Come Virtually Quilt with me Today - 5/20
#182
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Here are pictures of the front and back of the layered quilt. This is for my friend's from high school 70th birthday. I am so excited about doing this photo memory quilt for her. I can't wait to get it quilted!
The pictures are from our high school days, through the years of the two of us, her travel photos and our kids. I will quilt around the individual photos in the collages so they'll stand out. Blue and green are our high school colors. The label will be printed over a logo of the school. Underneath the 3D pinwheels are the top are dates and comments relevant to our friendship. Backing fabric are I (heart) Chicago, New York, California as that is where she has lived over the years.
The pictures are from our high school days, through the years of the two of us, her travel photos and our kids. I will quilt around the individual photos in the collages so they'll stand out. Blue and green are our high school colors. The label will be printed over a logo of the school. Underneath the 3D pinwheels are the top are dates and comments relevant to our friendship. Backing fabric are I (heart) Chicago, New York, California as that is where she has lived over the years.
Last edited by gramajo; 05-22-2012 at 11:35 AM. Reason: Additional comments
#183
weekend accomplishments
I've got four goals for today/this weekend:
1. finish a mini-quilt top (layer, quilt, bind)
2. one block for a Canadian Quilt of Valour quilt (the first block!)
3. one block for an online Mystery (Carol Doak's yahoo group)
4. one block for the local guild
I also *need* to mow the back yard which is now a foot high ...
1. finish a mini-quilt top (layer, quilt, bind)
2. one block for a Canadian Quilt of Valour quilt (the first block!)
3. one block for an online Mystery (Carol Doak's yahoo group)
4. one block for the local guild
I also *need* to mow the back yard which is now a foot high ...
1. didn't get finished because my machine decided to throw a fit:
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2. got one test (6") block done:
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3. got this one done too!
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4. started this one to where I need to join the 9 patches into a block (no photo)
{No photo either of my trying to mow my lawn!! and won't finish the lawn today either because of the rain and hail and lightning and thunder ... no sewing either!!}
#184
Irish, are you going to start the new thread? I'm in. I even worked on the quilt that didn't get worked on Sunday. I will turn the edge and put a decorative stitch on it and put it in the pile to give away. Liked the pattern but not the FMQ. But some little one will love it, I'm sure.
#187
verushcke-- congrats on your anniversary! 55 yrs is quite an achievement. shows it can be done! we're newly-weds at 34, and counting!
irish-- i hope you will start the new thread , great idea! i need all the motivation and accountability i can get! so count me in once you start it! tia!
grammajo- great memory quilt! it can't get more personal than that!!
dolphyngrl-- i like your iron sack. how do you like the clover iron? do you keep it next to you when you sew? i have one but haven't tried it yet, so i'm very curious!
liz92b- love the maple leaf especially! do you have a pattern?
i love that this is continuing! and if irish decides not to start a new thread i hope someone else will. it's so fun to have a dialogue going all the time, and to see what people are doing!
irish-- i hope you will start the new thread , great idea! i need all the motivation and accountability i can get! so count me in once you start it! tia!
grammajo- great memory quilt! it can't get more personal than that!!
dolphyngrl-- i like your iron sack. how do you like the clover iron? do you keep it next to you when you sew? i have one but haven't tried it yet, so i'm very curious!
liz92b- love the maple leaf especially! do you have a pattern?
i love that this is continuing! and if irish decides not to start a new thread i hope someone else will. it's so fun to have a dialogue going all the time, and to see what people are doing!
Last edited by nancia; 05-22-2012 at 11:50 PM.
#189
What a day! It's only noon and I have had so many issues trying to finish a wallhanging. I wanted to add hanging tabs, the kind to run a pole through. Plan A didn't work, neither did plan B. Plan C wasn't good, but looks ok. Good thing these were in a freebie box of fabric DD found at a garage sale. But finally finished the silly thing....now on to the second one....the learning curve will help make the second one go much faster!
#190
I got permission from Susan Fletcher Conaway at http://fiberartalmosteveryday.blogsp...ilt-block.html to make a Canadian Quilt of Valour. I also recreated the block in EQ7...
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