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QUILTING |
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EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN A SEWER FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAD NEVER QUILTED BEFORE LAST YEAR (2005). I HAVE ALWAYS ASPIRED TO TRY QUILTING. AFTER MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY I FOUND A LOT OF HER FABRIC. SO I DECIDED WHAT BETTER WAY TO USE UP ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FABRICS THAN MAKING A QUILT. EVER SINCE THAT DECISION I HAVE BEEN HOOKED. IT STARTED OUT INNOCENTLY WATCHING WHATEVER PROGRAMS ON TV I COULD FIND FOR INSTRUCTION AND INSPIRATION. WHICH ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN BY THE WAY.
LOADS OF FAT QUARTERS, RULERS, AND TEMPLATES LATER....I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED THE QUILT FROM HER FABRICS THAT I STARTED OUT TO DO. I HAVE SOME OF THE CRAZY SQUARES CUT AND SEWN TOGETHER. BUT THEN I GET ANOTHER IDEA IN MY HEAD THAT IS INSPIRED BY ONE OF MANY OF THE CREATIVE QUILTING GENIUSES I SEE ON TV OR IN ONE OF MY MANY MAGAZINES.
IT WILL GET DONE ONE DAY THOUGH!!! |
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I CALL THIS AUTUMN BLADES
THE PATTERN REMINDS ME OF SAW BLADES. AND THE QUILT WAS DONE WITH FALL PRINTS. |
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THIS IS A QUILT I MADE FOR MY GODMOTHER, AUNT NELL , FOR CHRISTMAS 2006. THE PATTERN CAME FROM QUILTS WITH STYLE MAGAZINE. I USED BRIGHT BATIKS. MY GODMOTHER LOVES WILD AND BRIGHT COLORS. I WANTED TO QUILT WAVY LINES UP AND DOWN AND ACROSS WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE BLOCKS-ADDING TO THE ILLUSION OF THE WEAVE. BUT I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THE BLOCKS GOING VERTICALLY UP AND DOWN WERE BIGGER THAN THE QUILTING AREA ON MY FRAME. SO I STICHED IN THE DITCH ON MY REGULAR MACHINE. THEN I LOADED THE QUILT ON THE FRAME AND QUILTED THE HORIZONTAL SQUARES. ONCE DONE WITH THEM I TOOK THE QUILT OFF AND RELOADED IT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND QUILTED THE OTHER BLOCKS WHICH WERE THEN ALSO IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION. I QUILTED WAVY LINES WITH VARIEGATED/MULT COLORED THREAD WITHIN THE SAME COLOR FAMILY OF EACH . AND THE BLACK SQUARES I DID A CIRCLE SWIRL. THE BOBBIN I USED A VARIGATED TO MATCH THE BACK.
BTW, THAT IS MY HUBBY'S TOES STICKING OUT THE BOTTOM,LOL. |
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THIS IS A QUILT THAT I MADE FOR OUR GRANDBABY TURNER'S FIRST CHRISTMAS. I REALLY DIDN'T GO BY A PATTERN FOR THIS ONE. I WANTED TO TRY SOME PINWHEELS AND I THOUGHT THOSE WOULD GO GOOD ON A BABY'S QUILT. THIS IS FLANNEL SO I MADE THE HST'S FOR THE PINWHEELS WITH THANGLES I THINK THEY ARE CALLED. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD HELP KEEP THE FLANNEL STABLE. THE BLOCKS THAT LOOK LIKE 9 PATCHES ARE ACTUALLY ONE PIECE. I CHEATED WITH THAT AND CUT THE FABRIC THAT WAY AND QUILTING ALONG THE PRINTED ROWS LIKE YOU WOULD BE STITCHING IN THE DITCH. THE 1 PATCHES I STIPPLED. |
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HONEY BEE GARDEN APRIL 2006 |
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THIS IS MY SECOND PIECED QUILT. THAT IS IF YOU DON'T COUNT THE RAG QUILTS. THE PATTERN WAS FROM "11 LAPS FROM FATS" BY ELLEN REPLOGLE. THE FABRICS ARE "HONEY BEE FARMS", FROM RED ROOSTER FABRICS. IT WAS MADE FROM A FAT QUARTER BUNDLE OF THOSE FABRICS.AS USUAL THIS TOOK ME LONGER THAN I EXPECTED. I WON'T CONFESS HOW MANY TIMES I RIPPED SEAMS IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO MATCH. SHOOT SOME OF THEM I GAVE UP ON,LOL. I MADE THIS QUILT TO BE THE FIRST ACTUAL QUIILT I PUT ON MY NEW HANDIQUILTER MACHINE. I MACHINE QUILTED LOOPS CAUSE THEY REMIND ME OF A TRAIL THE BEES WOULD MAKE,LOL. |
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THIS IS MY FIRST COMPLETED QUILT. A LAP OR NAP QUILT. ITS A RAIL FENCE PATTERN. IT WAS QUILTED FREE MOTION AND WITH MONOFILAMENT THREAD. ....SO YOU CAN'T SEE ALL MY MISTAKES,LOL. BEING MORE OF A SEAMSTRESS OR DOING MAINLY GARMENT CONSTRUCTION BEFORE, I WAS MORE CONCERNED AT MATCHING THE EDGES OF THE ROWS. DUH, I DIDN'T REALIZE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON MATCHING THE SEAMS! LIVE AND LEARN! I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WITHOUT OUR LIL SANDY GIRL BEING IN IT AS WELL. |
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