Monday, October 29, 2012

The Lone Pine

I'm starting a new series of quilts. The word 'series' to me, means 3 or more. So, here is the first one.

"The Lone Pine"




Statics:
Size: 11"X14"
Techniques: Machine pieced and machine quilted
Fiber: Mostly cotton
Batting: Warm & Natural
Thread: an assortment of cotton and polyester

Friday, October 26, 2012

Diamonds for Tina Sue ~ Blogger's Quilt Festival

My entry for ...
Amy's Creative Side
Diamonds for Tina Sue
I found a tutorial on The Modern Quilt Guild's blog to make the half rectangle triangle. By placing the dark side of the rectangles together the diamonds came to life.
I really enjoyed sewing the wonky letters together to make her name.
Here's the little sweetie pie!


The back!

Entry #188
Blogger's Quilt Festival Stats
Finished Quilt Size - 57" X 71"
Machine pieced, and machine quilted
Quilted by myself, Julia Graber
Best category - Throw Quilt, Two Color Quilt, Baby Quilt
I'm trying to make a quilt for each of our grandchildren. You can see them here. And now I have one more yet to make for Talya.


Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Work In Progress

I'm still working on Tina Sue's crib quilt.
 
I have the straight lines quilted and now I'm working on the loop-dee-loops in the blue diamonds. The blue thread doesn't show up much on some of the fabrics and it's hard to see where I've quilted and where I need to quilt. I guess I should have picked a thread with higher contrast.

And today I practiced a little to put Paul's name on his shirts. I used the coffee filter for stabelizer and it tears away very nice. The "Trucking" looks like "Tricking" and needs more practice.
 
This is our first year to plant cotton.

The fields are white unto harvest ...
 
Cotton makes wonderful quilt fabric, don't you think?
 
~~~ Parting Shot ~~~

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Pinterest

The only "quilting" I've got done for some time now is

Follow Me on Pinterest.
 
I do enjoy seeing what others are quilting!
 
There are lots of good ideas and inspiration.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Happy Anniversary Mom & Daddy

Tonight we celebrated Paul's folks 59th wedding anniversary.
Those of us from around here met at KFC for supper and fellowship.

Now say, aren't Mom ...

... and Daddy good sports? !!!
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