Friday, March 30, 2007

Denim Jacket


Here is another jacket which I love to wear. It’s plenty warm for spring and fall and I can easily wear it when the temperature drops to 0C with just a light sweater underneath. Recent purchase is the shawl and my purse that I got for Christmas.

The denim material was from my stash as well as the lining. Both had been hanging around forever and I finally decided to do something with them. Am glad that I did! :o) This jacket was machine quilted … nothing fancy but it works well with this material.



Why is it that I wear this colour in my clothing but it is out of my comfort zone for quilts? Why do I even buy it? This colour makes its way into my scrappy quilts but they are never the main colour. Perhaps I should make this a challenge to use most of these fabrics (it's a small basket, not a tote) for another jacket and thus help to reduce my stash. Any scraps will be tossed into my bins for scrappy quilts. Ummmm … yes, that will be a good idea!

Perhaps, also, this will be an opportunity for me to do a bit more fancy machine quilting. A few weeks back, I purchased a foot to do free form quilting. This will be a good time to try something different. Yes, that will be my challenge. It’s time to step out-of-the-box.

Have a nice day!

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Northwoods Jacket

Jacket front.


Jacket back.

Now that the nice weather is here, it’s time to get out my cottage jacket. This jacket has received a lot of compliments from strangers. :o)

The appliqué pieces are fused (with buttonhole stitches around the edges) onto a sweat fleece material and lined with cotton. It’s not warm enough to wear when the temperature really dips, but is perfect for temperatures above 10C.

Have a nice day!

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Blue & Green Flower Quilt

Oh, many thanks for your lovely comments on this quilt and it isn’t even finished yet! :o)

This is definitely not my design … I’m not that clever! LOL The blocks are from “Fantasies & Flowers” by Kumiko Sudo. Now, she is definitely clever and so creative.

Doing appliqué after the quilt is finished? It’s not the first time I’ve done that. Once you start to see the flowers, you will better understand why they are being applied after the quilt has been quilted.

This method is not the right way to do appliqué, but I always do what is best for me. I’ll listen to all opinions, but in the end my decisions will be based on the better way for me to work on a quilt.

So, you all have a great day!

Monday, March 26, 2007

Blue & green flower quilt


Vicki at http://catinthebatt.blogspot.com/ has requested to see more of my blue and green flower quilt. I didn’t want to show too much of it as I thought browsers would be tired of seeing it … but really, I don’t need much encouragement to show it off! :o) So here it is! Seven blocks have been quilted so far. By the end of this week, if all goes well, the quilt should be all quilted. Then, once the binding is on and it is blocked, I will show you the flowers and the embellishments that are being added. So stay tuned for this one!

Have a great day!

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Guild Night


Above are the blocks (Honey Bees) that were drawn for a lucky lady! Each person that brings in a block, gets a ticket for the draw. I’ve won in the past, but not lately. Oh well!

Won’t these hearts make a lovely twin size quilt? I wonder what alternating block she will choose?

We had a marvelous speaker (Lucy Anne Duffy-www.lucyanne.org) for the meeting. It was a scrap lover’s paradise! Wow, what wonderful scrap quilts and tops she had for showing to us. Sorry, but I didn’t take any photos of her quilts to share. Lucy had one top that came from her grandmother and it was glorious. The fabric was very fragile and Lucy will send it out to the Mennonite ladies to quilt as they know how to work with fragile fabrics.

Isn’t this quilt wonderful? A member of the guild made this quilt. Can you see all the tops on the table in front? Those are Lucy’s quilts and tops that she showed.

Have a great day!

Friday, March 23, 2007

Quilting Stitches


Thought you might like to see a close-up of the hand quilting on the quilt that is currently hanging up in our dining room.

The quilting pattern came from http://www.quiltmaker.com/. Does anyone know what is going on with that magazine? This past week, I directed another blogger to that site to look up all their free quilting motifs and yesterday when I was in their site, the Motifs section has changed and all of their regular motifs have gone (there is only a couple of recent motifs) and no explanation as to why! :o( I'm not complaining as I have a binder full of their motifs that were printed off years ago. I'm complaining for new quilters who have never been to their site and can never take advantage of them!

I learned something new this week from another blogger. Apparently, my photos are too large, all of them well over 100kb. Hubby is looking into this for me, as I don't want any problems uploading my images. He is the techno wiz in our home! :o)

Have a great day!

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Spring is Here!

Not only has spring arrived officially, but the weather here today is giving the green light for everything to spring to attention. I was just outside shaking out my tablecloth and the cardinals were singing away. What a beautiful sound! For those of you who have never heard a cardinal … well, you’re missing something (how I wish it could be shared with you)!

Spring means a change of quilts in my dining room. Here is a scrappy quilt for you to peek at. It was hand quilted.

Have a great day, eh!