I’m hand sewing binding today. That means another finish is on the horizon.
I had fun with the quilting on this one!
This graffiti type of quilting takes me a long time. Mostly it is because I have to stop and think about what to do next.
None of the individual parts are all that great, but together it usually works out well.
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I recently read this book and really enjoyed it.
Can you relate?
Sweet Winslow.
E3 had his turn spending the night last week. We visited the pumpkin place and they had chickens.
Daughter #1 recently posted this memory. It still makes me laugh!
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My this was a fun little bit! It seems that I like simple things best. And this was about as simple as it gets.
I used a variegated thread for the quilting.
This is the pantograph I used.
I went with a simple machine sewn, black binding.
This light green backing fabric has been in the stash for ages. It feels good to use things up!
Ta daaa! This quilt finished at 40 inches square.
Now to find a home for it.
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I’ve been working here and there and actually finished my blocks for this quilt along, hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts.
This is Lori’s quilt.
And here are my blocks.
I used the AccuQuilt GO! Spool die instead of letter blocks.
I’m now trying to decide if I want to continue with the border as shown in the pattern, or change that up too. it might need to live on the design wall for a while so I can think about it.
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My friend, Donna, shared a photo of my quilt with AQS Appraiser, Cheri Pickett, who was visiting a guild meeting.
She brought this similar quilt for her program.
Donna wrote:
AQS Quilt appraiser, Cheri Pickett spoke at Guild last night, she had this 4 block quilt with the same pattern as yours, and she called it love apple. Said the pattern was 1840-1850, but her quilt was about 1950s based on the fabric.
Here is the best block of her 4 block quilt. She did say that the yellow was faded from a green and that the pattern was typically found in the south east. She said the 4 block quilts are very hard to find in the wild. I showed her your blog post and she was impressed.
Wendy commented to let me know about this post from Barbara Blackman. In her Encyclopedia of Appliqué, she calls it Southern Pineapple. Definitely click the link to see the photos.
So, definitely NOT a Chinese knock off! It was clearly finished at a later date and well done, though minimally quilted with poly batting.
I will definitely take this apart, remove the newer borders, and hand quilt it with cotton batting. Sounds like a good winter project.
A huge thanks to Donna and Wendy for helping me out on this!
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These are leftovers hanging around from this quilt . I kept them together for “someday”.
Well, someday arrived. I grabbed this AccuQuilt die and cut a bunch of 3” triangles.
I cut an equal number of white triangles.
The rest of my pieces were too small, so I cut 2 1/2” by 4 1/2” rectangles, using Shape 8 from the AccuQuilt 8” Qube. Again, I cut an equal number of white rectangles.
These seemed more interesting to me, so I started playing.
Not bad, but kind of small.
I could make another block, but it isn’t much bigger.
Long and skinny is what I ended up with. But it isn’t done yet. You’ll have to check back.
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I was messing around last fall and threw together a little fall top for a door hanger. It’s been hanging on my bulletin board, forgotten, until now. I’m glad I remembered it before winter!
I had just finished quilting something on the long arm and had enough backing and batting leftover to quilt this. The top fabrics are all hand dyes.
I used the AccuQuilt Classic Alphabet die to make the letters. I freehand cut the pumpkin parts. The appliqué is all raw edge and fused. The HSTs finish at 2 inches.
Rather than stitch the edges of the appliqué, I just matchstick quilted the whole thing.
I added a little rod pocket on the back for a hanging dowel. I used my regular 2 1/2” strips for binding, but a smaller seam allowance in the front so it wouldn’t be so overwhelming. That meant pulling it farther in on the back.
I left the dowel a little long, thinking I’d add something to the ends. I might just trim it shorter and call it done.
This piece finished at 6 1/2 by 34 inches.
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PS Today is the last day for the AccuQuilt Better than Black Friday deals!
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Here are a few snap shots from our time in Arizona. I miss it already! I’m not sure when we will head back out.
My fish hook barrel cactus was blooming when we were there.
E3 came out for the wedding with Daughter #1. We took him to a zoo and he loved feeding the giraffe!
And the safari ride. 😊
We got to hike a bit in Sedona after the wedding.
And I took Daughter #3 and SIL to the White Tank Mountains to watch the sunrise one morning.
We also visited Taliesin West, home of Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale.
We had such a great time!
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I promised more wedding photos and here they are! It was small, simple, and absolutely beautiful.
Sigh….so lovely . I’m so happy for these two beautiful people and their fur babies.
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That’s what they say! You all know how much I love my die cutters, so my favorite sales will always be die sales.
AccuQuilt is having quite the sale this weekend! I try not to post ads too often, but this is too good to pass up. And what kind of friend would I be if I didn’t share a good deal?
Um….yes, please! GO! Starter Sets and Bundles half off!
Half off GO! Cutters! (Excludes GO! Big)
And $100 off GO! Qubes and $50 off Companion Sets!
Nothing you need there? How about making your own sale with Buy 2 get 1 free!
They also have great deals on Clearance and Overstocks as well.
Happy shopping!
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