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Island Chain, Quilt One, Quilt Two

Island Chain, Quilt One, Quilt Two

MM Island Chain restyled

I recently quilted two Island Chain quilts based on the pattern in Kim Brackett’s book, Scrap Basket Sensations.  Both quilters changed the pattern by adding additional rows of links and borders.  And by the way, both of the quilters are named Mary!

For Mary M.’s quilt we decided on an edge to edge design, free hand feather meander, using a neutral thread.  In this case, a light blue is neutral!

freehand feather meanderfreehand feather meander back detailFor Mary T.’s quilt, we decided on custom quilting with two thread colors, light in the light and dark in the dark.  Mary’s plan to use this as a raffle quilt for her church made me a little nervous!

Mary T Island Chain Raffle quiltThe quilt is queen sized and too large for my hanging space!  My goal was to compliment the graphic nature of the links by using a dark matching thread and using a different pattern in each link.

Border detail Island Chain backWhile the quilting doesn’t show up much on the front, it really shows on the back!  I used a thread two shades lighter for the bobbin in the dark areas.  The quilt back has a two tone effect.  I love it!  I didn’t realize Mary T. was entering this quilt in her local county fair until she called me to with the Best of Show result!!  How cool is that?

Quilting detailThe borders are quilted with freehand feather medley,  no stress or rules, just fill the space!

This month has been crazy and I’m way behind on posting but here’s a link to some pictures of Rosemary’s Peacock Takes a Trip quilt.

Thanks!!  Linda 🙂

Great Granny Square Quilt is Done!

Great Granny Square Quilt is Done!

My Great Granny Square quilt Another May finish!  This quilt was started on a whim and I love it when I actually finish!  After checking out Great Granny Square quilts on Pinterest and other blogs, I decided to add cornerstones and binding with a green fabric from my stash.  I tried scrappy cornerstones but the same color looked best to me.

All the fabric was from my stash of 2 1/2″ or 5″ squares plus lots of white remnants.  My quilting buddy, Candace, decided to set her blocks without cornerstones.  Here’s a pic of hers before the binding.  The background fabric is white, my indoor lighting does not do it justice!Candace's Great Granny Square quiltThe block quilting was inspired by a Pinterest pinner who made potholders out of her Great Granny Squares.  After some trial and error, I managed to figure out a path for stitching with the longarm without having to break my thread!  detail back

I love the stitching and did the same thing on Candace’s except for the outside edge fill.

Candace detail backWe’ve finally got some nice weather for outside picture taking.  The natural light is so much better!detail front

all folded and readylove the layersI’m linking with A Stitch in Time for a May finish, check out other finishes here!

May Finishes
I’m working on another bucket list quilt and hopefully will finish this month, too!
Thanks!  Linda 🙂

Ohio Stars on Point

Ohio Stars on Point

Mary's Ohio StarsMary’s Ohio Star quilt is big!  I love how the light/dark blocks are randomly set throughout the quilt.

Border detailMary wanted to round the corners, therefore I quilted meandering feathers throughout and off the borders allowing them to be cut off and not affect the design.

block detail I changed the thread color for the light and dark blocks, stitching a continuous curve design in each one.

back quilting detailOf course, it’s always fun to look at the back!

Thanks!  Linda 🙂

Brandenburg Flowers

Brandenburg Flowers

Stephanie Brandenburg Daydreams

When Sheila brought me this Stephanie Brandenburg quilt, I knew I would need lots of thread!  In fact, this is the reason I have a large thread collection!  I had great fun with thread play on this quilt and used eleven different So Fine! #50 colors.

11 thread colors

I  used double batting for this project, Quilter’s Dream Poly black and Hobb’s Heirloom wool.  Stephanie Brandenburg paints with color, I painted with thread!  Fair warning!  Lot’s of pictures! Read the rest of this entry

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