Quilters Hall of Fame

I've always wanted to go to the Marie Webster House which is now the Quilters Hall of Fame.   I  have been a fan of the old Kansas City Star patterns and re-creating them in modern or new fabrics.  Marie Webster wrote one of the first quilting books and published a pattern company.  Many of her patterns were published in the Kansas City Star newspaper.  So there my fascination began.

I'd also like to see the signature quilts of each of the inductees into the Quilter Hall of Fame.  It's just a piece of history that needs to be experienced.  If you are ever in or near Marion, IN, you should try to stop in and see the garden and exhibit currently being shown.  I can't wait to go.  I think that this is my year.

http://www.quiltershalloffame.net/

Quilts I've Made

I wanted to share a few of my quilts that I've made:

This quilt is one that I made.  It's king sized, used Georgia O'Keefe floral print and has red silk cornerstones.  The split border gave the long arm quilter, Jessica Schick, room to replicate the flowers on the black.

 

 

This one is a queen sized Thimbleberries block of the month club.  I was especially drawn to the border prints that were utilized in the quilt.

 



 

 

This is my Asian Fan Quilt.  Attention was paid to separating the female (fan) prints from the male (base and dark) prints.  The split border was half cotton print and half Yukata Japanese fabric.

 

 

 

Sampler quilt made from a Kansas City Star pattern.  Blocks are both 4" and 10" with yellow background and a burgandy print lattice. 

 

 

 



Old and New

 

 

 

Old and New:  I used the time between Christmas and New Years to finish a couple UFO's.  The below quilt was pieced by my husband's grandmother and then boxed up and put in storage upon her death.  These little quilts were found when cleaning out my mother-in-laws house.  So they were all pieced pre-1975.

 

All of the fabrics are scraps from dresses, aprons or crafts that Grandma made.  Looking at the prints while machine quilting made me recognize how Grandma planned her pieces and arranged each little quilt to be just so. 

 

 

I've been finishing these quilts for my mother-in-laws great grandchildren.  This one is finished with a red flannel ombre backing and binding.  This quilt had a great deal of red pieces in it so it was machine quilted with a red variegated thread.  The recipient is my our grandson.  So Colin is sitting on a quilt pieced by his great-great grandmother and finished by his grandmother.  We've labeled and documented each quilt.

 

 

 

 

He's also modeling the at onsie's that appears on my Etsy shop.  I have little ties for the little guys and lace applique for the little ladies.  Lots of choices and sizes are being added daily.  Check here to see what's available.

Have a great day!

I've always felt that the week between Christmas and New Years was a good time to finish old projects and to think of new ideas that could be started.  This week I got a couple UFO's (unfinished objects) completed.

First I finished a tree skirt for my youngest daughter that had the top pieced back in July, but needed batting, backing, a label and decorative thread to finish it.  Since she has small children I used child prints and Joy by Kate Spain.

Next I completed a new quilt for my granddaughter, Cara.  Here's a little picture of my sweet Cara and her new quilt.  We laughingly call it the Pink, Pink you Stink quilt.  It's a basic brick pattern with a pink floral border and backing.  I made this quilt (except backing) 100% out of my stash.  There are Batiks, Asians, stripes, polka dots, cats and flowers galore.

Cara, age 3, with new quilt

 

 

Love the dilly daffy print.

The polka dot print inner border matches the curtains in her bedroom and makes it a little more cohesive.

 The bottom picture shows binding applied on the back and then pulled to the front and sewn with a decorative stitch.  I saw this on Amy Gibson's blog  Stitchery Dickory Dock and the tutorial is here:  http://www.stitcherydickorydock.com/invisible-machine-sewn-binding-experiments/.    I need a little more practice, but this saved me HUGE hours of time doing it this way.

Since we have birthday's galore in the next couple days, I might get one more UFO finished.  Wish me luck and may everything you wish for in 2013 come true for you.

Merry

Curated Contest from Sew Lux Fabrics

I've enjoyed the curated collections that I've purchased in the past from Sew Lux Fabrics.  When they started a contest for December, I thought why not?  I've just returned from a 10 day vacation in Maui, HI and my favorite thing about Maui was the incredible sunsets.

Here is my choice of fabrics to reflect the sunset: