County Line Quilts: May 2013

The Entire Set for Cousin Sharilyn's Granddaughters

This is the last quilt for Aunt Janet's great-granddaughters. It's for the third child, Kimberlyn. Though, Ann warns, and I suspect she is correct, that who gets which quilt will shuffle when they see them. That's the way it was with her and her sisters growing up.
The fabric for the nine patches mostly came from Mother's stash. Some of the nine patch fabric came from the other quilts in this set. This means that this quilt has some of the same DNA as the others, as do sisters! The background is unbleached Quilter's muslin from The Laurel Leaf fabric store in San Carlos. The yellow print for the inner border came from the stash we got from Sari and binding came from Mother's stash. The light green accent fabric came from a Connecting Threads sale. The green color is called "Mint". The back came from a JoAnn's red tag sale. I took Cynthia (dog walker) to the DMV to get her handicap sticker after her broken ankle accident, so I just had to go to JoAnn's (nearby) while she waited at the horrendously busy DMV. Whilst browsing JoAnn's, I found the "perfect" back. It was fate, so I had to get it.
I quilted the outer border using a four-leaf clover design from a homemade pantograph. The inner border was a flower and leaf design using a pantograph that came with the machine. The main quilt was a free- form loopy meander with big "cabbage roses" in the plain muslin squares.
This pattern is one that Mother and I have long admired in the book Joy of Quilting. It's also in Eleanor Burns' book Still Stripping. We used the block size in Eleanor's book, but copied the look of the quilt in the other book. Of the quilts in this set, Ann says it is her favorite because of the green color and the sweet old fashioned look. Ann likes traditional things.
Size: 62" x 79" Single-Bed Size
Quilting: Meandering loopy design and free form "cabbage roses" using light green polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Sea Mist") in the main quilt. Flower and leaf design using a pantograph in the inner border. Four-leaf clover design in the outer border using a homemade pantograph. 9 bobbins. Same light green thread was used in both borders.
Backing: Green cotton print from a JoAnns red tag sale
Batting: 50% Polyester/50% Cotton (Warm Blend)
Binding: Green cotton print from Mother's stash
Pattern: "Breakfast in Bed" by Joan Hanson & Mary Hicks in The Joy of Quilting book. It's a very traditional pattern.
Piecing by Mother. Pinned into frame April 28, 2013. Quilting on long arm quilter April 29 and May 1, 2013 (Patty). Binding by Mother. QC by Spencer.