Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day, Moms!!

 

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Feathered Stars

These are the remains of a grand plan I once had. I was going to make a feathered star quilt with 16 feathered stars These stars were to be pieced all by hand as I did not have a sewing machine at the time. We are talking about 1996 here. I had so much trouble with these stars.

The first star ended up flying through the clouds. We were living in a condo on the 23rd floor at the time. I loved to take my sewing basket out on the balcony to sew. Well, one day the wind whipped up and whisked my first block over the railing and off to who knows where. Later in the day I looked around down on the ground but there was no sign of it.

Block number 2, the top one above, came out ok so I proceeded on to block number three. It wasn’t until I had finished block number 3 that I realized 2 and 3 were no where near the same size. Bummer! I didn’t know any tricks at the time for adjusting block sizes so I gave up the whole quilt idea.

I quilted and bound the two completed stars separately and they now hang in the kitchen. I occasionally think I’ll start over again on the feathered star quilt and see if I could rise to the challenge now that I have more experience.

 

Another Save

And another quilt top has been saved from the depths of the linen closet. My customer’s grandmother pieced this top in the 1950’s. It has moved from family member to family member hiding out in various closets. Eva now plans to hang it in her entry way on a quilt hanger. It is all hand pieced and the colors are very rich. I used continuous curve quilting to emphasize the pieced pattern. Debra embroidered the corner label.

 

Goose Chase

Goose Chase is coming along. This quilt design comes from Thimbleberries’ New Collection of Classic Quilts by Lynette Jensen. In the book, the quilt also has holly and berries appliqués on the piano key border. But since this is not to be a Christmas quilt, but rather an every day utility quilt, I won’t be doing those. It needs to be increased to a king size so it will need at least one more border.

 

Feathers and More Feathers

Feathers; I must have feathers on the brain. I signed my daughter up for a bird watching activity with the Girl Scouts. The activity was called Feathers on the Wind and was set for last Saturday. I signed her up many months ago so I marked it on my calendar and forgot about it. Well last Friday I check my calendar to see what is going on Saturday and find “9:00-12:00 Feathers on the Wind”. So I start racking my brain trying to figure out what Feathers on the Wind is… did I sign up for a quilting class on feathers?… does someone’s quilt need feathers on it?… is there a You-tube video I am supposed to watch on quilting feathers?… Half the morning had gone by before I figured out it had nothing to do with quilting, but birds!!

And more feathers. I’m currently working on a bargello and here is a shot of the border. I’m using King Tut thread and it is so beautiful. The photo does not show the nuances of the color changes in the thread. This is the first time I’ve used King Tut but I am sold. I’m going to have to get some more. I’m turning into a thread junkie!

 

Kiddie Quilt

This week I finished quilting this Kiddie Quilt for the 40 Quilt Service Project. It was pieced by Debby McCarter. Isn’t it cute? Look at all the bugs and fireworks. There are also cars, frogs and puppies.

Thanks, Debby, for putting this together for the kids.

 

A Joyous Holiday to All

 

More IQF 2006

Here is another of my favorites from the International Quilt Festival.

Titled Feathers, this quilt was machine pieced and machine quilted by Winifred Masson of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It utilizes trapunto in the quilted feathers.

Winifred commented that this was the most difficult quilt she had ever attempted and several times she thought it had defeated her. Looks to me like she won out in the end!