Jul6

Wedding Bands

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Wedding Bands

Wedding Bands, Stellar Quilts

 

In honor of our 22 wedding anniversary today, I’m sharing Wedding Bands!  The quilt pattern can be found in Judy Martin’s book, Stellar Quilts.

It’s a big one!  Much bigger than my hanging space and the space at the Williamsburg Quilt show, where it’s on display this weekend.

Williamsburg Iowa Quilt show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friend and co-worker, Candra, perfectly pieced this quilt and had every intention of hand quilting it for her client.

I was very honored that she entrusted me to quilt it similar to the quilting design in Judy Martin’s book.  Candra added additional borders to the quilt, giving me space to extend the quilting theme of ghosted blocks surrounded by feathers.  I thoroughly enjoyed quilting this but after having it on the frame for 2 1/2 weeks, I took a break!

The thread is a matching So Fine! #50 in each area.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select.  Enjoy the pictures and thanks for looking!

Corner quilting detail center quilting detail Center medallion detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

🙂 Linda

 

 

 

 

 

Jul1

Design Wall Monday – A New Plan

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Design Wall Monday – A New Plan

Nine Patch and Solids - On Point version

 

A big thank you to Rainbows and Calico Things quilt shop for a fun summer retreat reunion weekend!  One of the benefits of spending time with fellow quilters is brainstorming and exchanging ideas.

That resulted in my plan to change this nine patch and solid  WIP to an on point layout.  I’m going back to the drawing board, pulling more fabrics to make additional nine patches and looking for a possible border fabric.

I like it!

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

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Jun22

Two down, Two to go!

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Two down, Two to go!

wrapped and ready

Yesterday we welcomed, Sunny Joy!  The second of four babies to be born in my extended family this year!

Sunny Joy

My sister, Grandma Marge, was able to hand deliver this quilt before the baby was born

Isn’t she adorable?!

 

This is the third baby quilt I’ve made for them.  Here’s a link to the previous quilts.

It's a little tangy pattern

As you can see, I love scrappy!   All the fabric is 2 1/2″ strips from my scrap bin!

This quilt is in the book, Scrap-Basket Surprises by Kim Brackett.   The pattern is called “A Little Tangy”.

Stay tuned for baby 3 and 4 quilts to be revealed!

Thanks!  Linda 🙂

 

I’m linking with A Stitch In Time:  June Finishes Linky Party.

Click the button to check out what others have finished this month!

June Finishes

Jun18

Design Wall Monday (on Tuesday!)

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Design Wall Monday (on Tuesday!)

30 vintage blocks

 

Last night, my quilting buddy and I deconstructed one of my vintage UFO flea market finds.

flea market ufo

 

 

 

 

I decided to trim each block to 10″.

Once we started laying them out on the design wall, the light and dark pattern became obvious.  With some rearranging, here’s the final offset layout.  I love the solid fabric framing the shirting fabric.  We’re guessing the fabric is from the 70’s, looks pretty “modern”, right?!

We’ll be going to a quilting retreat soon, hopefully, I can sew these blocks together!

Check out other Patchwork Times – Design Wall Monday  projects here!

I’ve deconstructed two old quilts, are we seeing a pattern here?

Thanks!  Linda 🙂

 

Jun17

Another T-Shirt Quilt – Done!

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Another T-Shirt Quilt – Done!

Steph's 20 Shirt quilt

This has been the year for T-Shirt quilts!  Here’s the fourth t-shirt quilt that I’ve been commissioned to make.  This 20 shirt quilt is for Steph, a recent high school graduate.  Her mom brought me the shirts, Steph’s diagram for the layout and a general idea for fabric.  Working at a quality quilt shop helps with fabric buying!

One of the things I love about making t-shirt quilts is using shirts with a some wear and tear, a stain or a little hole.  Another thing is the product I use for the interfacing, Pellon Easy-Knit Fusible.  A wrinkled and rumpled t-shirt will become smooth and pliable.  The interfacing is a must when it come to quilting.

Medium Swirl and Curl

Back viewI often use a basic meander for t-shirt quilts but this one wanted a medium Swirl and Curl.

And I love quilting Swirl and Curl!

Here’s the 3rd quilt that I quilted after I got my longarm in 2004!  Barbara of Rainbows and Calico Things quilt shop made it, using my son’s t-shirts left behind when he went off to college.  The stars points are folded, which is  fun dimensional accent but not fun to quilt with a longarm because the hopping foot gets caught!Drew's Left Behind Ts

The quilt was on display in the shop before I gave it to him for Christmas in 2005.

Are you making a t-shirt quilt?  You can find more pictures of t-shirt quilts by scrolling down to the tag cloud and clicking on t-shirts.

Thanks!  Linda 🙂

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