Category Archives: Quilts

The Fabric Did All the Work

February 28, 2023 10:45 am ⋅ Pam

I’m calling this Bohemia Twilight Feathers in a nod to both the pattern name — Bohemia, and the fabrics Kaffe Feathers in Cool, and Stonehenge Twilight Ombre. The binding is Grunge Basics in Tori, and the backing is Groovy Garden Colors in Purple. Truly the fabrics did all the work.

This was a quick start/finish for me. I bought the fabric for the top and backing Friday afternoon and had a quilt top by Saturday night. Once I had part of the top done Saturday morning, I ran out and picked up the binding fabric.

Clearly the purples in the quilt are on the blue side and the wall color is on the red side. The first picture is closer to the real colors.

Quilt Stats:

Pattern: Bohemia from Villa Rosa Designs
Fabrics: Kaffe Feathers – Cool, Stonehenge – Twilight Ombre, Grunge Basics – Tori, Groovy Garden Colors – Purple
Legacy 80/20 batting
Thread: Glide 40 wt Eggplant (2 1/2 bobbins)
Edge-to-Edge Design – Feather Wave with -1.75 gap
Stitch Length: 12
Stitch Count: 95,404
Machine Running Time: 2 hours 12 minutes
Total time to piece, quilt, trim & bind quilt 13 1/2 hours
Washed size 54 1/4 x 70 1/2

Posted in: Bohemia

A 6 Hour Quilt Top

February 26, 2023 1:02 am ⋅ Pam

Friday afternoon I drove down to McComb to deliver the Log Cabin quilt to my cousin. On my way home I stopped in at Gardensong Fabrics in Brookhaven. Did I need any fabric? No. But since it is the largest shop around and a little over an hour away from my house, I stopped anyway. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, then I remembered Bohemia, a Villa Rosa Design that I picked up in San Antonio last month.

I stepped outside to get reception on my phone and looked up the pattern to see the requirements. I then asked about ombre fabric. They had several colors of Stonehenge.

I liked these two, so began looking for a print to go with them.

For the teal I found this Kaffe Chrysanthemum. I think this would be very striking.

For the purple/blue I found this Kaffe feather print. I ended up choosing the feather.

I picked up 4 yards of this fabric to use for the backing. Although not a perfect match, it was on sale. I decided to hold off on binding fabric until I saw the quilt top.

Now to get it quilted.

Posted in: Bohemia

Ready for Christmas?

February 16, 2023 10:42 pm ⋅ Pam

It’s taken 4 years, but the matching pillowcases for my Christmas En Provence are done. And the fabric is put away.

Posted in: Bonnie Hunter, En Provence, pillowcase

More Finishes

February 13, 2023 9:52 am ⋅ Pam

First up is my Black & White 4-patch Stacked Posies quilt. The quilt top was finished in 2008. I even started quilting it after my sister got her long arm. Then I ripped out a bunch of the quilting. I finally pulled it out late last month.

Each block is quilted individually with the same motif, the sashing is quilted with another motif and the borders were quilted separately. Given my thread color – Mercury – the quilting is not very visible, and an edge-2-edge design might have worked just as fine. On the other hand, I learned a lot.

Quilt Top started: Spring 2008 and finished 9/8/2008
Quilting Finished 2/5/2023
Before Washing 60 2/4″ x 85 1/4″
After Washing 56 1/4 x 79″
Thread Glide 40wt in Mercury

This is quilt is on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list.

This is Spider Webs. A few years ago at a quit retreat, a quilter made Night & Day, a Quilt in a Day quilt. That particular pattern has odd cuts, which can be used to make SpiderWebs. She didn’t want the extra pieces and gave them to a friend, who in turn passed them to my sister. My sister put the center together. While we were in San Antonio, we picked out the border fabrics and backing. I added the border, quilted and bound the quilt before sending it back to my friend.

Start: unknown
Finished: 2/5
Thread: Glide 40wt in Biscotti – 2+ bobbins
Quilting Motif: PR105298 – Alpine – Grande with -7 row gap
Before Washing : 49 3/4 x 57 1/4

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Stacked 4-Patch

Another Quilt?

January 23, 2023 10:30 am ⋅ Pam

Well, it’s not bound yet.

Over the weekend I updated the software on my longarm. So between that and wanting to remember how to setup a separate border, I pulled out this Stacked Posies quilt from 2008.

In addition to having a separate border, each block and sashing is quilted individually. If you click on the picture the quilting becomes visible. In retrospect, given the thread color I used (Glide 40wt Mercury) and edge-2-edge design would have worked just as well.

