Feb8

Little Vintage Finish and Back to Work!

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Little Vintage Finish and Back to Work!

50 cent find

 

Retreats and Florida vacation, oh my!

Here’s one of my flea market bargains, finished!  It measures about 32 x 39 inches and I’m amazed how great it looks quilted.  The sewing is very “off” and several blocks were trimmed in the process of squaring it up for binding.  Even with puckered seams and unusual fabric, I love how it looks!  I finished it with some very old chambray fabric from my pre-quilting stash.  This would make a great little play mat or mini picnic quilt.  In case you’re wondering, I paid 50 cents for the unfinished quilt top!

I’m linking up with A Stitch in Time for a February finish.

February Finishes
Drew and Ma

 

Yes,Orlando was wonderful and we had a great time enjoying the sunshine and walks around the lake.  My son likes to grow a beard for Florida “winters”!  We visited a couple nice quilt shops, too.

Now that taxes, laundry and mail are caught up, I can get back to LAQ.  The next one is big.  The backing fabric uses every inch of my leaders!

no more room

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting!  🙂 Linda

Feb1

BlockBase Sew Along – Block 8

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BlockBase Sew Along – Block 8

Block 8

 

Here’s my block 8 for the BlockBase Sew Along. This time we could choose between 2 blocks, #1407a or #1401.   I chose #1401 to avoid set in seams!

I used Triangles on a Roll to make the 1 1/2″ finished half square triangles.  The other elements are squares and rectangles, easy.   I wasn’t intending my make a monochromatic block but the fabrics were in a remnant pile and they looked good!  It’s actually much prettier in person, my camera doesn’t like to photograph this color.

Here’s the link to see how others completed block 8.

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Jan28

Design Wall Monday – Big “O” Quilt

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Design Wall Monday – Big “O” Quilt

20 Big O Blocks

 

My quilting buddy, Candace, always has an idea for my fabric.  I had a fat quarter bundle, some solid fabric and no quilting plan.  Here’s a blog post at selfsewn that we based this quilt on.  Selfsewn called her quilt, “Shoofly”, I’m calling mine, “Big O”. I love how it looks and I hope I can find some time to sew it together!

Shoo Fly

 

In BlockBase this is #1645.  One of the published names is Shoo Fly.  It’s the same as my “Big O” block with the colors rearranged!

 

 

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

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Jan27

Retreat – Part 2!

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Retreat – Part 2!

Dawn's Friendship Star plus

A big thank you to Rainbows and Calico Things Quilt shop for letting me jump in at the last minute and join their second retreat weekend!  I had a great time meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends.

Like last weekend, I worked on my secret projects.  I sewed one quilt top together and finished the blocks for another.  I’m very excited to be this far along!

Show and tell was awesome, again!  I love Dawn’s quilt based on the friendship star block!  The placement of fabric creates a great lattice design.  Jane had a great convergent quilt, (sadly no picture!).  Both of these quilts have been added to my future quilts to make list!

Microwave bowls

 

I had fun showing how to make microwave fabric bowls.  Here’s my stack of finished bowls, ready to give away!!

Today was a bonus sewing day but everyone had to head home because of an ice storm!  Hopefully, everyone got home save and sound!

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

 

 

Jan24

Margie’s Cheater Quilt

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Margie’s Cheater Quilt

Margie's quilt before washing and drying

Last November, I spent a weekend with my sisters.  We foraged through Marge’s closet and found lots of fun stuff!  One of the finds was a cheater quilt that Marge had hoped to hand quilt.  As you know, I’ve been collecting “vintage” tops to finish on my longarm.  Just what I need, more UFOs!

Here’s the quilt finished and bound before washing and drying.  I did not pre-wash the fabrics because I wanted to wash and dry the quilt for the wrinkly, antique look.

after washing and drying

Here’s the quilt after washing.  Every flower center is quilted with a different design.  That was the fun part for me!  I challenged myself to get out rulers, that I never use, to create a fill pattern.  I enjoyed doing freehand feathers the most and had to refrain from putting a feather in each one!

I love it!  It’s going to be very hard to give this quilt back to Marge!

back detail after washing and drying

Every flower block is outlined and echoed, which gives lots of texture.  The petals and leaves puff out giving it the impression of applique.

Back and front detail

The binding is a dark gold Kona cotton.  I love it!  Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

 

I’m linking with A Stitch In Time for a January 2013 finish.

Check out other finishes here.

 

January Finishes

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