My Lone Star Quilt

   After I quilted Donna's Lone Star quilt she sent me the book and templates from Nancy Zieman's internet store. The center was from the book and the design around the edges I made up as I went along guided by some pictures of medallion quilts that I found on the internet. I know what to do better next time. The fabric came from my inventory. It was fun to piece this quilt and I am looking forward to the next one. Caruso broke sewing the border. He's fixed now! The repairman said he's good for another 100 years! Quilt to be donated to guild for their charity work. Donated to quilt guild July 2017.

• Size: 65" x 91" Twin size
• Quilting: Quilted in a meandering stipple. Free form quilting. 8 bobbins. Used light brown Omni 100% polyester thread, named "Canyon". Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Gray, pink, and red print fabric from my inventory. It's probably the most perfectly matched back for a top that i have ever paired up, at least when the quilt is made from inventory and not from 
• purchased fabric with coordinating back.
• Batting: 80/20 cotton/polyester batting from Winline
• Binding:  Red print fabric from my inventory. The same fabric used in some of the blocks.
• Pattern: "Lone Star" from Sew Speedy Lone Star Quilts by Nancy Zieman.  
• Piecing by Patty.
• Pinned into frame December 28, 2016. Quilting on long arm quilter December 30, 2016. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

 

 

Construction Site

 This is a quilt from the To Do list and one I've wanted to make for a long time since I bought the book little bits QUILTING BEE. It turned out bright and cute. I had to trim the half-square triangle blocks down to 9" because they skewed a bit in the sewing. The quilt is still big enough. I used a layer cake (10" pre-cut squares) purchased from MSQC to make the top. Quilt to be donated to guild for their charity work. Donated to quilt guild July 2017.

 

• Size: 69" x 85.5" Twin size
• Quilting: Quilted in a meandering elongated stipple. Free form quilting. 8 bobbins. Used Omni-V #9121 100% polyester thread. Variegated medium to dark blue. Named "Tempest Blue". Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Blue print fabric from The Laurel Leaf's going out of business sale.
• Batting: 80/20 cotton/polyester batting from Winline
• Binding:  Gray tan print fabric from my inventory. The same fabric used for the background in the blocks.
• Pattern: "Prismatic" from little bits QUILTING BEE by Kathreen Ricketson.  
• Piecing by Patty.
• Pinned into frame December 19, 2016. Quilting on long arm quilter December 19-23, 2016. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

 

   

Dorm Series--6 Quilts

 

A series of whole cloth quilts I made for Narinder's nieces and nephew. All are approximately 60" x 90" (+/- 1/2"), the size for a long twin, the bed often used in dorms. All have flannel backs. All have the 80/20 cotton/poly batting Comfort Blend from Winline Industries. All took 6 bobbins. Thread colors varied. Quilting style varied. Floated the tops to quilt at Frances's suggestion. It worked very well for all 6. Loved the batting, first time using. Made 6 quilts for 4 nieces and 1 nephew, so no one had to be the "old maid" and take the last one.

 

Horsing Around

 

       

Rusty Omni thread named "Rusty"

Started quilting 10/31. Finished 11/2/2016. Quilted in a meandering design, free form. Made a feathery design on the seam. 

 

Science Fair 

 

       

Dark gray Omni thread named "Dark Gray"

Started quilting 11/2. Finished 11/4. Quilted in a meandering design, free form. Round bottom flasks up the seam.

Schlieren & Telescope Views

 

                                           

  Variegated  blue Omni-V thread #9121. Variegated medium to dark blue. Named "Tempest Blue". Absolutely loved this thread and so did the long arm. Started quilting 11/11. Finished 11/14. Overall meander, loose stipple, free form.  Stars up the seam.  

Wildflowers

                                             

    Brown/gold/sage Omni-V thread #9010. Variegated brown, gold, sage, knight sage. Named "Multigrain". Started quilting 11/18. Finished 11/21. Overall meander, vaguely flower petalish, free form. Flowers up the seam.    

Daleks vs. Cybermen

                               

    Turquoise variegated Omni-V thread #9006. Variegated blue turquoise, light turquoise, green. Named "Laguna". Straight vertical lines on the cybermen 1/3 side. Square meander, free form, on the Dalek 2/3 side. Square wave up the seam.  Started quilting 11/23. Finished 11/25.  

Tardis  a la Van Gogh

   

   

Variegated gold thread Omni-V thread #9130. Variegated medium to dark golds. Named "Leo the Lion". Followed line between Tardis in 1/3. Made spiral designs up seam. In 2/3 section made spiral designs following the designs of the print. Made 6 bobbins 11/28. Pinned into quilter 11/28. Started and finished quilting 12/2.

Strip Tease

 

   This is another of my mother's special strip quilts. Donated to quilt guild 2017.

• Size: 68" x 86" Twin bed size
• Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Free form quilting. Used dark green 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Palm Tree"). 10 bobbins. quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Brown green bird print fabric with a small brown flower on white print to make enough for the back. Fabric from Mother's stash. The brown and green print has been in Mother's stash forever. It's nice to finally use it.
• Batting: 100% cotton Warm and Natural
• Binding: Brown print fabric from my Mother's inventory
• Pattern: Strips arranged by Mother
• Piecing by Mother
• Pinned into frame October 14, 2016. Quilting on long arm quilter October 14-19, 2016. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

   

Location:County Line Quilts

Donna's Second Quilt

Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You

 A good way to decide how to quilt a top you haven't seen is to iron it and let it "speak" to you.

