Two more quilts finally finished and one on the way!
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Two more quilts finally finished and one on the way!
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Here are some pics of the three quilts, two are finished. The fish quilt is first, I made it for my son. It feels fantastic and so comfortable and the thing is I purchased two nice polyester blankets from Goodwill [2 bucks], sewed them together and used them for batting. With appliqueing and hand quilting the middle it was the hardest and took the longest. It will fit a regular bed nicely.
The second one is called a scrappy Chevron and will fit a twin bed. I made it for my daughter's husband's niece who is 13 now. I hope she likes it. I got the pattern online somewhere and just loved it. I quilted it by machine. The stitching isn't perfect but at least I didn't get any puckers in it.
The third quilt is one I am in the process of making for my great nephew and his future wife for a wedding present. I just glued it together today [with good old Elmer's school glue] and will be straight line quilting it by machine. I will quilt the boarders separately. I am thinking of appliqueing hearts all up and down the middle in a winding fashion from one corner to the opposite corner starting out with small hearts on the corners and ending up with larger ones in the middle. I probably will lay them out first to make sure they look ok that way.
Oh, by the way, that is my four year old grandson you see helping to hold up my quilts for me. He was a big help. lol
The second one is called a scrappy Chevron and will fit a twin bed. I made it for my daughter's husband's niece who is 13 now. I hope she likes it. I got the pattern online somewhere and just loved it. I quilted it by machine. The stitching isn't perfect but at least I didn't get any puckers in it.
The third quilt is one I am in the process of making for my great nephew and his future wife for a wedding present. I just glued it together today [with good old Elmer's school glue] and will be straight line quilting it by machine. I will quilt the boarders separately. I am thinking of appliqueing hearts all up and down the middle in a winding fashion from one corner to the opposite corner starting out with small hearts on the corners and ending up with larger ones in the middle. I probably will lay them out first to make sure they look ok that way.
Oh, by the way, that is my four year old grandson you see helping to hold up my quilts for me. He was a big help. lol
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Actually the Chevron was the easiest of the three, so far. I don't anticipate the strip quilt to be too hard to finish. My sister is going to help me with it. Hopefully it will go pretty fast. The wedding is in August but I have another quilt to make for a dear friend who has been hinting around for some time now, lol He is a man and I decided to make him a homespun, old-fashioned snowball quilt for the regular antique bed of his. I saw one on pinterest and it seemed to fit his personality to a tee. I have most of the blocks cut out already and can't wait to get started on it. I am going to use the QAYG method on it except today I am taking a break from all the hard work I have been doing these past few months. Feels good not to be at the machine, or hand sewing, or appliqueing for a change.
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