This quilt is on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list. As soon as I get it bound it will be the 4th quilt I’ve knocked off my list. That leaves me just 12 quilts tops waiting to be quilted. We won’t talk about the # of quilts I’m still piecing. Those can be seen HERE.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Longarm, Stacked 4-Patch

Quilt # 4 of 2023

January 22, 2023 1:02 am ⋅ Pam

I’m on a roll. This is Cityscape. Barb Q, a member of Candelight Quilters Guild pieced the top a few years ago, the put it in the guild’s auction. My notes indicate I bought it in January 2020. Last week I tossed it on my longarm and did some simple quilting. Straight lines randomly spaced using my electronic channel locks in the sections with the buildings. “Calm waters” turned vertically and chopped up for the ‘sky’ and ‘river’. The “Tree” section I sliced, diced and concatenated bubbles on a string. For the binding I used a Grunge in Moutarde.

Quilt Stats:

Obtained top: 1/20/2020
Finished: 1/21/2023
Glide 40wt in Strawberry Blond – 1 bobbin
Legacy 80/20 batting
35 3/4 x 47

Posted in: Cityscape, UFOs

Quilt # 3 of 2023

January 20, 2023 6:00 am ⋅ Pam

This is Princess and the Pea.

I won the panel at a guild auction back in 2019. That year the retreat mystery quilt started with a panel. If I remember correctly, I brought the panel and a bunch of fabric that I thought would go with the top. After I got the borders on it, I folded it up and it’s sat in the To Be Quilted pile.

This quilt was put on the 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list because I knew that the January program at Quilters By Hearts’ Desire was Panels and Cheaters. This even worked into our new monthly lesson on borders, as the first lesson was Coping Borders.

When it came time to bind it, I opted to use the same fabric as I used for the backing. It’s black and has multi-colored swirls on it.

Quilt Stats

Started 4/13/2019
Finished 1/16/2023
Glide 40wt in Amethyst
E2E – Radiate with Pearls
Legacy 80/20 batting
Size before Quilting & Washing 48 1/2 x 64 1/2
Size after Quilting & Washing 46 x 59

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Princess and the Pea

What I’m Working On

January 16, 2023 11:16 pm ⋅ Pam

I “quilted” all weekend. Quilting in this case included actually quilting 2 tops, then getting 3 quilts bound, labeled and washed. I’ll do a separate post for each of the quilts this week. I also pulled this little top out of my tops box and quickly quilted it. I won it in my guilds auction in 2020. Now to find something to use for binding.

Posted in: Cityscape

Design Wall Monday

January 2, 2023 1:50 am ⋅ Pam

On this first Design Wall Monday of 2023, I have a quilt top finish. This is the log cabin quilt I started piecing at the quilt retreat in September. When I packed up after the retreat half the blocks needed 3 logs and the rest just needed two logs. I got those added last week and started piecing the top New Year’s Eve. I had the first half finished about 4 minutes before the clock struck midnight, ringing in the new year. The 2nd half of the top was finished by 11:30 PM on the 1st. Up next is the quilting.

This is the backing I’m planning on using. Now to figure out the quilting design.

As I was assembling the quilt my Rivanna HST were getting created. At last count I had 11 bags of HST. I still have a few more of this combination, then it will be on to another fabric. I have 2 more fabrics prepped.

I’ve stitched a bit more on my Faux Applique. This is a direct result of the Final Countdown Challenge over at Prairie Moon Quilts.

Chilhowie Clue 6 will be worked on this week. It’s simple enough, but I ran out of bobbin thread the night I was working on it, then got caught up with the log cabin.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Chilhowie, designwall, Faux Applique, Final Countdown, Leaders & Enders, log cabin, Rivanna

2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge

January 1, 2023 10:26 am ⋅ Pam

Happy New Year!

Over the next few days I’ll update my list of Finishes, Quilts in Progress and Tops to be Quilted, but today I’m listing out my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge quilts. My list was created and turned in at our December meeting. The goal to finish all of these quilts by our meeting December 4th, 2023. So here’s the list:

Mom’s Sweatshirt – Started in December 2008. My goal now is to have it finished by September at the latest, preferably May.
Black & White Stacked 4-Patch – Started this in Spring 2008. I started the quilting on it, but needed to rip it out since the border wasn’t lining up.
Christmas Row Quilt – This was a block swap I did in October 2008. I want to have the quilt finished by July.
Fairy Frost Sunset – The top was mad in 10 days in September 2010. It’s time to get it quilted.
Auction Strings IV: Turquoise & Cheddar – These are the last of the blocks I bought at the auction in September 2018.
Princess & the Pea – The retreat mystery quilt started with a panel. I got it quilted last month, then realized I don’t have binding fabric.
Christmas Star Swap – These was swapped in April 2019. I have a plan and the fabric on how I want to set these blocks. My goal is to finish by July.
QBHD 2022 Pizza Box – We finished the swap in November, my goal to to take it finished to our next meeting on January 16th.
Athena – I started this quilt last January.
Donna’s Log Cabin – I started this quilt at the September retreat. All the blocks are finished and I sewed the last seam of the 1st half of the quilt just before midnight.
Rainbow Challenge – These squares were swapped during the year. I started doing “something” with them in October. I have a plan.
Chilhowie, the 2022 Quiltville Mystery – My plan is to keep up with the rest of the clues, but I will lengthen the top.