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Monday, December 25, 2017

BEAR PAW QUILT

This beautiful Christmas quilt was done by MC of Jasonville, IN - it is completely hand pieced, yes even the borders!

So I hand quilted it for her during Oct. - Dec. 2017. I kept the quilting design really simple - just straight lines from corner to corner in each block plus in the white in the center of each block. On the back it looks very similar to a lot of  asterisk marks.

The batting is a cotton blend and the back is white muslin. She will bind it herself.

 Queen size.

 155 yards of hand quilting.



Saturday, December 16, 2017

BIRDS IN THE AIR

I am trying to use up the scraps I have managed to collect over the years. In July, I started cutting 3" squares from scraps of both white/cream and colored prints. I hate the stretchy bias seam there is if I actually cut out triangles, so I am drawing a line diagonally on the white blocks, putting a colored square with it right sides together, and sewing a quarter inch away from the line on each side, then cutting them apart on the drawn line. So I end up with lots of little white triangles sewn to colored fabric. If I do a few each day, it does not take long to fill up the shoe box of sewn triangles, and if I have a little more time then I actually put them together in blocks.
Doing this sewing process also works great for Flying Geese, and other patterns that call for alot of triangles. I've also done this for saw tooth borders.

SUNBONNET SUE 2

I hand quilted this Sunbonnet Sue twin size quilt for the maker during July - Aug. 2017. I like the bright fabrics. There are 112 yds of hand quilting stitches in it. This one and the previous one I hand quilted for her are the same size and many of the same fabrics.