I puchased a book with the pattern to make this quilt about five years ago, and I was recently given some floral fabrics that were just right for it, so at last I've got around to making the quilt.
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I'm very happy with the result!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Who, who, who
Judy, that's who!
She made these lovely owl appliques on her fancy Brother embroidery machine and gave them to me to make up for a Linus quilt.
I filled the blocks out with stringpieced corners and then put them together quilt-as-you-go style. I'm really happy with the result and I think a little kid will love it.
Thanks Judy, great fun!
She made these lovely owl appliques on her fancy Brother embroidery machine and gave them to me to make up for a Linus quilt.
Thanks Judy, great fun!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Farmer's Wife
I've been caught up in The Farmer's Wife mania that seems to be going around now. Well, sort of.
I've been making 4" sampler blocks for some years and whenever another craze comes along I think "Gee I'd like to do that!" and then I remember that I am already doing something very like whatever "that" is. So, I have 81 blocks finished so far. This is 40 of them.
There's applique and machine pieced and hand pieced, and paper pieced and English paper pieced and you name it. Maybe I need some more appliqued ones though; there aren't very many of them. I don't have a particular stash that I'm using for this - it's totally scrappy from whatever's hanging around at the time. Some of the blocks are miniature copies of ones that I've put into quilts for friends and family, so it's a bit of a memory quilt as well.
I've figured out that if I have 88 blocks with 1/2" finished frames and 1" finished sashings and cornerstones and 5" borders I'll have a quilt about 59" x 77" which isn't a bad size to cover the bed of an old lady in a nursing home.
My biggest problem is that it seems that I've nearly finished enough blocks, but I don't think I'm anywhere near ready for this nursing home quilt yet!
I think I'll assemble it by hand - that'll slow me down quite a lot!!!
I've been making 4" sampler blocks for some years and whenever another craze comes along I think "Gee I'd like to do that!" and then I remember that I am already doing something very like whatever "that" is. So, I have 81 blocks finished so far. This is 40 of them.
There's applique and machine pieced and hand pieced, and paper pieced and English paper pieced and you name it. Maybe I need some more appliqued ones though; there aren't very many of them. I don't have a particular stash that I'm using for this - it's totally scrappy from whatever's hanging around at the time. Some of the blocks are miniature copies of ones that I've put into quilts for friends and family, so it's a bit of a memory quilt as well.
I've figured out that if I have 88 blocks with 1/2" finished frames and 1" finished sashings and cornerstones and 5" borders I'll have a quilt about 59" x 77" which isn't a bad size to cover the bed of an old lady in a nursing home.
My biggest problem is that it seems that I've nearly finished enough blocks, but I don't think I'm anywhere near ready for this nursing home quilt yet!
I think I'll assemble it by hand - that'll slow me down quite a lot!!!
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