Donna sent another quilt for long arming. She is making this one for Cousin Cynthia, Uncle Everett Lee's daughter. This one has borders and small blocks that look like glass tiles. The blocks are arranged in an interesting and pleasing pattern, that invites the viewer to study it and admire it for some time. It is a very pretty quilt and will be gorgeous on a bed. The quilt top was flat and even (good things for a quilter) so it was easy to long arm. I did an overall, free form meander, vaguely like petals and vines in the border, and quilted each block either in a floral pattern or a pattern that compliments the piecing. I used a 100% cotton thread. At first I had problems with the top thread breaking. A search of the Internet suggested a larger needle. I went from a size 20 needle to a 21; problem solved!

Size: 92" x 103" King size
Quilting: Quilted the borders in an overall, free form meander, vaguely like petals and vines and quilted each block either in a floral pattern or a pattern that compliments the piecing. Used white cotton thread for the entire quilt (King Tut from Superior Threads-named "Temple").  18 bobbins total.  Quilting by Patty.

Backing: Printed dark blue fabric--wide for quilt backings. 

Batting: 100% natural cotton--from Donna. It was good quality, no bearding or distortion.

Binding:  To be done by Donna
Pattern: Piecing by Donna. 

Binding by Donna. 

The time frame:

September 14 received quilt in mail

September 16 measured top, back, and batting

September 19 ironed top and backing and repaired 2 seams

September 21 pinned quilt into machine and basted across top

September 23 made first 6 bobbins

September 28 started quilting

October 7 finished quilting

October 9 buried thread ends and packaged quilt for mailing

October 11 mailed quilt to Donna

Location:County Line Quilts

Lightning

 

We saw quilts from this book on a Sewing with Nancy program. So we bought the book and Mother selected this one to make. It uses her strips that Frances organized. Plus it is cute. The 2 layers of batting made it very difficult to quilt, but very puffy and soft. Given to Aida to give to her workers or church friends.

 

Size: 42" x 42" Crib size Quilting:  Meandering waves like a potato masher. Followed a stripe down. Used light blue polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Harbor Sky"). Free form quilting. 4 bobbins. Quilting by Patty. Backing: Nursery print fabric from a JoAnn's sale. 

Batting: 100% polyester. 2 layers of a low loft batting from a JoAnn's sale.

Binding:  Blue print fabric from Mother's inventory. Same fabric used for back of Sally's Many Steps to the Sewing Machine. Pattern: "Barn Cabins" from Cabin Fever by Natalia Bonner and Kathleen Whiting.  

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame August 24, 2016. Quilting on long arm quilter August 24, 2016. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

 

 

Location:County Line Quilts

Bright Stars in Texas

This is a quilt made for Texas cousin Everly Elizabeth Grace Baxter, cousin Karina's baby and resident of Lubbock. We made quilts for Everly's sisters (see 2013--Spring Hearts, Side-by-Side Dog and Cat, Cabbage Patch, and Garden Gate), so we couldn't forget Everly who was born this year. The challenge with this quilt was to use only those fabrics already in inventory. The blues and yellows came from both my inventory and Mother's.  Some of the blues were from Layer Cake collections.  I did buy a back (Craftsy sale), but that was all. The pattern used was "Wonky-Stars" from Fresh from the Clothesline by Darlene Zimmerman. It's a book I've used before (see "Brown Bear" 2014 for a picture of the book). This is my favorite quilt in that book. It looks cheery and bright and, indeed, "fresh from the clothesline".

Size: 49" x 58" Crib size
Quilting: Quilted closer than I usually do. Meandering loops in the blue sashing and yellow areas. Close stipple in the off-white background. I did not quilt the stars, so they will puff out some. Used off-white polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Pearl White"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Blue, green, and yellow print fabric from a Craftsy sale. 

Batting: 50/50 cotton/polyester.

Binding:  Plain light blue fabric from my inventory
Pattern: Wonky-Stars" from Fresh from the Clothesline by Darlene Zimmerman.  

Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame August 10, 2016. Quilting on long arm quilter August 12-15, 2016. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

I washed the quilt before mailing to remove the QC residue.

A Block Before Washing

The Same Block after Washing

I love the puckery old-fashioned quilt look after the quilt is laundered.

Location:County Line Quilts

Spice

The pattern for this quilt came from a mail advertisement for quilting publications. To Mother it looked like another good chance to use her organized scrappy strips. And again she was right! The funny thing about this quilt is that I put the label on the top instead of the bottom, essentially upside down! The quilt is designed to be viewed like fans and I viewed it the way the old crocheted potholders hung that I remembered from our house in Superior. I just slapped the label on it without consulting the pattern! Mother was a bit upset! I must be a bit dyslexic! This quilt was added to the donation bin. Given to Aida to give to her workers or church friends.

Size: 68" x 80" Twin bed size

Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used tan polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Sandstone"). Free form quilting. 8 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.

Backing: Tan print fabric from Mother's inventory. Bought at a JoAnn's sale. 

Batting: 100% polyester.

Binding:  Brown print from Mother's inventory

Pattern: "Spice Market" by Vicky Wozniak from a McCall's advertisement.  

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame July 13, 2016. Quilting on long arm quilter July 13-15, 2016. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

 

 

 

Location:County Line Quilts