Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Summer in the Park

This quilt uses a jelly roll, I used "Ruby" by Moda plus Kona white.  I think it's going to really be pretty!  I won't start sewing together until I have all the squares made.  You can find the directions for this and other quilts at the Missouri Quilt Company website.  http://missouriquiltco.com  
I just watched the video for "Serendipity" and now I want to make one of those!! check it out!
Here are all the squares ready to sew together:

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Big Twister quilt

My next twister quilt before cutting it up.  I used a layer cake pack that I've forgotten the pattern of "Breath of Avignon"plus a few from my stash to add a row. 
PS:
Oh my gosh, I thought something looked unbalanced about this quilt! and when I started to cut it up I discovered what that was - the border needs to be 6" total!  So now I need to fix that by either taking off this narrow border and adding a 6" border, or maybe I can just add the measurement to make this one 6" - whatever is easier!  How dumb not to read the directions first!!!
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Here is the top with enlarged borders, ready to cut up with the twister tool!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

on my design wall

I bought some felt a long time ago because I read it made a good design wall.  These are my Civil War blocks (mixed up).  Almost caught up...

Fruits and juice of my labor

peaches, tomatoes, grape juice.  Now where to put it!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Deb's Mystery

The last mystery was a table runner and 4 placemats.  Here is one placemat.
here is the table runner.  Nice size, not too long.
and here's what it would look like on a table, if I finish it,

 

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Block of the Month

I am up to date making these blocks!  Now to get caught up with the Civil War blocks...

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Lil'Twister

I have been fascinated with the twister quilts, so I broke down and bought the small template.  I know I could have made it myself....but.  It was really fun, and I learned a few things.  Like don't use large scale fabric, don't use border fabric that is close to the color of a pinwheel at the edge.  It was difficult to get the hang of cutting around the template, so I made it easier by slicing off the little rubber feet that were glued to the bottom.  They were great to keep from slipping on the fabric, but not easy to maneuver the rotary cutter.  It probably needs a border, then quilting, for a table topper I guess!  Now I want to make a baby quilt of this size (5" squares) and then a bigger quilt using the 10" squares and the larger Twister template.
here is finished