Aunt Linda’s Mother Board

Aunt Linda took a workshop to learn to make this quilt. The instructor called this quilt “Mother Board” . My QC Guy let me down on this quilt. I accidently quilted a pin in it. QC Guy did not find the defect. Luckily Aunt Linda found it when she was trimming the edges. CAPA here we come! Where’s our QA? Thankfully Auntie Ann offered to guide us through the process of corrective action, preventive action. Maybe the QC Guy will have to be replaced?

• Size: 54" x 63 1/4" Small quilt or lap size
• Quilting: Quilted in an overall meander, loose stipple. Free form quilting. Used off-white 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Cream"). 5 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Pieced back In the colors of the top
• Batting: 100% cotton, Winline “Back to Basics”
• Piecing by Aunt Linda 
• Pinned into frame June 21, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter June 21-22, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Aunt Linda. 
• QC by Spencer
  
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Aunt Linda’s Patriotic Rail Fence

Not only is this quilt gorgeous, it is one of the straightest and most even quilts I have ever quilted. Even the corners were square, very rare for pieced quilts. Though, the back was pieced, it was also square and even. The quilt was a joy to longarm.

• Size: 40" x 47 1/2" Wall hanging or table topper size
• Quilting: Quilted in a wavy line from one side to the other, with an occasional star. Free form quilting. The wavy line was to suggest a flag waving in the breeze. Used white 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Bright White"). 3 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Pieced back with red, white, and blue stripes
• Batting: 100% cotton, Winline “Back to Basics”
• Piecing by Aunt Linda 
• Pinned into frame June 20, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter June 20, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Aunt Linda. 
• QC by Spencer

The Back

Sleepy Bunny

   

  

Hello & Cheerio

Lady Behind the Quilt

Narinder’s friends are having a baby. I got late notice when a thank-you card arrived for a baby gift Narinder gave them. However, I decided to make a quilt, too. This one came from a recent Block magazine devoted to baby quilts. I made it one row longer than the pattern. I love the layer cake I used for the blocks. It’s so bright and cheery, leading to the name for this quilt, “Hello and Cheerio.” Overall, it’s a happy quilt. I felt happy working on it and the days I spent sewing and quilting it were generally cheerful for me. I like the inner border that is the same color as the background. It gives the appearance of the blocks floating on a sea of white. I need to employ this border design on more quilts. The couple having the baby are the people for whom I made the “Patches” quilt in 2014. See blog in November 2014.  

• Size: 49 1/4” x 57 3/4” Crib size
• Quilting: Quilted in a meandering medium to large loop-de-loop, similar to the picture in the pattern. Free form quilting. 5 bobbins. Used Omni 100% polyester thread, named “Bright White” from Superior Threads. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Blue printed cotton from MSQC, the same fabric pictured in the pattern and used for the border. 
• Batting: 80% cotton/20% polyester batting from Winline
• Binding:  Bright green print from fabric.com. The bright green picks up the greens in the blocks and the indistinct yellow dots echo the distinct white dots in the border
• Pattern:  “Baby Jump Rings” from MSQC’s Block magazine.  Piecing by Patty.
• Pinned into frame May 7, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter May 9, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

The Fabric Line

Lauren Thi McCrystle

Born June 11, 2018

 

 

 

   

Las Mariposas (Neonatal)

I had 3 blocks left from Lily James’s quilt, so I added 6 more and made a neonatal quilt. I quilted this one more like the pattern (spirals) in concentric arcs on my “domestic” machine (I used the Janome heavy duty machine). 

• Size: 35 1/2” x 35 1/2” Neonatal size
• Quilting: Quilted in concentric arcs on my domestic machine (Janome). Like the pattern, I quilted over the butterflies. I used green variegated 100% cotton thread from Connecting Threads. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Butterfly printed cotton from my inventory. Fabric was bought from a fabric.com sale. The butterfly print backing is a bit overwhelming for the top, for several reasons, including the butterflies on the back are more realistic and prettier.
• Batting: 80% cotton/20% polyester batting from Winline
• Binding:  Plain navy blue-colored cotton from my inventory.
• Pattern:  Applique pattern by Edyta Sitar, using an accuquilt die. Applique and piecing by Patty.
• Quilting on domestic April 14, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

 

 

   

Nancy’s Quilt-When the River Meets the Sea

Nancy and Rosalee

This quilt was made from John Lusk’s shirts. He died about 5 years ago. Gwen asked me to make the quilt for John’s mother, Nancy.  I quilted outlines of fish in the “sandwich” because John loved to fish. For that reason I think the title of the quilt should be “When the River Meets the Sea,” the Paul Williams song about the peaceful transition from life to death, sung by John Denver and the Muppets! However, I didn’t add a title to the label, so they can call the quilt whatever they wish. The blocks were cut 6 1/2” square and sewed with 3/8” seams because used fabric just won’t hold up like new fabric. Three of the blocks are pockets from the shirts. One of the blocks is the red polo man from the front of a shirt.  The back is flannel to make the quilt cozier. 

