I can’t stop making these fun Rainbow Twister color play quilts! Alex got his last weekend and the other one is ready to mail to another little one year old!
My google+ page has several new albums of recent customer quilts, quilted by me!
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Yes, those string blocks are from my January retreat sewing! How about that for getting a quilt done in time for the baby shower?! Thirty six string blocks make a great Tummy Time quilt. The pattern is a free download from MaryQuilts.com, called Rectangle Strings. If you wanted to make a bigger quilt, add borders. I leave off the borders so the quilt finishes at width of fabric.
The quilting is a double meander scrunched together, which looks like ruffles. This quilting design will be another Quilt Easy video when I find another quilt to do it on!
Since the baby’s name hasn’t been revealed, the stitched label is “Baby Girl”! I’m usually only making quilts for my big family but this one is for a very special neighbor. And just to be safe, I’ve got more baby quilts in the works!
I sure hope spring follows Spring Ahead today! I’m ready for winter to be over!
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This is Nina’s first quilt! She created a wonderful Trip Around the World using vintage fabric and an uneven layout to have the “trip” centered on the bed.
The quilting is a freehand “X” thru each square, simple. The batting is Quilters Dream 100% Cotton Request which is normally used for hand quilting. Actually, Nina wanted no batting, so this was a compromise and the result was great! The quilt is very soft and cuddly!!
Another Quilt Easy video is available! Swirl & Curl is one of my favorite go to designs that’s easy to execute and if you’re a beginner, very forgiving. It’s easy to vary and add other shapes, too! Have fun with it!
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What is a string? In my world it’s a strip of fabric perfect for creating some of my favorite scrappy projects.
Such as 36 string blocks for the next Tummy Time quilt!
And then it’s 1/2″ – 3/4″ strips, perfect size for clothesline bowls!
And then we’re down to the little snippets that are saved, yes, saved for dog bed stuffing!
And when I’m leaving a recent quilting retreat, my friend hands me a trash bag full of scraps for me to sort into strings and dog bed stuffing! I have the best friends!
🙂 Linda
Addendum: some of the trash bag scraps became postage stamp charms, people will throw away anything!
Yesterday, my hubby’s cousin received a belated birthday/Christmas present from me via UPS! My second Postage Stamp Quilt – Dancing Nines, 1,728 Charms! Jeannine was on my Bucket List of quilts to make and I was excited to give it to her. And coincidentally, she’s having surgery this week so it’s also a long distance hug from us.
I love scrap quilts and Quiltville is a great source for them! This quilt is based on Bonnie Hunter’s free pattern called Dancing Nines. I chose to use my collection of postage stamp 2″ charms from The Curious Quilter swaps and I didn’t add the borders. 
I loved quilting this with freehand orange peel in the nine patches and big pebbles in the sashing.
I’m ready to start my third PSQ if I can decide on the next pattern!
As 2014 comes to an end, I’m thankful to those who have partnered with me to finish their projects and looking forward the many I have waiting for me to start in 2015!
My longarm year in review:
66 customer quilts+20 charity quilts+12 my quilts+2 quilt easy videos=a great year!
We’ll see you next year!! You can like, follow and check up with me here, too!
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Happy New Year!
🙂 Linda
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