Feb6

Another Melrose fabric quilt!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Linda

Barbara at Rainbows and Calico Things Quilt Shop used the Melrose fabric by Red Rooster for a shop sample. Here’s the quilt that I made with the same fabric – Bryana + Sam .

The quilting design is a freehand E2E called Overlapped Looped Spirals.

The spiral adds great texture to the squareness of the quilt and mimics the focus fabric elements.

Check out Rainbows and Calico Things for Melrose Five and Dime kits to complete this quilt.

Come to the Williamsburg area February 18 or 19 for the I-80 Quilter’s Shopping Spree at the Little Amana Clarion Inn. Lots of vendors under one roof!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’!

Linda

Feb3

All Iowa Shop Hop!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Linda

All Iowa Shop Hop!

Put this on your calendar!

Check out their blog for more information and updates!

Feb2

Loose Ends Update

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Linda

Loose Ends Update

Here’s one of my projects that I’ve moved from the “UFO” category to the “WIP” category. It’s a table runner kit that I had a year before I started it last month at quilt retreat. I’m making progress! It’s an easy project with lots of little pieces! I plan to quilt it on the longarm but instead of loading a little back, I’ll add it to the end of another quilt when I’ve got some extra space.

How are you doing on your loose ends?

Jan31

Two more for DNQC!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Linda

Two more for DNQC!

Roll of Nickels

Crosses and Dots

Here’s two more completed quilts for The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge. The first Roll of Nickels quilt is here. We decided to do a slightly different quilting design for the second one, Overlapping Squares Meander. It adds great texture to the homespun fabric while staying soft and cuddly after washing.

Crosses and Dots is another E2E combining Freehand Spirals with an occasional flower.

The back is white, too!

I love the white on white stitching but what if it I had used a pale yellow or blue thread? That could have been fun!

Can you believe we’re to the end of January? Hope you’ve had a great start to 2012! We’ve had a pretty exciting month, highlighted by sending our daughter to England to study abroad, going to a 3 day quilting retreat and visiting our son in Orlando. And thankfully, I was able to finish 8 customer quilts! I still have some Loose Ends to work on but maybe I’ll finish one next month!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’

Linda