Cerrito Strip

First Empty Cone from the Large Spools of Longarm Thread

 

Mother made this quilt to use up scrappy strips. I used it to practice quilting feathers. My feather quilting is improving. This quilt looks bright and pretty. It really pops. Who knew this many scraps would make such an outstanding quilt! 

Given to Aida to give to her workers or church friends.

Size: 65" x 84" Twin-bed size Quilting: Feather quilting, free form quilting. Used cream polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Cream"). Finished a cone of quilting thread! Free form quilting. Made 14 bobbins, used all 14 bobbins. Quilting by Patty. Backing: Bright fall leaf print from a Connecting Threads sale

Batting: 100% cotton Warm and Natural

Binding:  Bright green print from Patty's stash. Pattern: Strips

Piecing by Mother

Pinned into frame January 8, 2016.  Quilting on long arm quilter January 8-22, 2016. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty

QC by Spencer.

 

 

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2016 Tote and Shopping Bags

  

Bag for Keith's Ukulele with a Fly Appliqué. February 2016

Grocery Tote. Made from a kit purchased at vendor fair at San Mateo County Fairground. February 2016. Uses vinyl mesh. Given to Miriam.

Grocery Tote. Made for Miff to take to her Farmer's Market. February 2016.

Grocery Tote. Made for Monika's birthday. March 2016.

Grocery tote. Made for Cynthia. March 2016.

Grocery tote. Made for Cindy. March 2016.

Tote bag made for Cousin Cindy's 60th birthday party. August

Lunch bag for Sally's birthday. Used a Nancy Video for instructions. Used Insulbrite batting for insulation. August

Shopping bag made for Narinder's mother. August.

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2016 Table Toppers

Table Runner Meeting with Hedge Hog

 

 

Tata TV Trays

From fabric at The Laurel Leaf going out of business sale. Rosalee selected this one. Fabric looks like TV tables Tata had when we were kids.  14" x 43". January.

 

Provence!

From fabric at The Laurel Leaf going out of business sale. Used primary colored variegated thread to quilt. 21 1/2" x 39". January. Given to Aunt Lucy.

 

Vienna

From fabric at The Laurel Leaf going out of business sale. Used blue toned variegated thread to quilt. 19" x 24". January.

 

This is not a table topper, it's a mat to go under your yoga mat to provide more cushion for old knees. This is definately a prototype and has so many issues where to begin? I couldn't even bring myself to remove the red basting thread in the binding. I used a high loft batting and it didn't look cushy enough so I doubled it. Big mistake because the longer the batting was out of the package the more it fluffed and the more difficult it was to quilt. The gripper things (Slipper Grippers made for the feet of little kids pajamas) on the bottom are okay, but it probably needs more and a few on the top to grip the mat better. I've looked for stickier fabric that can still be easily needled and will be lasting to no avail. In the meantime I will "table" this project while I do more testing in my yoga class. Fabric from a fabric.com sale. September. Approximate dimensions 25"x71" but because of the batting fluff X Y area was lost to cover the fluff of the Z axis and the dimensions are smaller than planned. The ties are a nice touch. That's about the only good feature of the mat. 

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2016 Zipper Bags

 

First zippered bag, lined, from a video I watched on you-tube and all the tools it took to make it. January.

Made from an M&M bag and iron-on vinyl. Instructions from MSQC Block magazine. January. Sent to Aunt Janet.

Dove Candy Bag. January

M&M Candy Bag. Rosalee selected this one. January.

 

Blue Zippered Pouch and Lining. Sent to Miff for her birthday. January.

Yellow M&M's. For Sally. January.

 

Gummy Bears. For Monika. January.

 

Charlotte's Web. From a shopping bag Mother saved for many years. January.

 

Wild Bird Food Sack. January.

 

Lucky Money for Cindy's (manicurist) Birthday and Tet. January.

Lucky Money for Elora. Chinese New Year. January.

Plaid. For Aunt Janet. Made from fabric she sent. January.

Zipper pouch made for Hannah's birthday present. From a Crafty Gemini video. Zipper was very difficult.  July

Zipper pouch made for Donna. July

Pouch made for Cousin Cindy's 60th birthday party. Used the Crafty Gemini pattern again. Pouch looks like a piece of toast, so I made a tote bag to go with it. August.

I made 7 pouches for Narinder to take to his nieces and family when he visited in August. All pouches made in August.

 

 

 

I made 7 zippered pouches out of candy bags and mailed them to Aunt Lucy to distribute. All pouches were made in September.

 

 

I made this bag out of a bookstore shopping bag that Miff gave me. The books pictured are Moby Dick and Huckleberry Finn. It's an odd size (11" square), so I'm not sure who will want it and for what purpose. But, the quilting on it is very interesting. I put it in the donation box. September 

Leslie visited for her birthday. I made this zippered pouch for her. September

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