Aunt Linda's Strippy Flannel Quilt

Aunt Linda came from Santa Barbara for a week-long visit. She brought 5 quilt tops. We got 3 quilted during her visit and she left the other 2 for me to work on later.

This first quilt was made from scrap strips from her numerous flannel and rag quilts. Aunt Linda did most of the long arming. She learned quickly! 

Size: 60" x 71" Single-bed size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used light yellow polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Butter"). Free form quilting. 3 bobbins. Quilting by Aunt Linda.

Backing: Flannel from Aunt Linda's inventory. 

Batting: 100% cotton. Warm and White.

Binding:  TBD by Aunt Linda
Pattern: Random flannel strips.  

Piecing by Aunt Linda.

Pinned into frame July 31, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter July 31, 2015. (Aunt Linda). 

Binding by Aunt Linda. 

QC by Mother.

Location:County Line Quilts

Tangerine

Mother had a couple pieces of fabric in her inventory that were crying out to be used and she had a desire to make another quilt like Leo's. We played around with several names for this quilt, but "Tangerine" is the only one that stuck, named for the colors in the fabric. Mother wanted to have this one ready to bind during Aunt Linda's visit. I quilted it in time for her to do the hand work while she visited. See "Leo's Quilt" for information about the pattern. This quilt was given to Cynthia for her Mother.

Size: 68" x 80" Throw size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used light yellow polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Butter"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Cream-colored print from Mother's stash. It was a wide, quilt-back sized piece, bought from a fabric.com sale.

Batting: 50-50 cotton and polyester.

Binding:  The dark green print used in the quilt, from Mother's stash. 
Pattern: "Chain Reaction" by Liz Porter from the Winter 2014 magazine Easy Quilts.  

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame July 22, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter July 24, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Mother. 

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts

Get Your T-Shirts While You Can

This is a "gather ye rosebuds while you may" type of quilt. The shirts for this are from many years ago when I actually did things like AIDS Walks, Bay-to-Breakers, etc. Before my knees gave out!

I used iron-on interfacing behind the shirts and each shirt was "framed" with a contrasting or matching print woven fabric. The quilting was a loose meander or I tried various patterns from the internet class I took. In some cases I quilted around the design on the t-shirt. 

This one was fun to make. And it's a rare example of a quilt I will keep. Spencer will use it on the couch and in the car.

Size: 61" x 72" Throw size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple, tried different quilting patterns from the Internet class in some of the blocks, and quilted around the designs in other blocks. Used white polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Bright White"). Free form quilting. 5 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Red and White print from a JoAnn's sale. 

Batting: 100% Polyester. 

Binding:  Tan print from my stash. I used a different technique for this binding. I sewed it on the front, basted it on the back, and then did the second stitching on the front (catching the back) using a straight stitch with a zig (no zag). This technique worked really well. I will try it again.

Pattern: T-shirt blocks with frames.  Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame June 26, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter June 29 -July 1, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts

Sweet Dreams

I made a quilt for Tai Wah's first grandchild, Sebastian Corral Chan. In order to get the quilt done quickly, I used 2 packages of charm squares from Missouri Star Quilt Company, called Lakeside Gatherings. To make the quilt a little special, I used a soft gray minky fabric on the back. The minky worked very well. I will use it again.

This was almost a 3-day quilt. It was pieced on Tuesday, June 23; quilted on Wednesday, June 24; and binding was almost finished on Thursday, June 25!

Lin, Sebastian's mother, sent us a very nice thank-you note.

Size: 36 1/2" x 41" Baby size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose meander, loose stipple. Used light gray polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Silver"). Free form quilting. 2 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Gray minky bought for this project. 

Batting: 100% polyester. 

Binding:  Plain light gray fabric from my inventory. 
Pattern: Squares arranged in a diagonal pattern. Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame June 24, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter June 24, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty.

QC by Spencer, front and back, because he needed to see how the minky performed.

Location:County Line Quilts

Disappearing 9-Patch II

This is the second Disappearing 9-Patch Mother made to use up some of her inventory. See the blog about the first one for all of the details.

Size: 66" x 79" Single-bed size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose loop-de-loop. Used gray/green/brown polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Khaki"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Had a problem with the thread breaking. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Gray green print from Mother's stash. The thread matches the back really well.

Batting: 100% cotton. Warm and Natural.

Binding:  Dark brown print from Mother's stash. The binding goes nicely with the smaller dark brown squares in the quilt.
Pattern: "Disappearing 9-Patch" from the Fall 2014 magazine Easy Quilts.  

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame May 27, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter June 3 - 19, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Mother. 

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts

E-Quilt

Mother made a quilt for Rosalee from Eric Johnson's shirts and pants. After many design discussions, she decided to keep it simple using squares in the center and rectangles around the edge. She left the pockets and tags on a few of the blocks. After this one was finished she made a nap pad for Rosalee's cat, Barney. The nap pad was tied. The quilting on the blanket was a simple meander, going around the pockets so they would stay open. I also quilted a cat, bunny, and flower on the blanket, things that were present in Eric's life, as I remember him when he lived in Redwood City.

Size: 72" Square Throw size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used light tan polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Light Tan"). Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Dark red flannel from Mother's stash.

Batting: 100% bamboo.

Binding:  Tan print from Mother's stash. 
Pattern: Designed by Mother.  

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame May 8, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter May 13 - 15, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Mother. 

QC by Spencer from afar since he was not the "freshest".

See also the cat nap pad. It was made from the leftovers of this quilt and was tied, not quilted. But, Spencer did a QC test to make sure Barney will find it acceptable.

Location:County Line Quilts

Disappearing 9-Patch I

Mother decided to make this quilt to use up some of her stash after seeing a picture of it in a Fon's and Porter Easy Quilts magazine. In fact, she made two quilts with this pattern, one I called "rusty" (this one) and the other "brown" for the contrasting fabrics that make the little squares. I quilted this quilt after taking an Internet class on long arming, so I paid close attention to the placement of the batting (dimple side up and pimple side down), tension, needle size and all those things I learned in the class.

Size: 66" x 78" Single-bed size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used light yellow polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Butter"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Yellow and orange print from Mother's stash.

Batting: 100% cotton.

Binding:  Gold print from Mother's stash. 
Pattern: "Disappearing 9-Patch" from the Fall 2014 magazine Easy Quilts.  

Piecing by Mother.

Pinned into frame April 8, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter May 6, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Mother. 

QC by Spencer.

Location:County Line Quilts