Custom quilting - Raffle Quilt

An amazing gentleman from our quilt guild volunteered to do the quilting on the raffle quilt.I took some closeup pics to share.

 He replicated my poinsettia flower in all the red log cabin sections

 and echoed around the holly leaves

Outline quilting on the scenic prints really brought them to life. The thread was  variegated with green, gold and tan. PERFECT CHOICE!!!

I must say I was nervous sending my original design out to be quilted. He used a long arm quilting machine at our local quilt store. All I asked was to use the holly and berries in the quilting. Duane is a very creative free motion quilter.I never could have succeeded with the large scale of the designs in the red log cabins. I tend to free motion quilt on a small scale.
Thank you Duane for your meticulous and creative quilting!!!
Colleen

Family photo shoot!

 What a wonderful birthday present from our kids - Family Photo Shoot - with everyone present!!!
               DUNCAN DEMON PRIDE!!!

 Cody is a senior, he may play football in college and Abbey is 7th grade cheerleader! Lots of games ahead for us!

 All the grandkids!!! ages 22 to 2 1/2 yrs old

Dale and I and our wonderful children, thank you for the fabulous birthday present!

Raffle quilt progress

The raffle quilt is ready for quilting! I made some changes in the applique design, adding to the medallion instead of applique on the borders. The quilt should be finished and be displayed at a Christmas Tour on Dec.11.

Christmas quilt progress

I have been working on the Christmas quilt I am making for our Guild's Holiday Festival which will be held next year in Sept. A friend helped me make the log cabin blocks. I need to add the borders and start the wool applique. Hoping this original design will raise a lot of money for Stitching Memories Quilt Guild of Duncan, Oklahoma.

Wool pansies!

Today I have given myself a restful day after 9 days of family visiting. We have had so much fun, had family pics taken too. Before company came I had been rushing to finish the Teapot quilt for the quilt show and church quilts before that. I do need a rest!

Last week I made appt with my eye Dr. because I was having trouble getting used to my new glasses. Everything was blurry in the distance, closeup was OK. My eyes were 60% more nearsighted that at my checkup on Sept 7. He told me to see my Dr for blood sugar test, how surprised was I ???? it was 432, next day fasting # was 236. She started me on medication that should take it down slowly. I have a meter and check it 2 times a day.  I certainly had no idea that was what was wrong with my eyes, I have been very thirsty lately but had not connected that symptom to anything --- probably thought it was from too much machine quilting and piecing !!! LOL  All that lint you know!!!

I purchased this wool handbag at a craft show last weekend, wanting to embellish it. So today I have been cutting wool and gathering it for pansy shapes. I LOVE IT!!! I have ordered some taffeta, velvet and ribbon from Sue Spargo to jazz it up. Just pinned for now.

Fund Raiser quilt show

October 1 and 2 was the fundraiser for our local museum. $930.00 was raised by selling chances for a beautiful quilt. Here are some pics--- more tomorrow!!!

Early Head Start quilt project

My beginner quilting class at church has made quilts to decorate the new Early Head Start building. Babies through 3 years old will enjoy the walls decorated with the quilts we have made. The beginner quilting class called The Cornerstone Quilters started July 2010, since then we have created seven quilts. We have used the advantage of cute quilt panels for the centers and all class members made the same block to surround the panel. Saturday classes have been for layering and construction techniques. Now we are machine quilting, some are not comfortable with that yet. Four quilts are complete, three still to be layered and quilted.
Our last quilt is to be used as a floor quilt, we are using all our orphan blocks etc. It is turning our very cute and will post pic of it next,
Enjoy our Cornerstone Quilt Show!
Happy Quilting,
Colleen

                                                                                   

                                           

                                                         

                            Our first quilt 4 Patch and Double 4 Patch, the center has our Cornerstone Quilters name and FPC for First Presbyterian Church and the Christian fish symbol. Class members name are embroidered on individual patches. 14 members in all.

 

First border finished

The center border is finished -  now I can cut strips for the other Guild members who are my helpers!
Great progress this week. Wool appliqued holly and berries will accent the tan corners and the outer border.
I can relax now that I know my layout will work. Thanks for viewing my blog!!!
Happy Quilting,
Colleen

Designing Raffle Quilt for Stitching Memories Quilt Guild

I was asked to be in charge of our next project Raffle Quilt for our Holiday Bazaar 2011.Of course I started designing right away. From first drawing to actual layout has been quite a lot of fun. Using my grandchildrens colored markers has been so much fun. Posting design layout using a colorful winter scene fabric seen through a window. Name of quilt " I'll Be Home For Christmas". The smaller version of the winter seen will be the outside border with wool applique holly and berries, wool also used on the tan corner blocks around the center medallion.
First change - working on smaller log cabin border for window.
Colleen

Vote for me Quilting Gallery weekly contest

I entered Pinwheels for Payten in Quilting Gallery baby quilt contest, please vote for me! My first time to enter and it is a great prize!
Thank you for taking time to vote
Happy Quilting
Colleen

added border to Teapot Fancy

Yesterday I added the pieced sashing  and blue border and I love it, brings out all the blue accents!

