Life as a Quilter -- Julia Graber

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 ...

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.