Patches

Narinder's friends collected embroidered patches on their travels over several years. They asked me to put them on a quilt for them. I designed a block to feature the patches. It was not easy to arrange patches ranging from a classy one from to Paris to one that proclaimed, "I had a ball at the Testicle Festival!" I used a white snowball block with black corners and appliqued the patches to the centers. The blocks were sashed with a black and gray tonal fabric with black cornerstones. This is the first quilt I took to show and tell at the Quilt Guild. It was well received. The friends liked it and gave me a gift certificate to a restaurant in Menlo Park. 

The black fabrics I used came from the Laurel Leaf in San Carlos. The fabrics washed well and bled very little. The plain white was from my stash.

Size: 59" x 74" Lap Blanket Size
Quilting: Quilted in a swirly meandering design. Used gray polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Silver"). Free form quilting. 11 bobbins. 
Backing: Black and white stripe from The Laurel Leaf.
Batting: 100% bamboo
Binding:  Black and gray tonal cotton used for sashing.
Pattern: Traditional snowball block used to feature the patches. 

Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame September 3, 2014. Quilting on long arm quilter September 3-8, 2014. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts

Many Steps to the Sewing Machine 2

Selecting the thread for quilting. 

Used the gray on the lower left.

See "Many Steps to the Sewing Machine" for information about the making of this quilt. It is interesting to compare the first hand-quilted one with this one quilted on the longarm.  Between the two, I prefer the look of the one quilted on the long arm. Mother worked hard to find a blue colored fabric that would be acceptable to Sally, that's what I remember about the making of the quilt--finding the perfect blue!

Size: 86" x 84" Queen-Bed Size
Quilting: Quilted like "Peace by Piece." Used gray polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Silver"). Free form quilting. 10 bobbins. 
Backing: Blue print cotton from a JoAnn's sale.  The fabric is printed to look like wrinkled denim.
Batting: 100% Bamboo. Bamboo batting is as easy to machine quilt as it is to hand quilt.
Binding: A piece from Penny's stash. Also used for Leo's quilt.
Pattern: Antique "Many Trips Around the World"
Piecing by Mother 12 years ago. Pinned into frame August 15, 2014. Quilted August 20-29, 2014 (Patty).  

Binding by Mother

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts

Strippy Flannel 2

This is the another of Mother's scrappy flannel quilts. This is the second quilt she made to use up strips of flannel we have left from the edges of long armed quilts and bindings and other sources. I tried again to quilt feathers, but I need more practice. I will persevere! 

Size: 56" x 80" Single Bed Size
Quilting: Another practice with feathers.  Used blue polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Ocean Blue"). Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. 
Backing: Plain light blue flannel from Mother's stash. To make the backing long enough, Mother inserted a pieced strip; aka a "pieced back."
Batting: 100% Cotton (Warm And White)
Binding: Blue flannel from Mother's stash of fabric left from making pajamas.  I remember having pajamas made from this fabric.
Pattern: Mother's own design

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame August  8, 2014. Quilting on long arm quilter August 11-13, 2014. (Patty). 

Binding by Mother. 

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts