Mar8

Liberated Houses!

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Liberated Houses!

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Liberated piecing = liberated houses!  I took a “liberated houses” class at a local quilt shop but my blocks didn’t end up in a quilt!  Congrats! to Kristin for getting hers done.

I had a riot quilting this one!

 

 

 

 

Superior So Fine 50!

First, having a large supply of Superior Threads So Fine 50, helped with thread selection.  I matched the fabrics so the thread added quilting texture.

Warning:  picture overload!  Each house block has a different fill design and uses the 4 thread colors.  Quilting fun and liberating!

 

 

 

 

 

Liberated house 1

LIberated House 2

Liberated House 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberated House 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberated House 5Liberated House 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Mar5

Design Wall Monday – a dilemma

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Design Wall Monday – a dilemma

vintage flea market blocks

 

I have a dilemma.   I love this partially sewn quilt.  This is the second appearance for this vintage UFO on Design Wall Monday!   My dilemma is how to construct these pieces and parts into a quilt.  I am tempted to re-cut each block into a uniform shape and then sew it together.  Some of the seams have slight tears and this would solve that issue.  I like the randomness of the blocks, but I don’t want to find holes when I go to quilt it.

Any suggestions?  How much work would you put into “vintage” blocks from a flea market?

I know it’s Tuesday but check out other Design Wall Monday projects here!

Thanks for looking and would love your comments about my dilemma!  🙂 Linda

Mar1

BlockBase Sew Along – Block 10

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BlockBase Sew Along – Block 10

Block 10

 

Here’s my Block 10 for the BlockBase Sew Along!  Thanks to my quilting buddy, Candace, for printing off the paper piecing templates for me!  This was a fun block to make and I really like the interlocking illusion of the colors.  The outside color is bright blue but it doesn’t look that way on my computer!  Oh well, it could be my camera, too.

 

Check here to see other versions of Block 10.

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Feb28

Kid-themed panels make great quilts!

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Kid-themed panels make great quilts!

Hungry Caterpillar panel quilt

 

Add 2 or 3 framing borders and contrasting cornerstones and you have a finished kid quilt!

Dinosaur panel quilt

 

Audrey made 2 great kid quilts using themed panels, borders and cornerstones.

The quilting is a basic meander with matching thread.

Have you made a quilt using a panel?  How did you you finish it?

I love getting comments!   🙂 Linda

Feb27

Time for a new notebook…

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Time for a new notebook…

Van Gogh Irises notebook

When I got this notebook for Christmas, I thought the design looked familiar.  It’s Van Gogh’s Irises.

Van Gogh Irises

 

 

 

Van Gogh painted this while living at an asylum and called this painting “the lightning conductor for my illness“.  He felt he could keep himself from going insane by continuing to paint.  I can relate to that.  Quilting keeps me sane!

i use notebooks to keep a diary of every project, mine and customers, that are loaded on the longarm.  This is my fourth notebook!  I like to record thread color, batting and quilting design notes.   I keep track of monthly, yearly and grand totals, too.

Do you have a method for tracking your quilts?

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

 

 

 

 

 

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