I committed to making this quilt last year - a St. Louis Sixteen Patch using all original Katie Jump Rope fabric line by Denise Schmidt. This fabric line came out six years ago and I collected all the prints when I could no longer find a bundle of the entire line.
This quilt is 108" by 108" and was quilted by the fabulous Steffani Burton. I chose a wool batting for this quilt and love how the quilting makes a wonderful texture.
I really like this new look for our bed.
I finished Twister Jack with days to spare!
He is 14" X 15" with each block finishing at ONE INCH SQUARE. So fun to make and now so fun to display every Haloween.
I finished my bee blocks for Anne of the Mid-Century Modern be. I can't wait to see what her idea is with these.
I also finished Stephanie's bee block for the Sew Sister's Bee:
She has a great idea for each of us to choose a different color and the quilt will be a display of the ends of colored pencils.
I have a helper this weekend. We should have the leaves taken care of in no time!
I like to make something new every year for Halloween and this year I got a late start due to some health issues. I want to post my in-process photo to encourage myself to get it finished!
So I started Twister Jack by Need'l Love about a week ago expecting to make the larger size. And even though I have three sizes of the Twister tool, I did not have the correct size.
SO, that meant I had to make the small size which uses the 1 1/2" Itty Bitty Primative Pinwheels tool for finished pinwheels of ONE INCH!
Here is where I'm at - about 1/3 finished. I'll be back when I'm completely finished.
It's been a very long time since I posted on my blog and maybe the Blogger's Quilt Festival will inspire me to get back to this.
My most recent quilt ended up being one of my all time favorite quilts, maybe because I made it start to finish.
This quilt is a pattern called Ventana by Nydia Kehnle and the fabric is all Michael Miller Cotton Couture. It's hard to tell but the background is a dark chocolate brown.
I quilted this on my Pfaff in horizontal rows every 3/8" using Aurifil 40 wt. thread.
The backing is Anna Maria Horner Field Study Sinister Swarm that I pieced to match the pattern.
The texture turned out amazing.
This quilt is 50" by 59".
I entered this quilt in the Small Quilt category in the Blogger's Quilt Festival if you would like to vote for this quilt. Thank you.
This one has been in the works for a while. I first asked my Mid-Century Modern bee members for a block back in 2014. Then I decided I needed lots more blocks for a quilt.
In 2015 I requested the same block from my Sew Sister Bee members. I kept rearranging on my design board until I came up with a layout. This required me to make five more block.
After that I had the layout but when measuring the blocks I had about 1/2" difference both ways. These blocks would not look good trimmed to the smaller size so I consulted with fellow Mid-Century bee member Elizabeth (Ocassional Place) and she recommended sashing two sides. I did this and squared each block to a consistent size! It worked perfectly.
Here you can see that for quilting I cross-hatched at 1 1/2".
The sashing is Carolyn Frielander leaf print in orange - I love it. It called for a solid orange binding.
It is so fun to have this one finished - finally.
It's not even the middle of the month and I've already finish my bee blocks.
First I made this block for Lisa (NymbleFingers on IG) for the Spelling Bee. This is a one year bee where each of use will choose a theme, poem or saying for our quilt. I just came up with an idea for mine that I need to ponder a while.
It really is in one row, but hard to photograph that way.
Next is my Mid-Century-Modern Bee block for Cindy. She chose for us to make a Books For Baby block(s) from the book Patchwork Please book by Ayumi Takahashi. It was so fun I made two.
It was ten degrees below zero when I got up this morning - hope it's warmer where you are.
I had a gap in my blogging that I want to fill in.
First - a quilted bib for a friend who is expecting her first baby
A little outfit for a granddaughter due in April (pattern is Oliver & S Layette).
Sew It Goes Tote (for English Paper Piecing) pattern tested for Crispy Kristin. Pattern can be found HERE.
Tooth Fairy Princess Doll for Audrey (tutorial by Samantha Liz on Sew Mama Sew blog).
Pillows (24" X 24") as Christmas gift for my Daughter-In-Law.
Christmas dress for Audrey (fabric is Michael Miller Glitz with metallic arrows.
Pillow for my daughter (embroidery pattern by This N That Designs).
And for a little change of pace "my" family at Christmas!
The resident doll "Quilty" needed a Snow White dress.
Paper pieced dove (pattern by During Quiet Time) - still needs to be made "into" something.
Filigree Double Zip pattern tested for Sew Sweetness.
My friend Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts designed a line of fabric for Connecting Threads and it is called Good Neighbors.
A few months ago she shared a charm pack with anyone in our Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guilt challenging a make including another fabric along with at least 12 charms.
I made Kylee's Kite by Quilt in a Day.
I did both machine and hand quilting and made a scrappy binding. It was a fun to make and also to see all the other "Good Neighbor" creations!
It feels good to check one project off my list in 2016.
This quilt is made from the Ambleside line by Brenda Riddle for Moda and the pattern is from the Moda Bake Shop by Melissa Corry. The name of the pattern is All In A Row.
I started this six months ago at our July retreat. I've had the top finished and the quilt basted for some time but wasn't sure how to quilt it. I finally just dug in and started - it took me almost a week since I can't work at the machine for very long at one time. It's far from perfect, but now I'm not afraid to quilt the next one!
It finishes at 58" X 70".
This lovely stack of Mostly Manor by Victoria Finlay Wolfe for Marcus Fabrics arrived in my mailbox this week!
It has also arrived in a few online stores and available for sale at Victoria's website .
I couldn't wait to open it up and start playing with the different fabric combination. That's when it hit me that the perfect pattern for Mostly Manor is Steam Punk by Jen Kingwell.
So I dug in to make the first block so you could see how pretty these fabrics look together.
I can't wait to make a bunch more to show you!
Thank you Victoria for the lovely fabric.
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