Time is Passing Us By

May 2015

I gave Mom the fabric and pattern for this for Mother's Day 2014.  The pattern is GREAT!! Costa Maya by Snow Day Designs.  The only slightly tricky part was the borders as they are made along with the blocks and just need to be sized.  Had no issues getting it to come together well. 

Dec 2015

I quilted this with increasing loops in the log cabin areas and straight edges in the dark and light clock print areas.  I started with free hand straight lines and hated it!  Not very straight.  So I bit the bulled and used the straight edge template that each Karen and I purchased while at the Hersey PA show this past year.  It took me a bit to get comfortable with it but WOW so much better.  Having a hard time with the foot on the Bailey but after done, I went online and found that the Bailey now has a template hopper foot.  Purchase made...can't wait to try it out on another quilt.  If I get straight line down, I have several quilts I've been holding off on that I will finally do!

Size: 72 x 72

 

Wine Country Quilt Show 2015 quilts for sale

These are the quilts I'm placing in the Quilt Show Boutique for sale:

Underwater Shimmer
60x40
$75 -- SOLD

Who Me? (Peeking Bear)
40x54
$95

Dr Suess
39x48
$45

Wall Hanging - Russian river and apple tree blossums
23x25
$35 -- SOLD

 

Suie's Zoo 

45x58

$75 -- SOLD

 

Splat Cat

36 x 46

$45 -- SOLD

Rosie Cheeks
32x36
$35

Woodland Animals
33x37
$55 -- SOLD

Animals Watching
45x60
$75 -- SOLD

Flannel Animals

34x52

$35 -- SOLD

Who Me?

April 2015,

I bought this as a kit from a local shop vendor a the Palm Springs Mancuso show that Mom, Bambi and went to last October.  I made the top there as we were having a mini-retreat.  I generally don't like applique but this as a fairly simple one.  I backed with a striped Minky.  Pattern is Zoey's Zoo by Sassafras Lane Designs.

Size:40x54

Underwater Shimmer

 I got the pattern and fabric at one of the Long Beach shows, vendor Dragon <something>.  I got a second kit too of a different fish fabric.  The technique is really interesting and less complicated the previous Fractured techniques that came from a magazine and we did several years ago with Karen.  This technique uses the fusible interfacing with grid lines which makes getting from layout to sewn so easy!!  I made the quilt top in the summer of 2012.

Entered in Sisters 2014; Sold at Santa Rosa 2015 ($75)
Size 60 x 40

Animals Watching

April 2015

Not sure when Mom made this quilt top.  I think the pattern was Puppy Dog Tales in Quilter's World April 2007 but may have mix up notes on this quilt.  I backed in a tan minky.  It has a 80/20 batt.  I want to call it Eyes Are Upon You, but I'm afraid that is a bit creepy for a kids quilt.

Size 45 x60; Sold Santa Rosa Quilt Show ($75)

Quilt Guild Medallion Round 4 -- #2

March - April 2015

This medallion did not have anyone signed up for round 4.  I had completed my round 4 and turned it in early and decided to take another one in the remaining two months.  I selected this one because I rarely do seasonal quilts but have purchased seasonal fabrics.

In my stash I had a fabric with jack-o-lantern faces and wanted to somehow use this fabric.  I decided to use it in a pumpkin block.  I couldn't find a pumpkin block that would work so I took two paper pieced pumpkin blocks and created my own with a center section that would accommodate the jack-o-lantern face.  I made about 20 of these blocks but then got board and didn't like that many pumpkins in a row.  I decided to interject with part of the border fabric that is the silhouette of building and graveyard.  Also in my stash was a spider and spider web fabric on orange which was perfect as corner stones.

Here is the finish Round 4 of the medallion:

Spot On

Jan 2015

I want to do some hand dying of fabrics.  So when I saw this pattern, Spot On by Pat Harrison in the Quiltmaker Mar/Apr 2014 magazine it seemed like the perfect project.  We had bought about 10 yards of a white on white at M&L Fabrics.  I used the book "Dyeing in Plastic Bags" by Helen Beighan to dye the fabric.  Overall I am pleased with the results.  However the white on white print kept the fabric from getting dark enough for the fabric in the border so I used the wrong side of the fabric.

Size: 65 x65