Linen and a Winner!

I've had it in my head for awhile that I've wanted to do something with linen. This was my first attempt. It was a bit tricky to work with. That extra strip of fabric on the side was not in the plan. I felt like the more I trimmed the top to make it straight, the more crooked it got. After botching it up, I decided to add that strip down the side, actually ended up liking it. One of those "happy accidents". I plan on quilting this one with horizontal and vertical lines. I'm thinking gray thread, but then adding some hand quilting in between a few of the lines using a varigated embroidery thread. The color I want is in my head, the tricky part will be to find it!

I was a bit concerned about quilting it. This fabric doesn't have the body that cotton fabric does. Cotton fabric will stay where you put it, and this linen moved if a fly flew across it. My worries came to an end after quilting this one below. Linda made this quilt for her daughter. She wanted the whole top made out of linen, top and backing. It loaded up pretty easily, and quilted beautifully. I used a 100% wool to get some loft.

The winner of "Sonoma Rose" is................

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Giveaway: 100 Posts and Sonoma Rose by Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini returns with a Prohibition-era novel about one woman's courageous journey to save her family, and her self

Sonoma Rose

I've read quite of few of Jennifer's books, and I must say I've enjoyed them all. Her Elm Creek Quilt Novels feature comtempory, as well as historial fiction, and her characters, no matter from which era, have a way of capturing your heart!

I have been given a copy to give away, so leave a comment, and tell me which one of her books is your favorite!! Make sure you leave me your email address so I can get in touch with you.

This quilt shown below is one that I quilted for one of my local quilt shops just yesterday. The fabric line was designed by Jennifer Chiaverini. The line is called Caroline's Collection by Red Rooster fabrics.

Simply beautiful!

Love is in the Air!!

Bridget commissioned me to make this quilt for a friend of hers. She took the plain white squares to the wedding shower, and had the guests decorate them. Some wrote notes of encouragement, and others drew pictures.

I kept the quilting fairly simple. Hearts was the theme of all the quilting patterns, and SID around all of the blocks. I also added a sleeve incase the bride wanted to hang it on the wall. What a fun way to celebrate a special event! I've made them for baby showers, and graduation parties also. There are so many possibilites. Bridget wanted to keep this one simple.
A perfect Valentine's wedding gift!

Congrats to the Bride and Groom!

Create

I love the idea of these wonky letters. No patterns, and no rules to speak of. It's like writing with fabric. I have a list of words that I like, and I'm going to use them all in my word quilt.

Baby Elam

About a week and a half ago Baby Elam came into this world. He belongs to my cousin and his wife. Cute little guy! Here is the quilt that I made for him! I bought the panel at a shop near Cleveland called Quilter's Source, and she has all of the coordinating fabrics to go with it. It has a precious little prayer for baby around the animals!! I normally don't do "cheater" panels, but this one was really cute. I like to do piano keys for my borders. I decided not to cut them all the same width this time. It worked out fun! We have three more babies coming into this world this year, so I need to get busy.

Blue and White

Have I ever told you my all time favorite color? Well, it's blue. I've always imagined having one of those "decorator magazine" bedrooms, with 3 or 4 blue and white quilts on the bed. Blue was Dad's favorite color too, and when he moved in with us we painted his bedroom blue. Wanted to make him feel like he was home. Well, Dad's been gone for awhile, and I'm thinking that the room is "too blue," if you know what I mean. I'm thinking that I'm going to paint the room white, and have blue accents. This way, when I get to changing my mind, as I'm prone to do, I can add some other colors. This year I've decided that I'm making a blue and white quilt for ME! I've got lots of blues in my stash, way more than are in the pic, (see below), and it's going to happen! I figure if I do a few of these units a week, by the end of the year I can make this happen.


I like using triangle papers. I have a CD called "Triangulations", and I can print out lots of different size templates for half square triangles. That's my fav way to make them. No trimming once they are cut. Accurate beyond a doubt. Yes, I have to tear away the paper, but I can do that while I'm waiting for blogger to upload my photos! :)

He's at it again!

I'm beginning to lose count of how many quilts this guy has made. This one is for his little cousin, Makayla. After finding out from her mom that her favorite color is purple, (imagine that!!), Dan was off to the fabric store. He came home with way more fabric than he needed, (a true quilter), and realized that they all didn't look so good together. He hit my stash, (I really need to find a new hiding spot!), and was able to fill in with what I had.

I like the way the teal pops....

..........and who doesn't love a striped binding on the bias!

Great job Dan!
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