Quilting Bee anyone?

[rebapuck]

Snug as a bug!

I spent most of the month making this throw for my nephew. We'd all like for me to be able to make a wedding quilt for him, especially his mother, but he's dragging his feet.

It was the first larger quilt I've made in a while. Ouch on the floor basting. I saw the pattern in Simple Quilts and Sewing. My first solid fabric (except binding) quilt and the first I did not prewash the fabric. I may never prewash again.

Next one is in the works. Also a first. Fused applique.

 

[bonnie-TNT]

Snug as a bug!

I spent most of the month making this throw for my nephew. We'd all like for me to be able to make a wedding quilt for him, especially his mother, but he's dragging his feet.

It was the first larger quilt I've made in a while. Ouch on the floor basting. I saw the pattern in Simple Quilts and Sewing. My first solid fabric (except binding) quilt and the first I did not prewash the fabric. I may never prewash again.

Next one is in the works. Also a first. Fused applique.

That's really pretty.

 

[rebapuck]

But still masculine?

 

[S. Heisley]

But still masculine?

Yes, It's pretty and masculine.

 

[doug hodder]

That really looks great, thing is with solids that they are a lot less expensive than a print fabric which is a big + with the whole "modern" quilt movement. I never wash fabric if it's for a quilt, only if it's going to be an article of clothing. Well done! Doug

 

[rebapuck]

Well, I done did it. I bought a Sashiko machine. Went to just "look". The dealer offered me a lightly used demo for $1500 off. Could not find my credit card fast enough.

Doug, I have finished a center panel that is fused applique. To do a machine blanket stitch around the edges, what kind of stabilizer do you recommend?

The machine I will be using is an "old" Singer I bought 8or 9 years ago, in anticipation of my retirement. I've been retired 7 years and this will be the first time I will use it. I have been studying the manual. I already know it will have to be at machine side at all times.

So, before I used the machine, I needed an insert. My experience with Koala was not good so I made my own. A mill shop cut the blank, actually 4, and I made a template for the cut out. My jigsaw skills are very rusty, but I'm pleased with the resulting fit. Still needs paint to make it slick, but I'll probably use it before I get around to that. Also need to make an insert for the new Sashiko machine. That will be a basic rectangle, so easier.

 

[BigGoofyGuy]

My sister is really into quilting. She has made some really nice items.

 

[rebapuck]

I haven't totally finished this yet. Still need to quilt the circle centers and sign it, but I need to move on. I found out I will be invited to an VW couple's wedding next October, so I decided to make a throw to coordinate with the upholstery in their camper. Collecting fabric. Then an old friend tells me she has a new grandson. So, I need to make another Bow Tie quilt. That's my go to for baby boys. I've come up with a design for baby girls, but nobody will have one.

 

[Mary C]

Judy your quilts are beautiful, what a wonderful gift for a young couple.

Mary C.

 

[rebapuck]

Thanks Mary. In my life, I've tried a whole bunch of crafts. Most I enjoyed doing, but didn't particularly want the end result. When I tried quilting back in the 70's, it was love...for the whole thing. It's funny though, because I have cats, neither of my beds have quilts on them.

 

[rebapuck]

My intention was to make another Bow Tie quilt for a friends first grandchild. I've made several and love to make them. I've also made numerous Lone Star quilts. All require set-in seams. Never had a problem...until this time. Could not do it to save me. I must have had a brain fart or something.

So I made this one instead. It's inspired by Marianne Fons blue and white "Cubby Holes". 38" square. I finished it by quilting on the new Baby Lock Sashiko machine.

 

[mandymurrin]

Just made these few this winter. And a couple more I don't have pictures of yet. The bandana quilts are fun and fast but also a pain in the but.(they are cheap) I pre wash them always and they always go askew after and shrink a bit and they are never printed square so it's a real challenge making everything line up, sometimes it doesn't. But the kids love them. I have a grey and teal blue bandana blanket and curtains started for our tear drop.

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[rebapuck]

Those are really nice. I especially like the bandana ones. (I first read it as "banana" WHAAAT?!!!)

 

[mandymurrin]

After going back and looking at old posts and some of the quilts that people have made suddenly my quilts seems so inferior lol. I just don't find the time to do anything overly elaborate. We moved and started renovations on our home five years ago and I had unfinished quilts that I stored out of the reno mess in my closet. I finally started them again last winter.

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[rebapuck]

Your quilts are certainly not inferior. Especially if they get used. Different than mine. That's all. I just saw a quilt in a decorating mag that was made with all black on white bandanas. It was striking.

 

[CAJUN LADY-TNT]

You ladies are amazing with your quilt making - they are all beautiful! I have the patience of a Saint but no patience to make a quilt. I would probably stop after 2 squares. I get annoyed with myself when I have to make curtains but bought a new sewing machine so I don't have any excuses, but I try hard to think of some.

Keep the pics of your beautiful masterpieces coming! Love seeing them.

 

[CynJ]

Lovely work by all!

I'm a new quilter. Finished my first quilt top earlier this year and I'm working on my second. It's a paper pieced crosswalk quilt. All the colored fabrics were clearance bin finds and I just love how the colors play together.

 

[bonnie-TNT]

Love those colors. It will make a great quilt.


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[rebapuck]

That looks great. The colors do well together. Paper piecing can give amazingly accurate blocks. But I really hate doing it. I think because every strip, I have to rethink it.

I have been struggling to finish the VW camper throw. The couple broke up, so no wedding. But I will do it. I love the stitching my Sashiko makes. But turning a quilt under the needle is a PITA. I need a forward stitching pattern. The orange peel seems like a good fit. I'll have to mark the entire quilt before I start though.

 

[rebapuck]

My quilt group, at the senior center, had a shoebox of 2 1/2" sqs that no one was touching. So I took them and started making nine patches. Soon I had enough for three small quilts. They will go to the local women's shelter.

A fourth, using the sqs in a checkerboard pattern, is under the needle. Lots of sqs left, but I am moving on to half sq triangles.