Aunt Linda's One-Block Wonder

The Back being QC'd

The second quilt Aunt Linda left to be long armed is her one-block wonder. She plans to use it as the bed spread on her queen-sized bed, so it is big and took a while to quilt. I quilted a feather border design, so the quilt had to be remounted to do all the borders, adding to the time it took. And, of course, at the end there were lots of thread ends to bury, adding more to the time. Aunt Linda made a pieced back for the quilt, so the direction it was mounted did not matter. I selected mounting it the short way for the first pass and the long way to complete the borders. I used a feather stencil to quilt the border, and surprisingly the feathers turned out okay. 

Size: 80" x 90" Queen bed sized
Quilting: Quilted feathers in the borders. Made a meandering design in the center, vaguely petal, flower-like. I wanted to be sure the center quilting didn't conflict with the beautiful flower blocks. Free form quilting in the center. Used a feather stencil in the borders. 17 bobbins total! Quilting by Patty.

Backing: Pieced back, with the fabric used for the one-block wonder piecing, and the white and purple used in the borders.

Batting: 100% bamboo. 

Binding:  TBD by Aunt Linda
Pattern: One-Block Wonder

Piecing by Aunt Linda.

Pinned into frame September 18, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter September 23-30, 2015. (Patty). Buried ends October 1 and shipped to Aunt Linda.

Binding by Aunt Linda. 

QC by Spencer.

The Front being QC'd

The Feathers being QC'd

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Aunt Linda's Stars

Aunt Linda left 2 quilt tops for me to quilt. This is the first one. The pattern is a star sampler. I quilted each block differently to make it a star and quilting sampler.

Size: 58" Square, Throw size
Quilting: Quilted each square differently. Quilted a loop-de-loop design in the borders and sashing. Had to remount the quilt to do the vertical borders and sashing. Used white polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Bright White"). Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.

Backing: Fabric from Aunt Linda's inventory. 

Batting: 100% cotton. Warm and White.

Binding:  TBD by Aunt Linda
Pattern: Star Sampler

Piecing by Aunt Linda.

Pinned into frame August 31, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter September 2-4, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Aunt Linda. 

QC by Spencer.

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Incipient Scientist

Tomiko wanted one more quilt lesson, so a long arm session was scheduled. I made a whole cloth quilt to make a good "canvas" for practicing a lot of quilting patterns. She selected a minky back because she loves soft things. The main fabric of the quilt was a cartoon print of animals working in laboratories, perhaps a bit juvenile for a 13-year old girl, but Tomiko spent a few weeks at a science camp at Sonoma State this summer, so at least the science theme was appropriate. I used a bright pink fabric from my inventory to complete the quilt and I used it as the binding.

Tomiko was a natural at long arming. She mastered it quickly and did a superb job. It was fun watching her get in the groove of long arming.

Size: 55" x 80" Single bed size
Quilting: Various styles including straight lines, cursive e's and l's, loop-de-loops, meanders, and squares. Meanders were her favorites. Used purple polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Purple Jewel"). Free form quilting. 5 bobbins. Quilting by Tomiko and Patty.
Backing: Tan minky with woven "dots" from my inventory.

Batting: 100% polyester, Soft and Bright by Warm Company. This is the best polyester batting we ever bought. I will have to buy more.

Binding:  Bright pink print from my stash.

Pattern: Whole cloth, 2 pieces sewed together lengthwise.

Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame August 17, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter August 19, 2015. (Tomiko). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

Quilted Dog

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Blast Off (the Blue Twin)

This is the second of the Twins' quilts. Though, red is my favorite color, I think the blue quilt, made in the pattern's color scheme, is the better looking quilt.

Size: 64" x 82" Twin-bed size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple . Used light gray polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Silver"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Bright Blue-colored flannel print from the Laurel Leaf.

Batting: 50-50 cotton and polyester.

Binding:  Dark blue plain cotton from the dark blue sashing in the quilt. 
Pattern: "The Incredibly Cool Cosic Rocket Ship" by Joan Hanson from "The Joy of Quilting" book by Joan Hanson and Mary Hickey.

Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame August 14, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter August 14, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

Bunny Basking in Moon Beams

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Bound for Mars (the Red Twin)

I've always wanted to make quilts for twin beds like a pattern in "The Joy of Quilting." The pattern had stars, a moon, and a rocket ship. Don't ask me why I imagined the pattern being used on twin beds, but I did. Mother wanted to make quilts for her financial guy's 6-year old twins. It seemed like a natural melding of ideas. The only hitch was that one twin (George) only likes red and the other twin (David) only likes blue. Since the quilt is pictured in blues, I had to make color adjustments for the Red Twin. These quilts took a long time (months) to piece and bring together. The technique I learned for this project was making mitered corners. Each window frame has a mitered corner, as well as each corner in the borders. The pattern also had a unique way to piece the triangle blocks for the Stars' arms. It involved making a sheet of diagonal strips and cutting the sheet into the desired triangle size. It was tedious and I'm not sure I'd do it this way again.

I delivered the quilts in person, but we never got a thank-you or feedback. Maybe we shouldn't have spent all the time making these quilts. At least I accomplished my bucket list goal of making twin quilts using this pattern.

Size: 64" x 81" Twin-bed size
Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple with a wavy, ribbon-like pattern in the border. I had to remount the quilt to turn it 90 deg. to do all four borders. Used gold polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Goldenrod"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
Backing: Bright Red-colored flannel print from the Laurel Leaf.

Batting: 50-50 cotton and polyester.

Binding:  Bright red plain cotton from my stash. 
Pattern: "The Incredibly Cool Cosic Rocket Ship" by Joan Hanson from "The Joy of Quilting" book by Joan Hanson and Mary Hickey.

Piecing by Patty.

Pinned into frame August 7, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter August 10 - 12, 2015. (Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

  

The Rabbit Jumped Over the Moon

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Tomiko's Wonky Star

  

This summer Tomiko asked for quilt making lessons. She was a very quick study and very fun and delightful to have around. Plus, she so thoroughly enjoyed (and uses!) what she made, I sure hope our lessons continue next summer. 

I selected an easy pattern, called "Big Wonky Star" from Missouri Star Quilt Company, and 10" precut flannel squares. I chose flannel because it is easy for beginning sewers to handle and is "forgiving" fabric when little errors are made.

   

The quilt sandwich was spray basted and quilted using the walking foot on the domestic. It was difficult for Tomiko to handle the quilting, so I did most of it. It was quilted in the ditch, diagonally, horizontally, and vertically. In addition, some of the blocks were quilted with a star that Tomiko designed. 

Size: 57" x 66" Throw Size 
Quilting: On August 11, 2015. Basted using spray basting. It worked very well. I'll use it again. Used variegated  100% cotton thread from Connecting Threads. The colors ranged from orange to green to purple.

Backing: A dark blue flannel from a JoAnn's sale. 

Batting: 50-50 polyester. 

Binding: Gold print that Tomiko purchased at the Laurel Leaf

Pattern: "Big Wonky Star" from Missouri Star Quilting Company

Quilting on my domestic machine August 11, 2015. (Tomiko and Patty). 

Binding by Patty. 

QC by Spencer.

 

Tomiko wanted to make a lunch cloth (napkin) for her school lunches, using the quilting thread and the fancy stitches on my "domestic". The above is the result. 

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Aunt Linda's Strippy Quilt 2

The difference between this quilt and the second one Aunt Linda long armed is the arrangement of the strips. The second quilt had the strips arranged horizontally. This third quilt has the strips arranged diagonally on a square foundation piece of muslin. The squares are pieced to form a diamond pattern. Very pretty!

Size: 60" x 85" Single-bed size
Quilting: Quilted in meandering loop-de-loops. Used light yellow polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Light Lemon"). Free form quilting. 5 bobbins. Quilting by Aunt Linda.

Backing: Fabric from Aunt Linda's inventory. 

Batting: 100% cotton. Warm and Natural.

Binding:  TBD by Aunt Linda
Pattern: Fabric strips arranged in diamond shapes

Piecing by Aunt Linda.

Pinned into frame August 2, 2015. Quilting on long arm quilter August 3, 2015. (Aunt Linda). 

Binding by Aunt Linda. 

QC by Papa.

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