Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sep29

Red and White Giant Dahlia

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Red and White Giant Dahlia

Isn’t this wall hanging awesome?!  Janann designed a fabulous red and white quilt, and I was honored to quilt it for her.

 

To keep with the quilt’s red and white theme, red So Fine 50 thread was used for the red fabric and white Bottom Line thread was used in the white fabric.

 

I used a new product, Grid Marker from June Tailor, to mark a diagonal grid behind the dahlia for the CC quilting in the background.  After quilting, the washable marker was removed.

The back view shows the quilting detail and the red bobbin thread looks good, too!  The outside checkerboard is CC using a ruler and the background orange peel CC is freehand.  The flower detail and narrow border is quilting “freestyle”, too!

 

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Sep28

New Favorite Thread!

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New Favorite Thread!

I love thread!  Have you purchased quilting thread just hoping you’ll get to use it?  That’s what I did with my recent purchase of Superior Threads Bright Light Green.   It’s much brighter and more florescent in person!  It didn’t happen immediately but I finally got to use it, three times in a row!

The first quilt was Kinsey’s quilt.  My first instinct was to use aqua but that looked dull, the bright green was perfect!  I only wish I had bought 2 spools so I didn’t have to unthread to wind a bunch of bobbins!

The pantograph is Daisy Swirl by Jodi Beamish.

 

The second is an original Friendship Star quilt by Karen.  Again, the lime color just popped out and we went for the bright color to accent fabric.

The third one is Candy’s Lil’ Twister quilt from our summer retreat.  The brightest fabric is the lime green and the thread tied it all together!

Needless to say, I’ll be getting another spool of this thread for bobbin winding!  Fortunately, there’s an AQS quilt show in Des Moines next week with lots of vendors, including Superior Threads…I hope!

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Sep24

Paisley Party – Design Wall Monday

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Paisley Party – Design Wall Monday

 

In an effort to find some fabric for making Great Granny Squares, I found a stash of Paisley Party fabric by Red Rooster.  A few years ago I made a graduation quilt using this fabric and free pattern from Red Rooster.  The fabric is all cut to 4 1/2″strips and I couldn’t bear to cut it again into 2 1/2″ so I’m going to randomly sew it into rows and see what I get!  I have more of the white, green and aqua to make 32 more 4 patch units.  I love this fabric and what’s left will make a small lap or baby quilt.

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects!

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Sep17

Design Wall Monday and September Finish

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Design Wall Monday and September Finish

 

My design wall of great granny squares is growing!  A couple more weeks and I might get to the magic number of 20.

 

Do you have a favorite block?  It seems the last block I made is my favorite.  Here’s the last one I made.

 

 

 

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.

 

 

 

 

 

I forgot to link my last post to A Stitch in Time September finish so I’m doing that today.

Here’s my Chevron Picnic quilt, finished!  My full post is available here.

 

 

 

Check out other finishes here!

September Finishes   
Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Sep15

In The Bag – Ugly Fabric Quilt Challenge

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In The Bag – Ugly Fabric Quilt Challenge

Chevron Picnic Quilt

Mission accomplished!  The “ugly” fabric that I received from Patti in Canada is a quilt!  All the fabric is from Patti, except a little bit of white for the blocks and the backing fabric.  No fabric was purchased for this challenge, all stash fabric!

I love how it looks outside on the grass or picnic table.  Each row is quilted with a different design to the middle and then mirrored.  The thread is white and doesn’t show except on the green blocks!  That’s okay, it adds texture and I love the white thread on the white fabric.

Turning the quilt gives it a different look, too!

See. the back is really the ugly fabric!  I want to use this quilt so I did not want white backing fabric.  Of course, I have to show you the back to reveal the quilting detail!

Now, I haven’t planted petunias in 2 or 3 years but in the middle of my yard, next to the tree stump is a volunteer petunia that started blooming this week.  Not sure how it got there, some critter must have planted it for me!

Have you participated in a swap like this?  Check out other posts about this challenge.  Thanks for looking!  :)Linda

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