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Monday, October 5, 2009
Vacation
Sunset Beach, N.C., they call it sunset beach for a reason.... sunflower in Brookgreen gardens...... they are like sunshine on a stick :0).
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Vacation
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Nine patch
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
scraps
My string quilt is coming along and I think at this point I may add some sashing to separate the blocks and call it done and use it for a baby quilt. I am thinking about adding the name of the recipient in the borders using the freestyle letters I so love from Tonya.
It sure is a fun and mindless block that goes together quickly. I actually used a light colored fabric for the foundation which is the middle strip of each block.
This is my first try at string blocks but will certainly not be my last :0). Bonnie has so many great ideas on her site for string quilts.
This baby block and little ribbon tab baby quilt are my interpretation of the project over at the Moda Bake shop done by Nicole this week. She of course used new and delightful Moda prints but I used some scraps. I used a piece of scrap Fleece for the backing and she used the baby friendly minki, but the idea is the same. Which is to have the ribbon tabs sticking out so a baby can play with them. I highly recommend the Moda site for great ideas and tutorials. http://www.modabakeshop.com/.
It sure is a fun and mindless block that goes together quickly. I actually used a light colored fabric for the foundation which is the middle strip of each block.
This is my first try at string blocks but will certainly not be my last :0). Bonnie has so many great ideas on her site for string quilts.
This baby block and little ribbon tab baby quilt are my interpretation of the project over at the Moda Bake shop done by Nicole this week. She of course used new and delightful Moda prints but I used some scraps. I used a piece of scrap Fleece for the backing and she used the baby friendly minki, but the idea is the same. Which is to have the ribbon tabs sticking out so a baby can play with them. I highly recommend the Moda site for great ideas and tutorials. http://www.modabakeshop.com/.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
New baby and visitors
Monday, September 14, 2009
scraps and the end of summer
I am ankle deep in scraps up in my sewing room.....time to sew some of them up and get them out the house. Have you noticed that scraps never really get used up they just keep multiplying?
I love the beauty of a perfect morning glory
One of my shade loving peonies going to seed. Yes, these are the true colors.
Its been a very wet cool summer here in Pokeytown, the vegetables didn't produce much, we had no tomatoes and no summer days with temperatures above the 80's. And now its nearly over.
I love the beauty of a perfect morning glory
One of my shade loving peonies going to seed. Yes, these are the true colors.
Its been a very wet cool summer here in Pokeytown, the vegetables didn't produce much, we had no tomatoes and no summer days with temperatures above the 80's. And now its nearly over.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Another top finished
Friday, September 4, 2009
shirt-stripe boxes..the layout
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
shirt-stripe boxes
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tiny toy Elephant
This 4.5 inch elephant is on the hunt! I made this for my dear granddaughter Lily to go with her elephant quilt for her birthday. Its from "Sewing tiny toys" by Carolyn Vosburg Hall. Her book gives the best directions with pictures. I enjoyed sewing this by hand, I stuffed it with leftover pieces of wool batting........isn't he cute?
Friday, August 28, 2009
Little wall hangings
Happy scraps :0) made into a little log cabin..the logs are .5 inch finished, this hangs upstairs in my hallway and is a 24" square
This little tumbling block quilt was made in 1989 completely by hand, it is a 22" square. I remember dragging these pieces around to my childrens activities to keep me busy while I waited.
This little tumbling block quilt was made in 1989 completely by hand, it is a 22" square. I remember dragging these pieces around to my childrens activities to keep me busy while I waited.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Little log cabin
I love this little quilt, it hangs in my powder room where the 28 inch square does not get lost in a big space. I quilted it by copying a pattern on tracing paper then stitching by machine through the paper then tearing it away.
On non-quilty subjects I've had laryngitis for nearly a month and believe me it is getting old !
On non-quilty subjects I've had laryngitis for nearly a month and believe me it is getting old !
