The Thread

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Tulips? Turkey Feet? or Cross and Crown?

This week I am working on a red and white quilt for our quilt guild show in June 2016.

This block is called Cross and Crown from the book I got this block from. I understand it is also called Tulips and Turkey Feet. I think it kind of looks like Tulips to me.

I have 22 blocks cut out and ready to sit and sew. And sit and sew I did this past weekend. Sunday late afternoon I finished the last 5. And, of course, I didn't get more pictures.

I am adding 2 other blocks for this quilt. One that I have already done the 6 blocks for it is the Churn Dash block. They are complete and in my project box.

Next, I will need 14 Kansas Troubles blocks. I started with a sample block last night, but didn't like the way it ended up. I should have a 9-1/2" block for a finished 9" block. My block came out to almost 9-1/4". Not quite big enough. I will need to make some adjustments to my 1/4" seam allowance. Probably as little as doing a scant 1/4". I will post more about the progress of this quilt later this week.

What projects are you working on today? Share them here, I would love to see your works!

Have a happy quilting week!

Glenda

Monday, September 28, 2015

A little bit of everything.........

This weekend didn't yield any sewing or quilting on my part. Ever have one of those days or weekends?

These pics are from projects finished for some of my customers last week.

I had a quilt top, or should I say quilt tops and fabric, that one of my customers dropped off. It started out as 2 small quilts meant for baby quilts. After a while, she decided to make it a queen sized quilt for her guest room. She brought it to me to make magic of the 2 small quilts and to make the whole thing queen sized.

First, I put the 2 halves together in the center. Then I added some different width fabric borders. As you can see in the pictures above, I repeated a block from the center of her quilt to add some interest, plus it made that fabric go further and then I had enough for the binding. Her quilt ended up being queen sized with all the fabric she provided to work with.

Then I handed it off to Jeff who chose several quilting options for her to choose from for the quilting. He did the quilting, and the design looks beautiful on it. I finished up the binding and now it is ready for pick up. She will be thrilled when she comes to pick up her quilt today.

Another customer has a daughter that is expecting twin girls. She wanted some burp cloths for the new mother and babies with each of their names on them. Not a great picture, but they are so precious and cute! She loved them!

What have you been working on? Share it here!

And, as always, if you need help with finishing a project, whether it be sewing some of it or all of it for you, or just the quilting, give us a call! We would love to help you!

Happy Sewing and Quilting!

Glenda