Quilting In May

I love all the beautiful gray fabric that is showing up in quilts theses days. This is Laurie's quilt and I love the design. I thought it was the perfect place to quilt ribbon curls as seen  this U Tube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hzPBy3S7U 

I have some more quilt done but no pictures yet. I made quilts for my daughter and her 3 BF's for graduation and will hopefully post some pictures of them at the park when we have a picnic later today. 

April Showers

as the expression goes , when it rains it pours. April is often like that here on the Crooked Pine Farm. The storm later today promises to knock off a few flowers so  I snapped a couple of photo's . 

 A day may be  gray , if you are close enough to a flower who cares. 

 It is a strange April when the yard has azaleas and gerber daisy's blooming at the same time 

 April is a month of special birthdays , and this one was a major one for DD Rachel. I surprised her on her BD by driving her 2 BF's to Hiawassee Ga for her tennis match and then dinner out after we froze to death watching her match. We concluded tennis season yesterday in 83 degrees and a lovely celebration with the family of the players at Bishop park. 

 As the expression goes "my cup runneth over" with quilts from my mother in law. When she passed she left behind stacks of quilts that we have shared with family . What a perfect epitaph. 

 Tonight is Athens Christians Spring Production of The Sound Of Music. For anyone who know the school , knows this is a huge turn of events. Baptists playing nuns , you never know what April may turn up with next. 

 Have a great day , that is the best revenge. 

 Peace soon , Boston. 

Jeannette Rankin Charity Quilt

This is the quilt I quilted for the Jeannette Rankin Foundation

 

My friend Judy donated a huge box of  half square triangles and she and Shirley volunteered to help the group sew them into this gorgeous quilt.  I met some of the members of the foundation and expressed my amazement in their abilities and in their mission .

Happy St. Patty's Day !

Weaning 2013 or Big Girls do Cry

Cowgirl is looking at her baby , this is called fence line weaning , less stress to mom and baby.

Come a little closer baby.

 

 

Down to the last row!

The Hall County raffle quilt is almost done. When I do custom work I go slow , and usually don't spend more than an hour at a time quilting. I am happy with the quilting and hopefully the other members will be as well.

Hall County Quilt Guild 2013 Raffle Quilt

This is a picture of Hall County Quilt Guild's next raffle quilt.

 

With the border being appliqued , custom quilting is best. Below are some pictures of the actual quilt in progress. The quilt is huge , 88x108!

 

 

The triangles in the halfsquare blocks are called Terry's Triangles. After I am done with the whole quilt , I will go back and quilt a little in the appliques. That way I can put the gold thread on the machine and quilt them all at once instead of changing threads every few feet.

Tune in next time to see how cool Terry's Triangles look on the Sawtooth stars.

Amanda

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January Done

Well so much for good intentions, but I am finally posting a Jan. update. Facebook is just  easier . Plus , I get comments in FB land. The first 2 quilts were completed in 2012. Scroll along to see the my newest project.

 This is a quilt finished in 2012 , it is a gift so no mention of who(m?) gets it. It was paper pieced from strips from an exchange of 3" strips my guild did about 3 years ago. When I take it to show and tell I bet I am one of the only participants who has used their strips.

 This is a 3-d Bowtie Block . I am very into 3-D in quilts but not so much in movies .

Check out the instructions at Delaware Quilts.

 This is called a 2 Fabric Quilt and it fabulously easy and fun to make. The squares are 8" and the strips are 2.5".

This is a Fons and Porter design and I loved it so much I didn't change a thing about the design, rare for me. Right now it is hanging out on the design wall of a friend. I hope to get the top sewn this week.

Coming attractions

All my For sale items for the Cotton Patch Quilt Show in March!