choice.  If you have it on the backing already, please be sure to alert me when you bring the quilt in for finishing.

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Personal delivery… the best!  🙂
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I wish I could see her more often.

 

 

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September 1, 2014 · 6:32 am

Civil War Reproduction Quilt

What a fun time when a dear friend brings her friend who needs a top quilted!  We enjoyed our visiting time and they also got a studio tour while here.  This beautiful quilt is for her bed and she did a wonderful job on the piecing.  She asked for a medium meander for the quilting all-over.

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I think she did this as a block of the month.  There is wide sashing and corner posts and a very wide border.  I assume the pieced top is just right for the top of the bed.  The bottom right block as the Underground Railroad story.

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My favorite block ~

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August 7, 2014 · 9:05 am

Spiced Chai

This pattern is from a new book, Vintage Quilt Revival.  This quilter used new linen-like cotton fabrics now available in quilt shops and they are so pretty!!  Great visual texture and they feel wonderful.  Look for them at your local quilt shop.

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This is all hand-guided free hand quilting customized to her wishes.  Of course, all hand-guided quilting has a touch of uniqueness to the quilter, much like hand-writing has a bit of each individual that shines out.

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I really loved watching this quilt come to life as I quilted it.  With the name, Spiced Chai, and the quilting on Monday morning, I was reminded of a warm mug of hot cocoa… and had one for a snack later!

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My great-niece saw some photos of this quilt and just couldn’t choose which color in this area she liked best!

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The blocks are 15″ and the quilt is 60″ square.  Lovely, simple, modern.  This pattern would be so unique to you depending on your fabrics.

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July 8, 2014 · 6:35 pm

Antique Drunkards Path

This beautiful antique quilt top was an auction find that my mother-in-law purchased.  (shh…  under $10)  I added good quality muslin (Fat Quarter Shop has 108″ that is really nice) for the backing and binding.

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She likes my Pantagraphs and has me choose them as we go.

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The center Drunkards Path blocks were pieced by hand and were all well done.  No repairs were needed.  I think they are feed sack fabrics.  It isn’t exactly all the same prints but they look near enough alike that the eye thinks they are the same.  Maybe this top has a story about digging through sacks to find more that coordinate! The border fabric was added later by machine and seems to be from a different decade.

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Part of the finishing includes a label.  Because it is for family, I give it a wash in my machine to clean up years of dirt & etc as well as (especially for this one!!) remove various and excess dye.  It has a lovely, cuddly grandmotherly feel and look to it now.  Now usable instead of sitting on a shelf in the closet.  Best use for a quilt!

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July 2, 2014 · 8:09 pm

Baby Quilts x 2

One blessed grandma had both a granddaughter and a grandson due this summer.  She was great in getting quilts made for each of them before they arrived.
This is a beautiful fabric line in reds and tans with sweet small floral prints.  It is really pretty!

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And the little man has a bright quilt with trucks and signs and all sorts of fun toys to see.

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Both quilts are backed with minkee and are lightly quilted at her request.   They are so cuddly!  And the baby pictures have been so very cute!

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June 27, 2014 · 8:16 pm

Sunroom Quilt

A new addition to her home prompted this quilter to make a new quilt to coordinate with her new room.  She used the pattern, Marcie’s Maze, and used purchased pieces, not a jelly roll as the pattern suggests.  Super cute fabrics and great piecing!

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Doesn’t this make you wish you had a new sunroom to decorate?

 

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June 25, 2014 · 8:22 pm

Lizzie’s Triangles

I repaired and finished a quilt top that my husband’s grandmother had made years ago.  He has such fond memories with her.   His cousin owns this quilt and she is glad to have the quilt finished now and out of the closet.
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I needed to do a lot of repairs.  Some was because of age and years of living in a plastic bag but other repairs were needed just because seams had come apart that weren’t sewn together well.  It is a small connection to have shared this project with someone who my husband loved and is part of our family heritage.

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I was only able to add a meander quilting design as I needed to go slowly and work from the front of my machine to help it over bulky seam corners and watch for holes in the piecing that I had missed as I repaired it.

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Both the owner and I are pleased with the finished quilt.  I added a label with the quilt’s story and our connecting names. I enjoyed hearing stories of times she spent with her grandmother and all that she learned alongside of her.

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Her husband made a quilt rack from wood from the family farm barn for her display.  Many special memories are all worked into this piece.

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June 14, 2014 · 12:52 pm

Excellent Quilt!

This quilt is a personal pattern by the maker and features the initial of her granddaughter’s first name.

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I love the script “E”!  Darling fabrics are girly but not baby style for this newly-turned 3 year old.  (sorry for the blurry photo)

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The backing of the quilt is minky fabric and lightly quilted so that it still is cuddly and drapes.  You should see Miss E modeling with the quilt!  🙂

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June 7, 2014 · 1:00 pm

Embroidered Baskets

This stunning quilt has hand-embroidered baskets stitched by the owner’s aunt.  A very special heirloom!

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The pieced blocks have a freehand quilting design and the embroidered blocks have outlining and a small meander.  The setting blocks and borders are a freehand quilting design to compliment the pieced block quilting design.

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April 26, 2014 · 8:05 pm

Memory Quilt

This quilt is quite the memory quilt.  I wish my photos could capture how dear this is!  As the maker’s nearly first start into quilting, that in itself is a memory to hold.  Based on ideas from the book, A Quilter’s Diary by Mimi Dietrich, this quilt holds a rich family history!

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In the quilt, there are special blocks for parents, for their marriage, for each of their children, family name, and lots of fun memories.  Do you see there is even an Ohio Star block?  🙂

I wish you could hear the stories behind the blocks.  It is so fascinating!  The near top row of mostly cream blocks fall across the pillows on a made bed.  Great planning!  The center block of that row is an old quilt block made by her great-grandmother.  Then she repeated that block pattern across the top and my quilting in those blocks mimics the original block.

Here are some close-up peeks at the blocks and borders.

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I did custom freehand quilting on all of the quilt.  Each block is quilted to go along with the block design and I kept a swirl theme throughout the quilt.

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