I see a lot of bones on this quilt. Where's mine?
There was a long hiatus from the longarm whilst Mother and I worked on piecing tops. I was working on the Blue Maple Leafs for Narinder and Spencer to use on the couch. Mother was working on a couple of disappearing 9-patches. In the meantime Narinder got a message from his sister Ravinder about their Dec visit saying that Simran wants drawing supplies and Megha wouldn't say what she wanted. It's traditional to give guests presents in their family. Megha would like to have a pet, but that doesn't fit into their schedule right now. So, Narinder will take Simran shopping for drawing supplies when she gets here and I got busy making a pet-substitute quilt for Megha. This one was nearly quilt in a day. I would have finished all the cutting and piecing in one day, if I hadn't stopped to watch a TV movie. Because Ravinder and girls are due to visit Dec 17, this quilt was the first one after the hiatus to go on the machine, bumping the Maple Leafs and the 2 Mother finished.
I believe all the fabrics in this quilt came from a JoAnn's sale.
Size: 59" x 59" Lap Blanket Size
Quilting: Quilted in a loose stipple meandering design, with some "bones" added. I made a bone template on Dec 1, 2014 by enlarging a design in a book. I used a Chaco marker to mark the bones on the quilt.
Quilting: Quilted in a loose stipple meandering design, with some "bones" added. I made a bone template on Dec 1, 2014 by enlarging a design in a book. I used a Chaco marker to mark the bones on the quilt.
The Template
On the Quilt (a bit difficult to see)
I used red polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Rosella". I looked up Rosella on the internet and they are beautiful Australian parrots with some bright red feathers. So, quilting is at times educational!) Free form quilting. 5 bobbins.
A Rosella
Selecting the Thread for Quilting
Backing: Red dog print and the black, white, and gray bone print. I made a stupid mistake figuring out how wide to make the bone print, so I had to unpin the quilt just before the quilting was finished and sew on another piece. I lost a whole day correcting that error. Sometimes I worry about my brain functions!
Backing: Red dog print and the black, white, and gray bone print. I made a stupid mistake figuring out how wide to make the bone print, so I had to unpin the quilt just before the quilting was finished and sew on another piece. I lost a whole day correcting that error. Sometimes I worry about my brain functions!
The Back
Batting: 100% bamboo
Binding: A red print. The binding was "crowd sourced". I asked Keith, Ann, and Sally if I should use brown or black and Keith to be funny said "red". Sally and Ann agreed, so I had to find a suitable red. I'll learn to crowd source! I did ask only Sally about which color thread to use for the quilting and she said red, which is what Mother had said first.
Batting: 100% bamboo
Binding: A red print. The binding was "crowd sourced". I asked Keith, Ann, and Sally if I should use brown or black and Keith to be funny said "red". Sally and Ann agreed, so I had to find a suitable red. I'll learn to crowd source! I did ask only Sally about which color thread to use for the quilting and she said red, which is what Mother had said first.
Crowd-Sourced Binding Basted
Pattern: Traditional block inspired by a baby quilt kit I saw on the Internet. I expanded the block sizes to better feature the red dog print and to make a better size for a lap blanket. I added a couple more borders also.
Pattern: Traditional block inspired by a baby quilt kit I saw on the Internet. I expanded the block sizes to better feature the red dog print and to make a better size for a lap blanket. I added a couple more borders also.
The idea
Piecing by Patty.
Pinned into frame December 1, 2014. Quilting on long arm quilter December 1-5, 2014. (Patty).
Binding by Patty.
QC by Spencer.
The Result
The Label
Location:County Line Quilts
