Mom's quilt tops 2018

Quilt Club 2017 -- State Block Sampler

June - Dec 2017

I joint Quilt Club in June.  They are doing two sample blocks a month based on states.  I selected some fabric from stash to use.

At Hen House Retreat in Sept 2018 I put the blocks together that I did complete and used an ombre scrap from The Bog project as sashing.  Now I need to figure out borders.

Dec 2019
Added several boarders to make quilt top into a rectangle.  Also practiced making flanges.

Sisters 2018 Quilt show entries

Mom's entries:

Flannel In the Woods
56x77
$350

 Log Cabin
84x67
$200

 Reef Life
68 x 84
$200

Rose Boxes
$250
64 x 64 Pattern: Cubit by Stichet Together Studies

One For the Money
58 x 64
$200

Trina's Entries

Aquarium Life
46 x 60
$125

Elephant Frolic
58 x 50; Pattern: Elephant Walk by Jennifer Sampou
$350

Mark Lipinski Throw Me a Curve Mystery Quilt
66 x 66
$200

Candy Stars
52 x 68
$250

I'm Seeing Spots
66 x 66
$125
 

Quilts quilted in Jan 2018

This post is to record the quilts that I quilt in 2018.  Given to Community Quilts 2019

#1 Jan (Toujours" by Pressed for Time Quiltworks 50x60)
This top was made by mom several years ago.  I quilted several large sailboats with calm water between.

#2 Jan (All Stacked Up by Free Spirit Fabrics 62x79)

http://www.freespiritfabrics.com/coatsb2b/en/Inspirations/All-Stacked-up/p/FS2013KF

Mom made this quilt top last year from a kit purchased while in Bend OR in July.  I wanted to practice quilting feathers so I did different feathers in each block.  After a few block of 100% free motion I started to use rulers to create areas within each block to quilt the feathers.  I also went on Pintrist to get a few ideas on types of feathers and tried different motifs instead of travel stitching bump backs.

#3 Jan ("One for the Money" by Grizzly Gulch Gallery 58x64) - sold Sisters 2018
I'm not sure if mom or I made this quilt top many years ago.  It was probably both of us.  The pattern is One For the Money.  I wanted to continue practicing feathers so decided to do this grid pattern overall and fill-in with feathers on alternating "pinwheels"

#4 Jan ("Rusty's Block"   44 x 56)  Given to Community quilts 2018
Mom made this quilt top this year.  As it small I wanted to try an overall feather to practice making feather of different sizes.  I first free motioned an overall meander with a few swirls and then went back a put in the feathers attempting to fill in everything.

Nancy Brown -- The Bog (Nov 2017 - Nov 2018)

Nov 2017

Three different patterns are being worked on by the Village People group.  I have just joined the group and with Nancy suggestion for a beginner I'm doing The Bog.

Got the pattern for the Harrier Hen.  Great instructions from Nancy and fun group.  Didn't get very far during the class.  Started working on it while at Colleen Granger's retreat then put it away for a week or so.  Pulled it out and decided to start over using Stick-N-Peel on the pieces as I'm feel so awkward trying to get the edges turned under with the needle sweep method.  Got the bird done in two evenings and please with the results.  Did have some difficulties with keeping the pieces aligned per the pattern (small shifting).  Will ask Nancy about it next meeting

Dec.  Got the pattern for the badger.  What a fun group!  The facts about the badger was great too.  Nancy suggest using plastic sheet protector to copy the image onto and then it can be placed on top of the applique for placement (instead of using the pattern).  Nancy gave a tutorial on making eyes.  Got the badger done in time for the Jan meeting.

Jan.  Got the pattern for the Irish hare.  So nice to catch-up with several of the group on how their holiday plan went.  The lions that many are making are coming out beautiful!  I'm so impressed.  I also really like the animals doing the sites in SF that the other third of the group is doing. Nancy's patterns are so great! Got the pattern traced and fabrics selected during the class.  Mom sewed with the bag ladies.  We left and got lunch with Dale before heading home.


Feb.  Now for the common frog, damsel fly and bog flowers.

Mar - Oct.  This has been a bad/sad year and I found some solace in doing hand applique.  It kept my hands busy but now I think of mom every time I hand applique. 

Nov: Finished the applique and put on borders.  Now to quilt.

Medallion Round 4 2017-2018 #2

I completed both of the round 4 Medallions while at the Cedar Ridge retreat in early May.

I had a yard of this butterfly fabric in my stash and it went perfectly.  I created the butterfly corner stones and added the small inset to make it a bit more interesting.

Medallion Round 4 2017-2018 #1

I worked on this Medallion Round 4 at the Cedar Ridge retreat in May 2018.  It seemed a bit to bright to me (thought I'd never say that).  So I wanted my round to tone it down a bit and therefore have a lot of black. 

 I decided on putting the block only partially on each side as it was too busy with it all the way around.  Having the black calming space helped in toning it down. This is the final round