Seventh Quilt

These quilt blocks have been a blast to make. This was a virtual surprise orange challenge with Pat Sloan. We did not know how much material we needed for the quilt squares until the pattern was posted on Friday the 20th of February. I have a total of 8 blocks completed so far but I will be making at least 1 more. Below is the finished quilt top ready to be sandwiched and machine quilted.

Finally went to Emerald Garden June 24th 2011 to use their long arm to machine quilt this quilt. I sandwiched it with Warm and White 100% cotton batting and used Kint Tut variegated orange thread on the top and bottom. I did an all over pantograph and really like it. I was very intimidated when I quilted this quilt because it had been a long time since I was there using their long arm. In a few areas the quilt was not rolled up enough and the panto rows are on top of one another but it is not bad. I hope to enter this quilt in the next NPC Fair 2011.

My Sixth Quilt

I took this class with a friend of mine. The pattern is Hip to be Square and the fabric is Williams Inn by Benartex. This quilt has been interesting to make as a beginner quilter... Some of the blocks are solid blocks but some of them are 4, 5 and 8 pieces of material that are sewn back together. The smallest pieces being 1 1/2 inches square. This picture does not do the quilt justice, the colors are washed out. I added another picture that I took outside and the colors are more true. This quilt top is not finished. It was a challenge to place all the blocks strategically so I did not have two with the same fabric next to one another. After I get all the squares or blocks placed then I sew them in rows. This will be the first sofa throw that I am making for myself. I take that back it is the first quilt top that I make for myself... I made the Return to Romance for myself and it is finished already. This one is not finished because I got so excited about finishing the other one to enter in the fair. I already had a quilt back for the Return to Romance and I have not decided on a quilt back for this one yet. I will probably piece scraps together for the quilt back but I am not sure. My cat General Lee joined me while I was taking pictures of my quilts. The fall season is among us and the burning bush by the mail box has changed color already. The final picture here has two borders added.

I finally went to Emerald Garden July 7th 2011 to get this quilt machine quilted. I used an all over rose pantograph and sandwiched it with Bamboo Batting from Jo-Anns. I used King Tut 100% cotton variegated thread. The top thread is variegated rosey pinks and the bottom is variegated greens. I love it! This was the 3rd quilt that I long armed this summer so far and I am so pleased with the long arming that I am in love!!! I finally spoke up and was vocal about the perfection in quilting this quilt and it turned out great. I will get this binding sewn on this week I hope.

My Fifth Quilt, specially made for my nephew Alex

This is the quilt top that I just finished. The fabric is Moda's Dinosaur Uproar. My sister and her husband got the dinosaur that Costco had just before Christmas for my nephew Alex. I suggested decorating his bedroom in dinosaurs and my sister liked that idea. I got the charm pack squares on ebay a couple of months ago and found a quilt store in Kooskia, Idaho that had more of the dinosaur uproar fabric last week.

The pattern I chose is one that uses the charm pack squares which are pre-cut by the manufacturer, 5 inch squares with one of each fabric in each fabric line. The squares that you see in this quilt were pre-cut, thank you to Moda fabrics! All I had to do was decide which squares I wanted where. I changed this quilt a little in that it is rectangle instead of square.

I do not have the measurements but this quilt will be bigger than crib size but smaller than twin size. I used Soft and Bright batting from The Warm Company.

I took a class and learned how to long arm quilt at Emerald Garden in lewiston. This quilt was the first quilt that I machine quilted. Machine quilted with my beginner rendition of dinosaur eggs! I entered this quilt in the NPC fair 2009 and received a third place ribbon on it for the machine quilting. It was chosen as a judges choice and hung with all the other judge choice quilts. I made and attatched a quilt label and gave it to them December 2009.