Monthly Archives: January 2012

Jan16

Another DNQC, check!

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Another DNQC, check!

 

I’m back from a great 3 day quilting retreat!  The retreat was lots of fun meeting new people and reuniting with others.  I worked on some of my loose ends and yes, I started some new ones!

 

Here’s another quilt by Candace of The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge called Chevrony.  We wanted a design to fit the pattern so I created a continuous curve scroll  that travels through the triangles in the zig-zags.

 

The lavender thread compliments and contrasts the multiple fabric colors.

 

 

And the quilting creates a nice secondary pattern from the back, bonus!

 

 

 

 

Still have a few more quilts to finish for the The Double Nickel Challenge!!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

 

 

 

Jan13

Quilting Bloggers New Beginnings Contest

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Quilting Bloggers New Beginnings Contest

 

I’ve entered Bryana + Sam wedding quilt in the Quilting Bloggers themed contest, “New Beginnings”.   A young couple getting married on New Year’s Eve sounds like New Beginnings to me!  Here’s the link to the Quilting Blogger’s where you can vote for your favorites!

Thanks for looking!

Just keep stitching!

Linda

 

 

 

 

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Jan12

Bryan and Ginny quilts

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Bryan and Ginny quilts

  Ginny’s husband has started quilting and here’s his first quilt!  Pretty ambitious!

The quilting is a freehand meander with Quilter’s Dream Puff batting and the thread is Superior OMNI.

He even created a nice pieced back.  And, I understand he’s working on another one!

Ginny picked up her quilt, too.  I love the color palette on this quilt using Amy Butler fabrics.

It’s quilted with with a freehand peacock feathers meander.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Blend and the thread is Superior OMNI light tan.

 I love the texture created with the quilting, especially on the back.

I’ll be going to a 3 day quilting retreat this weekend.  I plan to work on some loose ends and start some new ones!  I’ll  report back later!

I entered a quilt in this week’s Quilting Blogger’s themed contest, New Beginnings.  I’ll post the link tomorrow for you to see all the quilts and vote if you like!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitching!

Linda

 

Jan11

My Tea Cozy

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My Tea Cozy

 

 

I just got a great tea “cup” for steeping loose tea, however it doesn’t have handles and it’s very hot to drink from.  So, I whipped up a cozy to solve the problem!

 

 

 

You can check one of my previous posts for a tutorial link.  For this cozy, I used some fun fabric but the next ones will be scrappy!  I just tested it with some wonderful tea and it works great!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Jan10

Bear Chase Loose End

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Bear Chase Loose End

 

I found a project box with an un-finished quilt called Bear Chase.  This one goes way back!

 

 

 

 

 

Look at all those little triangles!  What was I thinking!?  Thankfully, I’ve already done the triangles and block construction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next step, make the pieced border and sew the rows together.  This will a project for my quilt retreat coming up!   It’d be nice to get this into the waiting to be quilted category!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

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