Category Archives: Quilts

Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Scrappy Quilt

May 16, 2014 12:39 pm ⋅ Pam

Amy’s Creative Side is hosting the Blogger’s Quilt Festival.

My entry in the Scrappy Quilt category is the Spool Challenge quilt. This was the leader/ender project that Bonnie Hunter lead beginning in July 2012. Over the course of a year I made 334 spools. The great thing about this quilt is with the exception of the backing it came entirely from my stash.

When it came time to buy the backing I found the perfect fabric (it’s the body of the pillowcase in the picture below). Everyone who saw it looked at me funny — until they saw it with the quilt.

When I started making the quilt, I had no idea where it was going to end up. By the time I quilted it, I knew who I was giving it to.

Boo claimed it when it was unwrapped and placed under the Christmas tree, but ultimately landed on this beautiful antique bed.

Doesn’t it look like it was made specifically for that bed? I had no idea they owned it.

Do hop over to Amy’s Creative Side to see all the quilts.

Posted in: Spools

What’s On My Design Wall

April 7, 2014 8:31 am ⋅ Pam

It’s been such a long time since I’ve done any sewing beyond piecing quilts, that it took me a week to figure out how to hem a prom dress. It needed a narrow hem – easy enough – but I couldn’t use heat on the material, so it was a challenge. Finally ended up using a super fine machine embroidery bobbin thread in the top and bottom to stitch each fold in place and then a slightly heavier thread for the final stitching.

After the dress, I decided to work on my Jared Takes A Wife top. I stitched all of the star points and now I can’t do anything else until I cut more fabric. The green is going to be the sashing and the inner star points. There will be a narrow pink border between the sashing and the outer paisley border.

Before I do any more on JTAW, I’m going to finish the music baby quilt.

Be sure to check out the other links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Jared Takes a Wife

What’s On My Design Wall

March 17, 2014 12:59 am ⋅ Pam

There is a lot going on these days. Just barely showing behind the black & gold is Eeyore, pinned up so I can work on the black & gold quilt. I still need to finish the borders and then it will be on to the quilting. I have a cool idea for the quilting in the border (which my husband loves) so I hope I can pull it off. That bit of cream on the right is from the 2 color binding.

The baby’s parents are musicians, so isn’t this the perfect fabric for the backing?

I’m going to have to do some piecing as I only have a 2 yard piece and there is a 10″ and a 5″ square cut out of it. I really like the gold with it and I bought more than I needed, so maybe there’s enough.

While I was piecing the quilt, I managed to make 40 + 4-patches for my Jared Takes A Wife. For the record, they were already paired up into 2-patches. I think I have 10 more left to make.

I’m still cutting fabrics, but that’s OK. My goal is to finish it by the end of April.

To see what others are working on, check out the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: baby quilt, designwall, Jared Takes a Wife

Another Quilt in Use

January 21, 2014 7:00 am ⋅ Pam

This is my version of Kansas Spirit. It’s make entirely of Kansas Trouble Quilts fabrics and was a BOM at Heritage Fine Fabrics in Belton, Missouri in 2008 – 2009. I finished it in 2011 during the Spring 2011 Lost My Mind self challenge. I gave this quilt to my SIL Ruby and this weekend she sent me a picture of it on one of her beds.

She also sent me a picture of the wall hanging I made her for Christmas 2007.

I love it when I know that quilts I’ve made are being used.

Posted in: Kansas Spirit, Magnolia Wall Hanging

A Quilt In Use

January 16, 2014 1:37 pm ⋅ Pam

I just received this picture of the Spool quilt I made and sent to a friend before Christmas. It now lives on his daughter’s bed. I love the old-fashioned feel the combination of the quilt and bed frame give off.

Posted in: Spools

What’s On My Design Wall

January 13, 2014 1:04 am ⋅ Pam

The plan was to work on the red, white and black Rail Fence. I was going to trim the blocks and Sydney would assemble the quilt top. The Bobbin Winder fiasco threw that plan off, and then Sydney said the quilt didn’t have a deadline, but she had another that did. Her teacher’s child has been in the hospital and she wanted to give her a quilt.

I’m not positive how it came about, but my husband asked me if I had any partially completed tops Sydney could finish for this quilt. I looked through my UFOs and pulled swap blocks. Between my husband and Sydney they decided the 7 purple blocks and 14 log cabin blocks could be put together into a quilt. These blocks had been given to me by another quilter who didn’t think she would get around to making anything with them. I had them on my Quilts In Progress list as two quilts. They make an awesome quilt together and I get to cross 2 UFOs off my list!

The quilt finishes at about 47″ x 58″. Soft and Bright batting. Yellow thread in the bobbin and top. Quilted in a wavy crosshatch.

Also “completed” this week is Scrappy Trips which I made on my grandmother’s treadle machine.

I know how I want to quilt it, I just have to decide on a backing fabric and decide if I want to attempt to quilt it on the treadle.

Up next — trimming the rail fence blocks for Sydney’s next visit and figuring out how I’m going to quilt Deadline III.

To see what others are working on, checked out the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Scrappy Trips, treadle, UFOs

Scrappy Trips Progress

January 8, 2014 11:10 pm ⋅ Pam

After putting Deadline IV into the wash, I pulled out Scrappy Trips, my treadle project. I needed to finish up about a dozen blocks. Now that I have I’m ready to sew them into a top. Earlier tonight I re-arranged blocks until I got them organized, but I think I want to swap the 4th block on the 3rd row with the 5th block on the 4th row before I sew the top right quarter together.

This is #9 on my Tops to Complete list.

Posted in: Scrappy Trips, treadle, UFO Challenge 2014

What’s On My Design Wall

July 25, 2011 12:27 am ⋅ Pam

Today there’s a little bit of everything on my design wall/ironing board. I’ve had a bit of a problem settling down and working on just one thing.

At the top is the Crossword Puzzle quilt, which has been fixed and now needs to be quilted. I haven’t totally decided how I’m going to quilt it, but I should make the backing. It’s the plaid that sticking out around the edges. Yes, two long seams will need to be matched. The fabric was pressed this weekend.

Another easy “finish” is Candy Sunflower Seeds. This got set aside in May or June and it just needs the borders. The top and border fabric surfaced while I was cleaning this weekend and it’s been pressed. Now if I can only remember if I was planning on a narrow border before the brown outer border. At least the stars ‘float’ so I don’t have to worry about them disappearing into the border.

The red is the mystery quilt pattern I was testing a couple of weeks ago. I have the straight line quilting done and now need to add the holly leaves. 7 sets of 3 to go.

That yellow, green and fireworks is Fireworks Over John Deere. It is also this month’s UFO to be quilted. It measures 45 1/2″ wide and of course my backing fabric is only a tad over 40″ wide. So, I’ve got to make a backing.

I’ve got four of John Deere pillow panels and I’m considering using one or moe along with the fireworks fabric to make the backing. So, naturally, after I got the fabric and panels pressed I just left it on my ironing board while I make a decision.

Finally, believe it or not, I did a bit of hand quilting. Finished up 2 more hearts and moved the hoop for the first time in several months. I’m not sure when the last time I worked on the quilt.

To see if others are bouncing all over the place, check out the links at Patchwork Times. In the meantime, I’ll see if I can focus on just one or two projects.

Posted in: Candy Sunflower Seeds, crossword, designwall