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Feb16

DNQC – Crosswise quilt

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DNQC – Crosswise quilt

I’m getting to the end of Candace’s quilts for her Double Nickel Quilt Challenge year, I think after this one, Crosswise, I only have one left!  She’s still making quilts like crazy (check here for the latest) and I’m honored and humbled that she has me quilt them. However, I am still encouraging her to get a longarm!

For a little quilt, we spent more time trying to decide how to quilt it!  When Candace said she wanted to keep this quilt at home for her grandkids to cuddle under, I knew what to do!  The quilt is small, 38″ x 50″, and as much as I wanted to do some dense quilting in the white areas, the end result would not be a cuddler!

Here are the stats:  Double Bud pantograph by Keryn Emmerson,  Quilter’s Dream Puff batting and Superior Threads Bright White OMNI.

The “unquilted” areas create a nice wavy movement that compliments the blocks.  The back view shows the pattern repeat of the pantograph.   And this hardly ever happens, the pattern repeat of the pantograph fit the quilt perfectly!

The end result is a soft, cute and cuddly quilt!

 

If you’re a fan of Jennifer Chiaverini, here’s a chance to win her newest book, to be released Feb. 21, 2012.  The publishers were kind enough to send me an advance copy for review and giveaway to a lucky reader!

Here’s a link to the initial giveaway post!

Enter to win before Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, 9 pm, CST.

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’

Linda

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

 

Jan4

Bryana + Sam Wedding quilt

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Bryana + Sam Wedding quilt

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

Dec14

It’s a boy!

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It’s a boy!

Jordy’s Tummy Time quilt

Do you remember the baby shower gift wrapped in a quilt?  Well, that baby is a boy!  I decided to finish the boy version the day my niece went to the hospital!  I was getting progress reports from the grandma (my sister) while  I was stitching away.  I had the binding made and sewn on by machine, front and back, by 10:30 pm and Jordy was born at 12:03 am, so I had it done before he was born!!

Here I am giving Jordy his Tummy Time quilt, isn’t he cute?!   I guess I’ll have to wait for another baby for the girl version to be gifted.  I have lots of nieces and nephews so it’ll happen soon.  My son got married this summer, they could make me  grandma again!!

stitched label

The label is stitched with Packer green thread in honor of his Packer namesake, Jordy Nelson.  Yes, he’s named after a Green Bay Packer player!

Dream Puff batting

The backing and binding are flannel, soft and cozy!

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Puff and the thread is A&E PermaCore.

 

Thanks for looking!  I’m enjoying all your cookie/candy comments and compliments on my give-away post here.  If you haven’t been blog hopping with the Quilting Gallery here’s the button to get you there!

Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways

 

Sep2

Two Tummy Time quilts waiting for babies!

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Two Tummy Time quilts waiting for babies!

Two of my niece’s are pregnant and I’ve got 2 “Tummy Time” quilts ready to deliver when they do!  I used the “Rectangle String’s” pattern on Mary Quilts and lots of bright scraps.  They both have flannel backing and Quilter’s Dream Puff batting.   The yellow quilt is freehand baptist fans and the purple is another freehand called looped spirals.  The binding is machine stitched like Zeke’s baby quilt.  I’m in the process of making another one with royal blue centers just in case the second one is a boy!  Don’t you love having lots of relatives giving you reasons to make quilts and give them away?!

Freehand looped spirals
Freehand baptist fans
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