Welcome baby Isabelle Mae
For my new grand-niece….Izzy
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| Noisy Farm A www.shinyhappyworld.com pattern |
For Grandniece Charlie Lu!
Owl for Beth
When I saw this wholecloth fabric design by Tula Pink, I knew Beth would love the colors and the owl. Backing is Minky so it's oh so warm.
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| Tula Pink Owl 53" x 70" -gift |
Brennah loves pinks, purples, and Unicorns!
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| Unicorn Magic 40" x 53" -gift |
Go Seahawks!
Seeing the Seahawks games live when he was a boy, Patrick has been a fan all these years.
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| Go Seahawks! for #1 son |
Coreys T-Shirt Quilt
And here's the quilt full of sports games memories.
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| Corey's T-shirt quilt |
Tyler's T-shirt
quilt included gymnastics, baseball, and soccer.
The layout is different because there were many young size shirts.
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| Tyler's T-shirt quilt |
On Tyler's label, J2 added photo's and his batting glove
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| Tyler's T-shirt quilt label |
And added to the back of the quilt is one of his first baseball uniforms! J-2 is so clever
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| Tyler's first baseball uniform |
The T-shirts were cut to size then arranged on my large design wall.
Jon Snow enjoyed watching J2 place squares.
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| Jon Snow watching J2 |
Joe's Colorado Hawaii T-shirt Quilt
A t-shirt saver he certainly is... this is made from his college and first army assignment
(Hawaii) plus a couple from a New Zealand from a vacation before deployment to Iraq.
It's made from college, Hawaii (first army post assignment), and vacation T-shirts. On this quilt, as compared to previous ones, I did not Interface (back to stabilize) the T-shirt's pieces. The previous one made 10 years ago from elementary school, youth sports, and favorite t-shirts were heavy after using a lightweight knit interfacing and cotton/poly batting. In researching on the Internet, I found construction techniques eliminating the interfacing and in planning the quilt that was quite helpful. The website www.daystyledesigns.com changed the way I think of thread and batting. A sample made from scraps was soft and comfortable just what a t-shirt meant to be "comfort food in clothing." I used fusible polyester batting which did wonders to stabilize the "sandwich" for the actual quilting. I also used trapunto (adding extra batting with wash-a-way thread) to highlight various design emblems. This will be more visible on the finished quilt. Note the difference from sample layout to actual piecing. Now a few more practice designs before the real stitching begins.
quilts throws of races in various locations
Joe's Racing T-shirt
Joe's Army T-shirts
A Special Heart Tree Quilt
Joe and Bridget
Very simple Tree Trunk in Throw size.
The Heart hides an charming engagement photo.
Brown Bear Quilt for Camden
It has been so much fun painting faces on the animals! They just seem to come alive with personalities.
All bodies and faces painted....now it's on to the quilting to enhance these critters even more.
This quilt has been a bit more challenging than the Christmas Cat. Instead of one animal, there are nine in a colorful array. Rather than overwhelm me with detail small piece fusing, I decided to go with the animal's main color and paint in the details. Also, I am using an ultra-light featherweight fusible interfacing as a base. And yes, all edges are turned under except for some animals which are Misty Fused. The quilt top will be totally laid out before I even sew a stitch. This way I can take a photo to check placement and color value for good design. This method is similar to the method in Ann R. Holmes book "No Sewing Until You Quilt It."
The next step will be to press to interfacing, glue sparingly where needed with Aleenes Tack-It then I will have a stable top to stitch with invisible thread. As it is for a baby, I do want to ensure all pieces are firmly attached. Eyes and details will be painted or embroidered so no objects can come loose or be pulled off and put in small curious mouths.
The pattern was drawn on my iPad using SketchBook Pro. From photos of each animal - I could layer in and adjust the size easily. I used MS Publisher to print to size - @ 40" x 60". This is a one time quilt as a gift for personal use.
Done - the Aunt Betty Quilt!
Yes, this quilt I've been making in my first Quilt University class, Pictorial Quilts by Marilyn Belford is finished. I made it twice and am so glad I did. It was a good learning experience. Is this my style? No sure but if there is a next time I will have a wider assortment of fabric to chose from as shading makes all the difference.
Second attempt - Did you ever have to go back to square one? When I started the Pictorial Quilt class I breezed through the instructions. Though I made adjustments I soon realized it would never be the work I envisioned because I did not pay attention to directions! So I started over, studied the directions, and learned some photo and printing skills, re-auditioned some fabric and paid attention to the teacher insights. I have just started the thread painting...
Thanks to Pinterest I am taking Marilyn Belfords pictorial quilt class through Quilt University. From photograph to quilt she explains each step in concise instructions and you can send her photo's for critiques. Here's my first attempt -
Self-Portrait is finished!
Colorful stitching in corners and varied binding add interest. By "auditioning" fabrics, I finally arrived at shading to make it work. Self-Portrait ---great way to use the colorful batik fat quarters. I really like this style of applique and it is easy to "audition" and change fabrics. And I greatly prefer the Misty Fuse over Steam a Seam Lite which gums up the needle.
On design wall, it is just too dark so adjusted fabrics...
Albert and Dorothy Groene 50th Anniversary Quilt
Made for my parents for their Anniversary. Each block shows memories of their life together. From top left across; farmhouse, family names, farm, children, church, tulips from a European vacation, pineapple from Hawaiian vacation; dedication block, golf course, piano/organ, Herford cattle and wheat, quilting. Made in the 1980s.
Grand-kids Quilt
Nine grand-kids was an easy set quilt to make from a pattern by J. Martin. Each child chose how they wanted to be featured. Great fun to make and interact with nieces and nephews. I added their names and birth dates so Mom would remember.
The skier
The soccer player
Farm Quilt
"Gift of Finest Wheat" A great representation of farm life in Kansas.
Sunflowers, wheat, barn, silo, even a tornado. Made in the 1980s.
Barn inset
Sunflowers, wheat, barn, silo, even a tornado. Made in the 1980s.
Featured in Wichita Eagle.
Grandma Visit - Fond memories of this quilt made by Mom and me during a visit to see a new granddaughter. She wasn't feeling well - so we spent the time sewing together.