Considering the green paisley for outside border but the blue might be enough, what do you think?

Happy Quilting,

Colleen

New project machine applique Teapot Fancy quilt

This teapot quilt is so much fun, background yellow fabric has teacups and saucers. I am making this for my Mother's 89th birthday.

NEWS FLASH!!! MIMI SITS IN 100+ DEGREE HEAT TO WATCH THIS!!!

Yes I did and it was hot as blazes at 4pm at the first 7th grade football game! but worth it because it was Abbey's first game as cheerleader!!! What a  cutie!!!
Tonight grandson Cody highschool senior has a game in Guthrie ( 1 1/2 hr away north), Saturday 8am grandson Alex 5 has first flag football game in Burleson Tx ( 2 1/2  hr south) What a crazy good weekend!
Be back home Sun night and ready to quilt all day Monday!
Hope you all have a fun and safe Labor Day weekend!
Happy Quilting,
Colleen

Medallion quilt dressed up with pillows and Schnauzers

I put my decorator hat on today and dressed the quilt up with pillows I already had in another room, then put on my pet photographer hat on and got pic of Samantha and Taffeta on the quilt. I am worn out now after trying to get those 2 precious girls to look at me at the same time!  I needed Victoria Stillwell behind me.
I will love making the bed now that I have completed the look I wanted!
Happy quilting!!!
Colleen

scalloped binding

Pam asked in her comment how to do the scalloped binding. I cut my 3" strips on the bias, folded in half to create a double thickness. I clipped each scalloped high point 1/4" and mitered the binding. I sew my binding from back to front all on sewing machine with a 3/8" seam and topstitch the binding to the front edge of quilt. I also put a binding on the seam that connects the reverse sham to the top of quilt. I used the backing fabric for binding  and underside of the reverse side so the entire quilt is reversible.

Pam also asked for a closeup pic so I found one with the center (top of bed before it was quilted and the sides and sham were added.
For those who arent familiar with a reverse sham. the pillows lay on top of quilt and the sham folds over pillows from the back.. If needed I can take a pic of quilt off the bed so you can see the construction.

In this pic you can see the pillow case inside the second scallop, I had to adjust the pillow so it won't show. This quilt is from book Blended Traditions by Marsha McCloskey.

Happy Quilting, Colleen

Blended Medallion king quilt with reverse sham

I have finally finished the king size Blended Medallion quilt with scallops and scalloped reverse sham! It is so heavy,I machine quilted the sides and end drop and reverse sham before attaching to the center section. I always wash my quilts for a vintage puckered texture. This is so big I think I will have to have it washed at the cleaners or go to a laundromat, hmmm not sure what I will do.
Happy Quilting!
Colleen

Reverse Sham for medallion quilt

Scallops are cut and ready for binding. Reverse sham is ready to machine quilt before adding it to the quilt, my plan is to have  scallops across the top edge  and on side of reverse sham the same large size as the drop.

Blended medallion king size quilt

I havent posted in a long time, I finally got time to work on my king size blended medallion quilt. The edges will have a large scallop. My original plan was to add a reverse sham to the top also with scalloped edge, but I am rethinking that now., Don't want to cover up too much of the square. Today I will play with that idea and see what happens. It fits the bed beautifully and I love it. The side and end drops were machine quilted separately then attached to top square. Top square is 82" and quite a challenge to machine quilt on my Bernina. The green toile is washed linen so it is a heavy quilt.
My beginner quilting class at church is going very well, we are making quilts to decorate the walls of the Early Head Start building . Ages birth thru 3. We began July 12 and have finished 6 quilt tops. With almost all beginners and my first time to teach I decided to precut and teach one block each week. Having a large class has been exciting because we have finished enough blocks to surround center panels each week. I will post pics soon. Lots of bright colors, hot air balloons with log cabin block borders, Alphabet panel surrounded by shoo fly blocks and lime green polka dot sashing, of course a Wizard of Oz yellow brick road quilt, a disappearing 9 patch, a circus panel with rail fence blocks and zebra sashing, and a tropical fish with 4 patch and double 4 patch blocks, some solid squares will have all the names of the quilters and the center bright yellow block with say First Presbyterian Church, Cornerstone Quilters and have a Christian fish symbol. We will be making a floor quilt with our orphan blocks and my leftover bug fabrics.
Also I have been on jury duty for 2 weeks, that has cut into my quilting time but that ends today. The weather in Oklahoma has gone from blistering heat to cool days, it won't last long but maybe no more days over 105!
Happy Quilting!
Colleen

Has your quilt guild hosted a BAZAAR?

Please comment with information about organizing a BAZAAR, etc. Our guild Stitching Memories in Duncan, Oklahoma has a quilt show every other year. We are wanting to have a Bazaar in the alternate years, we haven't done this before. A few of our members have attended quilt Bazaar's before and are sharing that information. Please share with me what your Guild does to plan and prepare for such an event. I would like to have your info and ideas before Thursday August 12, our meeting date.
Thank you for helping us plan!
Colleen