Jun17

A Finish!

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A Finish!

I finally have a finish to share!  This is an old one, I think I bought the kit in 2003!  And I’m so happy to tie up this Loose End and mark it complete!

To give it the antique, wrinkly texture, I machine washed and machine dried the quilt.  I love the outcome, it’s so cuddly!!

The batting is Quilter’s Dream 100% cotton select.

 

And to celebrate my finish I’m linking to Such a Sew and Sew June Linky party!
June Finishes

Hope you’re having a great summer!  I’m planning my UGLY Fabric Challenge quilt and will be posting my progress on that soon.  Thanks for looking!

🙂 Linda

Jun4

Design Wall Monday and Quilts everywhere!

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Design Wall Monday and Quilts everywhere!

 

My PSQ blocks have grown to four!  When I’m short on sewing time or talking on the phone (lol), I sew charms!  I love the way the blocks look set together.  I’ve received over 700 charms in the PSQ Challenge swap and they are all different!  I’m really quite amazed at that.

 

 

 

I’m also working on:

 

Love’s Woven Rectangles is laying on the design “floor”, waiting for sewing.  I’m loving it!

 

 

 

 

 

Squares and Rectangles is pressed and waiting for borders.

 

 

 

 

 

The Purple Trip top is draped over the longarm, finished!  I’m heading over to Rainbows and Calico Things to acquire the backing fabric today.  This quilt will be reversible.  I’ve sewn most of the leftover squares together for the back and will frame it with additional fabric to make it the right size.

 

That’s what happening in my sewing room today!  Later on today, I’ll be loading a customer quilt on the longarm!  What are you doing today?  If you’re in Iowa, join the All Iowa Shop Hop!

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

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Jun1

Japanese Panel

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Japanese Panel

When Barbara of Rainbows and Calico Things brought me this wall hanging, I had several ideas for quilting it.  We decided to go the simple route, which allowed me to finish right away, so she could get it displayed!  I picked a  pantograph called Tear Drops by Keryn Emmerson.  Japanese art is very symbolic and this pantograph looked like Koi and Water.  I choose navy thread to keep the background dark and not introduce another color or pattern into the panel.

Click on the picture for a better view of the quilting.

If you’re curious about Japanese symbolism in art, here’s a link to a website page listing some of them.  Next time you look at Japanese fabric, you’ll see many of these.  And you may not know that the hexagon shape represents the turtle or tortoise symbolizing longevity.

Thanks for looking!  Linda

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