This came together so quickly! It was the perfect setting for my swap stars.
I changed mine up a bit, using the blue for the setting triangles.
I wish I had quilted the hanging diamonds closer, but I can live with it.
I bought this toile back when we lived in France in the late 1990s.
The rest of these photos show the quilt after washing.
And here it is hanging in my family room. The stars finish at 6 inches and the quilt finished at 50 by 60 inches.
Have a great day!
I finally got more interfacing. A generous friend had a bolt she said I could use and repay her later. But I didn’t want to use it in case I was unable to find any to replace it. I was finally able to get some from JoAnns so I didn’t have to use hers.
I still need to add borders. I’ll use this navy and the gray is for the backing.
This is a big one!
I hope to get the borders on and get this loaded today.
Have a good one!
Barb at Fun with Barb has been making some lovely string quilts. I was quite taken with her Butterscotch and Blue and thought I’d dig through some scraps to make a mini version.
I ended up with these three strips. I could have made more, but I didn’t feel Ike I had enough variety without cutting into fat quarters and such. I was playing hooky from the t-shirt quilt as it was!
I tried a few different backgrounds.
I’m going to go work on the t-shirt quilt while I think about it.
Have a great day!
I participated in the doll quilt swap hosted by Lori at a Humble Quilts. Last week, I received my little quilt from Glenda in Texas.
Isn’t this beautiful? It is hand appliqued and hand quilted!
I just love this.
And just look at this card!
Time to decide where I will display this beauty. Thank you so very much, Glenda!
Have a great day!
I updated some things and now it seems that I am unable to answer my comments! So frustrating. I decided to would try to answer the recent questions in a post.
I was asked how tall this frame is, it is 31 inches in height. I have a mechanics stool that I brought up from the sewing room to use. I like that it swivels and the height is adjustable.
This is the stencil I use. It is my favorite and it is available from Barb at Fun with Barb.
The pencil is a ceramic chalk pencil from Fons and Porter.
Pam mentioned that she also has a frame like this! How fun! She said it was advertised in Country Woman magazine back in the 90s. I remember hubby buying me a subscription to that magazine. Pam said she didn’t even baste the quilt first, just started in the middle. I really got back into hand quilting when it dawned on my that I could use my long arm to baste. I like to do this since I can quilt from the edges in when I do Baptist Fans.
You can see Winslow here trying to get my attention.
And Willy decided this made a great sleeping spot.
I hope this helps! I do appreciate all your recent comments. Hopefully I can get this straight out soon.
Have a great day!
My great nephew is graduating this year and my niece asked me to make a t-shirt quilt for him. She brought me 60 shirts!
Here is a start after rough cutting.
I’m getting a late start on this because I haven’t been able to get interfacing. I ordered a bolt over a month ago and it hasn’t been shipped yet. I finally was able to get four packages of this to pick up curbside at my local JoAnns.
I ran out, but I put in another order and hope to pick it up tomorrow.
I have 8 shirts made from this dri-fit fabric. I haven’t used these before.
I have a long ways to go. This will be my big project for this week. Have a great day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms out there! I think I speak for most when I say I’d like nothing more than to see my kids today. That won’t happen, but I will get some slow stitching in. I’ve basted the vintage quilt I purchased and deconstructed last week and begun quilting.
Were you expecting something other than Baptist fans?
And I’m using my new to me quilt frame! This is my Mother’s Day gift from Mr. Wonderful.
I found it on FB Marketplace. It folds completely flat.
I had never seen a frame like this before. The basted quilt is placed over the base and the frame is set on top to hold it in place. It is beautifully made from solid oak.
It was made by Heartland Quiltworks. Sadly, it appears they have gone out of business.
The quilting space is about 22 by 30 inches. Years ago, I hand quilted using hubby’s grandmother’s floor frame. Using this is a lot like that. I’ve placed it in the corner of my family room. I can turn it to watch TV or to look out the windows. The natural light is wonderful! When I’m not quilting, I close the shades to minimize fading.
Have a great day!
In my sorting, I found this bit of fabric. It should be in a Coronavirus quilt!
I had some strips of wool leftover from cutting my pressing mats to fit my ironing table.
I thought I would try to make a couple small mats from the scraps. I put Heat N Bond on a bit of fabric and fused it to one side.
It seems to have worked! The seams in the mat don’t seem to affect affect the block you are pressing. Now I have travel mat in case I ever go somewhere else to sew. Bahahahaha!
I started this little felt flower project during one of the craft nights at my house more than a year ago. I found the bits while cleaning and decided to just finish this instead of moving it.
I quite like it! I don’t know why it took me so long to finish this.
This is isolation jigsaw number five.
Our plumeria is blooming again! It’s hard to get a good photo since it is over my head!
Have a great day!
I still can’t quite believe this is done! A sweet online friend and blog reader, Jan, gifted these blocks to me several years ago.
It took me a long time to decide how to put them together.
I used a plain muslin on the back.
It really shows off the quilting.
Someone put so much work into these blocks.
It certainly looks like spring to me!
Dear Jan, I’m so thankful for your generous heart! I think my emails to you have been bouncing. I hope you know how much I appreciate these beautiful blocks!
Just for fun, here are a few pics taken after washing.
Have a great day everyone!
I decided to check out Facebook Marketplace the other day and came across this ad. I contacted the seller right away, but it was already pending.
When the buyer was a no show, the seller asked if I was still interested. Ummmm….yeah! So Oscar and I took a little road trip an hour south and picked this up!
It is about 55 by 70 inches. The green stashing is fugitive, but the blocks are perfect, except for a couple small stains
I suspected from the ad photo ( there was only one), that it had been more recently tied. When I saw the back, I was certain. That green is much more recent.
The ties are easy enough to remove.
And the holes will disappear.
They used a thin flannel for batting and turned the sashing to the back for a self binding.
Of course, I opened it up! The hand stitching is impeccable!
I will finish taking this apart and it will go on the pile to be handquilted. The lady I bought it from was not a quilter, but she had a really cool barn!
Have a great day!
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