Monday, March 29, 2010

and more




I started the blue one about 10 years ago. Can you believe that!? And I didn't misplace the pattern or the fabrics is what impresses me. I had the applique finished, just needed to make those HST (half square triangles)




The other quilt believe it or not, a tablerunner. The star block and the framed flying geese go the two ends of a tablerunner. When I was working on it, I thought, this would be a great quilt. So I drafted away and was pleased with the results.

eye candy keeps on coming




Well! The photos still don't post in order. So I will persavere.




The vibrant one is blocks I won from a Challenge Fabric contest. I made the Maple Star-left side, 3rd block down if I remember correctly. I call this "When Pigs Dance" (I will win! LOL, and Salliejean made the dancing pig)




The other quilt is my Hotair Balloon. My friend PatL send me 3 fat quarters of fabric, a yellow, a tealish, zigzag balloon. I found the hotair balloon fabric at Walmart, took all the fabrics and a graft paper (grid paper) to my friend Trink who was in the hospital and said "Please design something for me." and she did! The pattern is called Disappearing Nine Patch. Very easy to make, very easy to misrotate the cut blocks. LOL.

more quilts




These two were pieced before I left for my retreat. One is I Spy a Farm. I won 38 blocks ranging from 3" to 16" square. It was planning the layout. It went together really easy believe it or not. I measured all blocks, drew the size on graft paper with size and name, then transferred them to a large sheet of graft paper-taped together.




The second photo is "My Daddy's Maple Leaves". When my dad died October 2005 my Justquilting friends sent me 6.5" Maple Leaves in memory of him, I received 16 leaves. The center leaf I made March 2004-it was with Challenge Fabric contest we do on JQ, but I never sent it in. I designed this a few weekends ago and put it together.

Quilt Retreat 2010 & then some


I'm back from my 2nd quilt retreat. This time my friend Joanne came with me. We had a great time sewing. This year I remembered to bring my machine oil! My sewing machine was so happy. I finished 3 quilt tops at the retreat. I did some finishing of other quilt tops before I left. I was on a mission along with watching Stargate Atlantis DVD's that kept me sewing along!


Since I can't seem to get the pictures and writings to match, I'm going to do one at a time.


This first one a Paperpieced thimble signature exchange I did with my yahoo group Justquilting. I had this in my bag to bring, but pulled it one and worked on it before I left!