Monthly Archives: October 2012

Oct11

One Quilt, Two Quilt

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One Quilt, Two Quilt

Last January, I was at a Rainbows and Calico Things quilting retreat and Mary and Beverly were working on this quilt called Cozy Cabin.

I was excited to quilt both of them!

For Beverly’s quilt, we decided on meandering feathers throughout the quilt except in the small blue squares.

Mary decided to add the pieced border to her Cozy Cabin.  Pretty awesome!

For this quilt we decided on an E2E Peacock Feathers meander.

 

I love the light blue thread!  It looks dark on the light fabric and light on dark fabric!

 

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Oct8

Design Wall Monday – All Vintage

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Design Wall Monday – All Vintage

My Great Granny Square blocks are done!  So they are off to the side waiting to be sewn into a flimsy.

Here’s one of my flea market finds.  While it’s not a traditional vintage quilt, it’s a great example of a frugal quilter using everything in her arsenal to make a quilt.

In fact, it’s not too far off one of the quilts I photographed at the AQS quilt show in Des Moines last week.

The quilter used orphan blocks and scraps to design this quilt.  I love both of them!

Here’s the rest of my vintage fabric pile!

And my favorite purchase is an orange Federal mug!!  If it’s orange I love it!

 

 

 

 

 

And apparently, I loved it when I was 12!  Guess who’s got the orange purse and shoes!

 

 

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

 

🙂 Linda

I decided to link to The Coloradolady:  Vintage Thingie Thursday

Oct6

AQS Des Moines!

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AQS Des Moines!

 

 

 

We had a great time at the AQS quilt show in Des Moines yesterday!  Lots of great quilts and lots of vendors!!  Check out the link for a slide show of the winners.  Here’s a quilt that doesn’t look like a quilt when it’s photographed!  It’s “Quilter’s DNA” by Roger Winchell of Asheville, NC.  Pretty awesome!!

 

 

 

 

 

Besides thread, my purchases were gadgets!  Normally, I’m all about fabric but everything I wanted was sold out!  So, I have 3 new tools to try out – Seam-Fix seam ripper, Spiral Eye Needles, and Pilot Frixion erasable pen.  I’m anxious to use them and will report back with a product review!  If you have already used these products, leave me a comment with your review!

 

Oct1

Design Wall Monday – One More!

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Design Wall Monday – One More!

 

 

Nineteen Great Granny Squares done!!!  One to go!  I’m excited to finish this quilt and add it to the “ready to quilt” pile!  I’ll have to find another project to make with my 5″ and 2.5″ squares, my pile didn’t get any smaller!  How is that?

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

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