• Size: 58 3/4" x 70 1/2" Throw or lap size
• Quilting: Quilted in a meandering medium stipple, vaguely like river currents with an occasional fish outline. I used blue variegated thread to enhance the idea of water currents. Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Used Omni-V 100% polyester thread, #9006 named “Laguna” from Superior Threads. Thread is variegated blue turquouse, light turquoise, green. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Light tan print flannel from Fabric.com. A wide back for quilts. 
• Batting: 100% cotton batting from Winline “Back to Basics”
• Binding:  Plain khaki-colored cotton from my inventory. I choose a plain khaki binding to suggest khaki pants with which the shirts may have been worn. I did the second stitching on the binding by hand, the traditional, proper way to do bindings. Bindings look better done properly and this quilt needs all the help it can get!
• Pattern:  A traditional pattern using square blocks arranged on a diagonal. Piecing by Patty.
• Pinned into frame March 5, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter March 7-9, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

Fish and a Hint of a Pocket Block

Another Type of Fish

Pocket Block

Red Polo Man Being Eaten by a Fish?

Another Fish

Fish from Internet Used for Quilting Template

   

   

   

   

   

   

2018 Tote and Shopping Bags

 

About 4 years ago I made shopping bags out of rip stop nylon. Cynthia loved hers, but after 4+ years of constant use carrying balls to the dog park, it finally reached the end of its life. She asked me for a replacement. So, I made her some. I hope these last 4 years, too.

Red for Valentine’s Day, blue for Pound Puppies, orange for replacement, second orange for replacement’s back up!

 

Bags for Monika’s 50th Birthday

 

Her thing is sharks and she likes blue. 

Inside and outside pockets! From a pattern I found on the web.

And I made a Mondo bag for her. This is similar to the Mondo bag I made in 2017, except last year the bag had stripes and this year it has checks. See 2017 Totes for a description of the pattern.

 

I made a shopping bag for myself. It has to be for me because one of the handles has a twist, something I always fear doing, but haven’t until now. C’est la vie! The good news is that I used the Nancy Zieman technique of wobble stitch to sew the strips on a batting. She suggested it because it makes a smoother bag. The wobble stitch worked like a charm! The quilting/crafting world really misses Nancy. I’m mourning her death again and again!

 

Another bag fail! The handles turned out too short (used all the black webbing I had plus I can’t translate 3 yards into feet!). Also the outside pockets have the wrong proportion for the dimensions of the bag. I should have first read the instructions—same ones used for Monika’s shark bag. C’est la vie, all over again! Guess I have to keep trying! The wobble stitch worked like a charm on this one, also. Plus, I added a stitching line to keep the pocket from reaching all the way to the bottom seam.

Butterflies for Lily James

I found a butterfly quilt pattern by Edyta Sitar on the accuquilt (the makers of cutting dies for quilts) site. I decided to buy the butterfly die and make the quilt someday for a baby gift. The someday came with the arrival of Lily James Baxter in November, 2017. 

• Size: 49” x 59” Crib size
• Quilting: Quilted in a meandering medium stipple, with a leaf or a flower added occasionally. Unlike the pattern, I did not quilt over the butterflies. I used cream variegated thread. Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Used Omni-V 100% polyester thread, #9002 named “French Pastry” from Superior Threads. Thread is variegated tone-on-tone creams. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Butterfly printed cotton from my inventory. Fabric was bought from a fabric.com sale. The butterfly print backing is a bit overwhelming for the top, for several reasons, including the butterflies on the back are more realistic and prettier.
• Batting: 80% cotton/20% polyester batting from Winline
• Binding:  Plain navy blue-colored cotton from my inventory.
• Pattern:  Applique pattern by Edyta Sitar, using an accuquilt die. Applique and piecing by Patty.
• Pinned into frame February 16, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter February 16-19, 2018. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

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Label

Lily James

 Pattern by Edyta Sitar on accuquilt Site