I’m back to quilting Candace’s quilts for her Double Nickel Quilt Challenge. She was nice enough to let me try a new pantogragh, Square Spiral, on her Nickel Crosses quilt. It’s a very striking pattern and looks really great on this plaid quilt.
Roll of Nickels is a freehand square loop meander.
Nickel Argyle is a simple diagonal throughout completing the argyle effect.
Thanks for looking!
Just Keep Stitching!
Linda
This is my challenge to complete quilts that I’ve started. My own personal UFO journal. I started the challenge by digging around in my sewing room looking for culprits! I stopped looking when I hit 6 quilt tops! 
Trip Around the World using 30’s reproduction fabrics.
This quilt was finished June 16, 2012. See completed project post here.
Thimbleberries Sampler quilt
Scrappy pieced Log Cabin
All this fabric is left over from making a quilt for my brother. I cut the fabric into 1 1/2″ strips and using a diagonal seam sewed them into longer strips to make very random log cabin blocks. I will probably try to find some fabric for a border.
Stack and Whack with Christmas fabrics
Wall Hanging
Scrappy pieced Kaffe Fausett
This one is partially quilted, I didn’t put it back on the longarm to quilt the other borders! All this fabric is left over from another quilt using Kaffe Fausett fabrics.
With a little motivation and planning, I’ll be trying to finish these. I’ll keep posting my Loose Ends as I find them!
Just Keep Stitching!
Linda
Yes, a New Year’s Eve wedding! One of my younger cousins was getting married, so I teamed up with my cousin, Joellyn to make Bryana and Sam a wedding quilt! Back in August we picked this new fabric, Melrose by Red Rooster, no problem, plenty of time to make a quilt for 12-31-11! Well, by the end of October the fabric had not arrived to Rainbows and Calico Things, (I work there) and I was getting worried! However, I stuck with my plan knowing the quilt would sew up quickly and the fabric was perfect for this bride. I was hoping it would match her wedding colors, (which it did!).
My quilt plan combined a Baby Bricks quilt pattern and Squares and Rectangles from AllPeopleQuilt. Each one had elements that I liked and here’s what my quilt looks like! I rewrote the pattern to use strip piecing techniques, speeding up the time needed to make the blocks. The quilt measures 66″ x 78″, a nice size for a twin or couch cuddling!
The border fabric is the same as the squares which creates a floating effect and the clustered fabrics gives the quilt a fresh modern feel. I decided on freehand swirly spirals quilting, Quilter’s Dream Puff batting and a grey OMNI thread.
I used my favorite fabric from the Melrose line and pieced in some of the extra bricks for the back.
Thank you to my cousin, Joellyn, who encouraged and supported me along the way. The label was done and sewn on the day before the wedding!
I’m back at the longarm working on customer quilts and planning projects for this year.
Just Keep Stitching!
Linda
Every Christmas, I try to make a crafty item for my siblings, kids and extended family and this year the item was Dish Mats! I almost gave them all away before taking a picture! My sister got hers yesterday, so now I can blog about it!
Finding fabrics for the kitchen is fun! For one set, I added a 1 1/2″ border of coordinating fabric. You would need a bigger counter for this size. The majority of them where a squared up fat quarter, that fits best on my counter.
The back is a nice terry cloth that has been pre-washed and dried. There are some colors available but I liked the quality of the white so all of mine are white. Later this month, I will post a tutorial on the sewing steps so you can easily make your own!
Hope your New Year is starting off with lots of sewing! I have a quilting retreat in January! It’s three days of non stop sewing, eating and sharing ideas! Rainbows and Calico Things Quilt shop is the host. After we send our college aged daughter off to England tomorrow, I’ll be back at the longarm working on customer quilts, too! And I have a few more quilts from last year to blog about!
Just Keep Stitching!
Linda
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