Blue Line—Flannel Quilt

 

This quilt was made from scraps left from backs of quilts. Most of the quilts were the ones I made for Narinder’s neices and nephew (see Dorm Series, November, 2016), plus one made for Cynthia (see A Breed Apart, July, 2017) and one made for Nancy (Nancy’s Quilt, March, 2018). There were 8 different backs to use. Most of the flannel strips were trimmed from the edges after the quilts were quilted. All, but one, of the scraps, were neutral or dark in color. So, I used the one bright aqua one as a feature down the center of the quilt. The result is a handsome and humorous quilt top, I think. Mother thinks it’s hideous, but she’s blind. Whatever you think about the quilt’s “look”, it will be cozy and warm for someone in a homeless shelter. I wanted to name the quilt “Blue Streak,” but the urban dictionary gives a nasty definition for that phrase, so I decided on the more acceptable “Blue Line”.  This quilt was donated to victums of the Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, CA. The donation was handled by the Quilt Guild.

• Size: 60 1/2" x 96” Twin bed size
• Quilting: Quilted in an overall vertical wavy line. I saw a picture on the internet of a strip quilt quilted this way. It’s a modern quilt look. However, it was very boring to quilt after the first 2 lines. I will never ever do this again! I’ve had my “modern” moment.  Free form quilting. Used blue variegated 100% polyester thread (Omni-V #9006 from Superior Threads-named "Laguna") for the blue line (1 bobbin) and  6 bobbins of light gray Omni 100% polyester (“Silver”). On the top used gold Omni 100% polyester  (“Goldenrod”). Top thread color chosen to match the binding color. Quilting by Patty. 
• Backing: Gray tonal flannel print backing from a Fabric.com sale.
• Batting: 80/20 cotton/polyester. Winline “Comfort Blend”.
• Piecing by Patty. 
• Pinned into frame October 24, 2018. Quilting on long arm October 26, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. Used a solid gold cotton fabric from my stash for the binding.
• QC by Spencer. This quilt is good colors for him. I should make him one.

 

 

Oliver’s Big Fish—New Technique

This is a quilt made for Cousin Leslie’s new grandson Oliver. The new technique was making an applique pattern from a clip art picture and using Misty Fuse instead of Steam-2-Seam Lite. This was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I would never have made it through the process without advice from Cousin Denise. She clued me in on selecting a piece of clip art and taking it to a copy store to be blown up the size for the quilt. I found Office Depot to be the best place for enlargement. I had 2 copies made per her instructions. Misty Fuse was hard to use, but the product is less stiff and has a better hand feel than a raw edge applique made with Steam-2-Seam. Finding all the fabrics for the applique was difficult, also. The background (“ocean”) was a jelly roll race quilt. The quilt would look better with some seaweed in the blank spaces (Hannah’s suggestion) but I ran out of gas for the project, so the quilt did not get seaweed corners. Oliver comes from a family of fisher-people. I hope he likes his big fish. 

• Size: 50 1/2" x 65” Crib size
• Quilting: Quilted in an overall wavy line to represent water current with occasional free form fish. Quilted around the big applique fish. My rabbit signature was a poor imitation of Kenojuak’s (Inuit artist) “Rabbit Eating Seaweed.” Free form quilting. Used blue variegated 100% polyester thread (Omni-V #9006 from Superior Threads-named "Laguna"). 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Gray tonal print backing from a Superior Threads end of bolt sale. The fabric is really nice.
• Batting: 100% cotton, Winline “Back to Basics”
• Piecing and applique by Patty. Background is a jelly roll race quilt using a Kona Cotton Jelly Roll called “Overcast”.
• Pinned into frame October 13, 2018. Quilting on long arm October 15, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. Used a dark gray print from a JoAnn’s sale.
• QC by Spencer

Jelly Roll

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 Yum! Salmon for Dinner!

Rabbit Eating Seaweed

 https://www.google.com/search?q=rabbit+eating+seaweed&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV-4zO7NTgAhVKFzQIHQ6sCiIQ_AUoAXoECAwQAQ&biw=834&bih=1042#imgrc=FaKlxHlDz4oHrM&imgdii=FyN7EKx9PA79QM

Quilting Detail

 

Fish Head

Victoria, Marley, and Oliver