Embroidered dresses quilt

Twelve embroidered panels, each featuring a dress on a dressmakers stand.  Look back through the blog, and you will see that I finished the first block in March, 2012, so I would estimate that the project took a full three years.  The last eight blocks were finished in Ireland (!).  Take a look at the intersections -- invented little shoes for some additional interest. 

Presented to Nora, the owner, Christmas, 2015.

slowly things get done

This is block number one of a quilt I'm making for my daughter -- Block #3 of Vintage Valentine by Verna Mosquera. It was designed to be done in shades of pink and off-white/tan, but MY daughter wants plumy purples and sagey greens . . . I think I started this in January?
On to block #6 (doing the vertical striped background ones first).

Plaids and Stripes

The plaid squares were salvaged from a quilt top found in my grandmother's things.They were in a random setting. I picked out enough to make this little nine-patch, filling in with new reproduction fabrics. Since it is December 31st, I suspect this will be my last quilt finished in 2012.

(Interesting that the backgrounds are all beige and brown, but came through as blue in the photo!)

Machine Quilting

About halfway through quilting this twin sized quilt. Maybe I will get it finished over the holiday weekend.

The top is done and ready for quilting -- based on Crabapple Hill's "Which Witch's Boot", it's reduced in size, a few colors changed, the blocks are rearranged, and the outside border is deleted. I'm delighted!

A Number of Little Things

A Bit of Wool Work:



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Pattern:  It's a WonderfulWorld Book I by All Through the Night Patterns

Fabric:  Felted wool on cotton Lecien Durham Collection

Thread:  Wool floss

Size:  8" x 12"



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Pattern:  Gathering Gifts from Circle of Friends by Ginger Cookie Company

Fabric:  Same as above - what happened to the color?!

Thread:  Gold DMC embroidery floss

Size:  10" x 12"

Pillow

Pattern: It's a WonderfulWorld Book I by All Through the Night Patterns

Fabric: Felted wool on cotton Lecien Durham Collection

Thread:  Wool floss

Size: 8" x 12"

A Bit of Counted Cross Stitch:

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Pattern:  Free-bee Alphabet w/Hare by La-D-Da

Fabric:  Cream Aida 32 count over 2 threads

Thread:  Cosmo Seasons 8021

Size:  6" x 6 1/2"

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Pattern:  Union Forever by Maggie Bonahomi for Blackbird Designs

Fabric:  Antique Cotton 32 count linen by R&R Reproductions

Thread:  Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts Floss

Size:  12" x 7"

A Bit of Quilting:

Wall Hanging

Pattern:  original; hexies and yoyos

Fabric:  stash

Quilting:  by hand

Size:  30" x 30"

Close up of quilted holly leaves and berries. 

I'm not a fan of the washout markers. 

It worked fine on 3 test samples but not on the final product. 

Much washing and ironing to have it look wrinkled rather than quilted.

Close up of hexies (3/4") and yoyos (5/8")

Wall Hanging

Pattern: original; 2 1/4" yoyos

Fabric: stash

Quilting: by hand

Size:  17" x 23"

Some Miscellaneous Sewing:

Wall Hanging and Banner
Patterns:  Flag - Kit from eons ago. 
                This is the pattern referred to in Sheila's post.
                Banner - Original

Fabric:  Cotton; hand quilted

Thread:  DMC  black

Size:  37" x 21"

Fabric:  Old jeans, cotton yoyos, hand stamped muslin,

              old blue striped and plaid shirts

Misc:  Buttons, pins



Outdoor Chair Cushions

Fabric:  Heavy duty linen type from Joanns

The Very Bright Quilt, phase 2 complete

Well, we think it is phase 2. The center blocks are complete and attached to one another. Now, Lisa is sewing together a million and a half triangles for a border. And here is the quilt as it looks today - the most featured quilt thus far on our blog.

On January 7th, there were only two rows.

On February 19th, there were four rows.

And now there are seven rows, and it is ready for a border.

Class Quilt Completed

Last fall, I took a Beginning Quiltmaking class from Laura Nownes at Thimblecreek Quilt Shop. Everyone in the class made the same blocks, and then each person constructed a quilt from their blocks.

The pattern prototype is in the book  Q is for Quilt by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes

Yesterday, I finally finished the binding.

Hurrah! All the quilts in Group 1of my "Quilts To Finish" list have been completed. On to group 2 !!

Slice Quilt

Slice Quilt 

(A sweet finish for February!)

Pattern: ‘Slice’ by Sweetwater

Size:  33” x 33” 
Fabric: ‘Sunkissed’ by Sweetwater and misc. from stash
Machine pieced and quilted

The Very Bright Quilt, Continued

Lisa continued working on the Very Bright Quilt, originally introduced on this blog on January 7th. Yesterday, we watched it grow again, and <drum roll> here it is!!

We thought it looked like stained glass with the sun shining through it.

Sheila finishes one more!!

Seven Pears

This quilt is from a pattern that I picked up at a 'rummage sale' at a local quilt show. Machine pieced, hand appliqued and quilted. Look closely - there really are seven pears. Some of them did not photograph well.

Plaids and Stripes

 I have had this quilt partially finished for so long, I don't remember when I started it. At this point, I estimate that it was around 1990, because it was inspired by Roberta Horton's Plaids and Stripes. I pieced it and did most of the quilting, and then let the quilt languish around the sewing room for about twenty years. Why I never finished it, I just don't know. I like it a lot. The blues are the indigo blues that I like so much, and I am fond of the rust color, too. So here is the quilt, and a detail of the blocks.

It is hand quilted, but machine pieced.

I think that I started with eight fat eights of a line of Roberta Horton plaids and stripes, then filled in with fabris that I had on hand.



Now I can check off one Unfinished Project that has been completed in 2012

Nora urged me to start labelling my quilts, so that in the future she will know which ones I made, and which ones my grandmother made.

Completed Quilt Top

Huzzah! Huzzah!  The flannel quilt top is done! The kit was a Christmas present from my family in 2010. Leaves, stems, berries and central flower are hand-appliqued. And if you could see those triangle points... They are almost perfect.

Pattern is #1011 Timberline, from All Through the Night by Bonnie Sullivan. Finished size:  56" square.

Next step: Make the sandwich and quilt!! Because the flannel is so heavy, I plan to machine quilt this one.

The Very Bright Quilt

Lisa worked on assembling the blocks for her Very Bright Quilt, which is destined to live in the cabin at Tahoe. Here are the first two rows, trimmed and assembled. Woo - Hoo!!

Eugenia's Quilt

 Shall we begin the blog with homage to Eugenia's quilt? My understanding is that Eugenia did not MAKE this quilt, but she BOUGHT it (and please correct me if I am wrong) Both Julie and I yearn to make this quilt. For me, it is at the end of a long line of quilts to be made and/or completed. But we can post the photo to remind us that we want to make it.

Just looking at it again makes me want to give it a try.