My nephew graduates from high school this year. I decided to let him pick a pattern and colors and I think he did great. This is his quilt.
This is a pattern from Connecting Threads called Move Over. I added one extra set of colors to make it a bit wider and also made it a little longer. Wanted it to fit his dorm bed. I also used a great wool flannel for the back. A pretty simple pattern as long as you keep your strips in order.
I also finished our guilds mystery quilt. It's not due until August so I'm ahead of the game here too. I found some fabrics in my stash for the front and back! Love when that happens. The fabrics were actually from a kit that I got from a friendship group member that passed away a few years ago. I realized I wouldn't make her pattern so de-constructed her kit.
Only one of these was on my 2017 Goal list of quilts I wanted to finish this year. The Mystery Quilt was #11. So 5 of the 15 are done. Woo Hoo!
Also when my mom passed away my sisters and I went through all her needlework stuff. She crochet and knitted and cross stitch (and card/scrapping, and...okay - she was crafty) and she had this tulip table runner started. I decided to finish the bunch of florals she started and stop there. I made a pillow with it. Just in time for my spring decorating.
This past weekend was the local quilt show, Best of the Valley. I entered two quilts and ended up getting a third place ribbon on one. (The friendship group challenge - stack 'n whack quilt) Amazingly I didn't take any pictures. I got there just a couple hours before the show closed and had to docent the last two hours, and of course I had to do some shopping. It's a great show, so if you are ever in the central valley of California in April, please make a point to come to the show. I always love to read what the judges say too. Some things I agree with. One of the comments was that I should have quilted more in the applique of the Coxcomb quilt. I had thought about that when quilting it but that was my design choice to not quilt more in it. Judging is subjective and I understand that and don't get too worked up over their choice of winners.
Thanks for looking. I have a lot of little projects to work on. Well, the Quilt Show block of the month is a biggie - that should take a while with a lot of curved flying geese paper piecing blocks.
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| Saw a tutorial on Pinterest how to make the label in the binding. |
I also finished our guilds mystery quilt. It's not due until August so I'm ahead of the game here too. I found some fabrics in my stash for the front and back! Love when that happens. The fabrics were actually from a kit that I got from a friendship group member that passed away a few years ago. I realized I wouldn't make her pattern so de-constructed her kit.
Only one of these was on my 2017 Goal list of quilts I wanted to finish this year. The Mystery Quilt was #11. So 5 of the 15 are done. Woo Hoo!
Also when my mom passed away my sisters and I went through all her needlework stuff. She crochet and knitted and cross stitch (and card/scrapping, and...okay - she was crafty) and she had this tulip table runner started. I decided to finish the bunch of florals she started and stop there. I made a pillow with it. Just in time for my spring decorating.
This past weekend was the local quilt show, Best of the Valley. I entered two quilts and ended up getting a third place ribbon on one. (The friendship group challenge - stack 'n whack quilt) Amazingly I didn't take any pictures. I got there just a couple hours before the show closed and had to docent the last two hours, and of course I had to do some shopping. It's a great show, so if you are ever in the central valley of California in April, please make a point to come to the show. I always love to read what the judges say too. Some things I agree with. One of the comments was that I should have quilted more in the applique of the Coxcomb quilt. I had thought about that when quilting it but that was my design choice to not quilt more in it. Judging is subjective and I understand that and don't get too worked up over their choice of winners.
Thanks for looking. I have a lot of little projects to work on. Well, the Quilt Show block of the month is a biggie - that should take a while with a lot of curved flying geese paper piecing blocks.
Great finishes. The pillow is a nice shared project with your mom.
ReplyDeleteYou said "Simple straight line quilting" for your nephew's quilt - but I've heard straight line quilting is hard to keep straight, so I'm not sure how simple it is.
Love the binding idea! What a great job!
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteOh, your son's quilt is very cool. It helps me because my daughter asked for a king size in 'subway tiles' in varying shades of taupe. I've found most of the fabric except a really dark one, and wondered how it would look quilted in straight lines. You answered that question!
Also, thanks for your comment on my blog. You are speaking from experience I see... those curved flying geese blocks on TQS BOM look like 'gray hair' material! I'm nearly ready to chicken out and make this a table cover, but knowing I'm not alone is encouraging. Do post a photo... that might give me a good kick to keep at the challenge :-)
Thanks for leaving me a blog comment regarding my posts showing up. I came by to see your blog and it's fabulous. The quilt for your son is awesome. Congrats on the straight lines for those tiles; that's a tough challenge.
ReplyDeleteI, too, have done the labels in the binding and think it's very clever.
Marsha
Quilterinmotion.net
Your nephew's quilt is stunning! I love it!
ReplyDeleteAll your projects are beautiful, actually. :-)