Here are approximately 20 quilts of various styles that I'm hauling, in prep for a Trunk Show still in the planning stage. The biggest decision is how many will fit in my small car ! 8-))) Just give me a chance to talk, and then, watch out! The next day I'll be teaching a Workshop - again, more "stuff" added into my small car. Wish I had a larger vehicle!
I am a quilter - a retired widow living in the Nebraska Panhandle. I am surrounded by beautiful semi-arid ranch country, and treeless hills and fields under incredibly wide blue skies, located far from the upheaval found often in large towns or cities. I am blessed to have delicious time to quilt and to appreciate my peaceful moments in an unpeaceful world.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Preps for a Trunk Show, and a Workshop. Also, a New Quilt Project
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Kaleidoscope Sample Blocks
I am working on another Kaleidoscope quilt and have been obsessed with exchanging wedges between 2 slightly related blocks. While the blocks appears difficult, it is one of the first I learned, and is not difficult at all and the blocks are a perfect choice for using leftover WOF strips. The corner have not yet been selected. There is NO effort at matching wedge seams - your eye does the "matching".
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Another Quarter Log Cabin
Apparently I am "stuck" on this design, the fifth I've made recently. This is ready to be gifted.
Sunday, February 25, 2024
2468 pieces. MORE Kaleidoscope Blocks!
Finished! I learned this "system" from Jackie Robinson /Animas Quilts, called Strip and Slash and purchased her DVD years ago. Her method is precise, and productive, as well as an effective method to use scraps. I've made 5-6 quilt using her "technique". Thank you, Jackie!
Monday, February 19, 2024
Minor Improvements in the Studio
What is that? My second sewing station is a door on 2 file cabinets with the machine on the door, and a chair slides under the work area between the file cabinets. Occasionally the top area needs a little extra room when quilting a large quilt. I pulled one drawer out on the file cabinet, and inserted this piece of firm masonite (or similar), glued the paint sticks onto the correct place on the back so it stayed in the right place, turned the masonite over, and I have a good size area for additional support for the quilt. It is loose enough so I can just pull it off and slide it under the cabinet, and close the drawer up as needed. This cost me all of $5.10 - the large paint sticks were free, and the lumber yard cut the masonite for free.
Monday, January 22, 2024
Progress adding borders QAYG
See that teal and turquoise block? It's looking like "transparency", an effect I'm liking. The center blocks were all sewn and machine quilted traditionally, and I actually used a pattern. Because it's very large and I also had issues with "what machine can I use? (I hadn't purchased the Janome 6700P yet) so my plan was to make and quilt the borders separately, and add them QAYG, to eliminate some of the bulk. It's working quite well. I set up a large table in the middle of the room, to take some of the weight off my lap when finishing the last seams when hand sewing. Size is about 88" x 104" I'll make 2 pillow cases and send it off soon. May take me another 2-3 weeks for final finishing. The blocks were so much fun because while they are all almost the same, value alterations from block to block resulted in a myriad of different looks.
Here is the 3-fabric mitered border, not yet finished. I'll sew that last bias seam by machine and add a seam binding to cover seam.
I absolutely find it impossible to use just ONE machine quilting design -- gotta try them all! LOL