Category Archives: Quilts

Mary’s Rebel Roses quilt – check!

Mary’s Rebel Roses quilt – check!

Another check for my Quilting Bucket List!  I’m late giving Mary her birthday present but better late than never, right?!  My quilt guild had a show this year so I delayed giving it to Mary so it could be on display.  Here’s the proof!

And yes, that’s Drew and Abby’s wedding quilt on the right, they had to wait for their quilt, too!  Mary’s quilt is my original design using a design wall to place the blocks.  Very simple, really shows off the fabrics.  Here’s a couple detail pictures of the quilting.

The Quilter’s Dream Orient batting drapes well and has that wonderful antique look after washing.  It’s really evident from the back.

Now, on to the next one!  Thanks for visiting!

 

 

 

Do you have a treasure in your closet? Part III

Do you have a treasure in your closet? Part III

Deb's Antique Butterfly quilt

As promised, here’s the completed quilt picture!  The binding is black Kona cotton which accents the black butterfly bodies.  The quilt is larger than my hanging space!  As I worked on this, I picked out my favorite butterfly fabrics.  Here’s one of my favorites.

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Terry Twist Plus

Terry Twist Plus

Double 4 Patch

I love how Candy of Double Nickel Quilt Challenge keeps creating quilts that are fun to quilt!  She’s challenged me to use different approaches that compliment the quilt without being heavily quilted.  While a pantograph would have been okay for this quilt, I really felt that would take away from the secondary pattern of the block set.  I decided to do a type of Terry Twist continuous curve with an added line through the middle in each block and small 4 patch block.

Terry Twist Plus

As you can see it creates it’s own secondary patterns which give texture and movement.  I wanted to keep the pattern going into the border so I just imagined that the border was a block and continued the pattern.  Let me know what you think!

Border detail

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select and the thread is OMNI by Superior Threads.

Do you have a treasure in your closet? Part II

Do you have a treasure in your closet? Part II

I decided to use  flowers, hearts and loops in the pink areas, a whimsical flower in each white cornerstone, a small meander in the butterfly background and a couple loops through the wings.  I did not stitch through the polyester double knit butterfly bodies.  The pictures below show before and after pictures of the quilt when it’s on the frame. The dense stitching flattened the puckered areas beautifully!  I was very happy about that!  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly and the thread is a white PermaCore.  Here’s a link to Part I of this quilting story.

blocks quilted, sashing to be quilted

View of sashing row to be quilted

Detail of sashing area after quilting

 

View of sashing row after quilting

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