Monday, August 24, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Give away at Regena's
Another blogversary give away
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I'm lucky number 202........hope you join in.
Happy Sewing,
Kim
at
http://quiltfever3.blogspot.com
I'm lucky number 202........hope you join in.
Happy Sewing,
Kim
shirt-stripe boxes
Oh how I love this orange striped shirt......so much so that I hate to cut it and I got it for FREE!
It is a brand new Brooks Brothers 100% shirt!
I keep debating with myself should I add it to this quilt top or use it for something else?
Keep shirt-stripe boxes as shown in Kaffe Fassett's book "Passionate Patchwork" or add some
pizzazz? Should I just go for it?
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Happy birthday Lily Kate
Monday, August 17, 2009
Bunny Hill BOM July
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Pick and Choose....still talking?
Everything but the kitchen sink is in this scrappy top. Directions on how to make a fabric book from a panel, scraps sent by Erin, reused pieces from my top swing your partner, and left over bits from various other Bonnie Hunter mysteries. Somehow it just doesn't feel finished. Lazy Gal pointed it out to me and I have the left the top out to study it a bit more.........maybe it will tell me what it wants.......I'm listening :0).
Friday, August 14, 2009
Pick and Choose take two
So I added the border.....is it better or worse? Well... it is done. This is how it will stay :0)
It has everything in it, the turquoise is from a shirt, the directions for how to make a baby book are in there too, you know the stuff they print on the side of a panel.......and almost everything in between ......this is truly scrappy. I even have a few pieces that Erin send me from her leftover Pick and Choose. :0)
It has everything in it, the turquoise is from a shirt, the directions for how to make a baby book are in there too, you know the stuff they print on the side of a panel.......and almost everything in between ......this is truly scrappy. I even have a few pieces that Erin send me from her leftover Pick and Choose. :0)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Pick and Choose
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Micah's Birthday quilt
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Elephant quilt for Lily
Friday, July 31, 2009
"Scraps & Shirttails"
Yesterday I got to do some free shopping at my friends thrift store.........she gives me 100% cotton shirts if I use part of them for a charity quilt.....which I do in the form of a QOV.
Some of these have never been worn!
I'll be looking at " Scraps & Shirttails" by Bonnie K. Hunter for some inspiration.......but I do have a few ideas too. Happy Sewing!
Some of these have never been worn!
I'll be looking at " Scraps & Shirttails" by Bonnie K. Hunter for some inspiration.......but I do have a few ideas too. Happy Sewing!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Best of Show
Okay so I could not stop looking at this fantastic quilt. Made by Ronda Kae Beyer of Tualatin, OR. Ronda was inspired by a trip to Darwin, Australia.. This is an original design. It was Best of Show at the "Maine Quilts 2009" 32nd annual show in Augusta.
Hand applique, machine applique, long arm, with a stitch regulator, with a machine quilting frame system. It is an 80 inch square. " Loving traditional in a nontraditional way..."
It was so evenly quilted with original quilting motifs.
The backing fabric had all the colors repeated on the front. What work of art!
Hand applique, machine applique, long arm, with a stitch regulator, with a machine quilting frame system. It is an 80 inch square. " Loving traditional in a nontraditional way..."
It was so evenly quilted with original quilting motifs.
The backing fabric had all the colors repeated on the front. What work of art!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wedding ring
This wedding ring quilt was given to me by my Mom who thought it was made by my great Aunt...my Dad's uncle's wife.......but sadly there is no label, no dates, no clues. It is true a beauty though....a 78 inch square work of fine quilting and stitching.
I'm off in Augusta, Maine with my friend Debby...she is working and I'm stimulating the economy at the quilt show this weekend :0). I left this post for you to enjoy in my absence.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Two completed QOV's
Debby and I have been busy piecing and quilting two more QOV'S
I hope whoever receives them will know how much we tried to thank and honor them with our work.
I hope whoever receives them will know how much we tried to thank and honor them with our work.
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