Blogger Quilt Festival 2018

It’s time for the Blogger Quilt Festival Fall 2018! Enter your quilts at AmysCreativeSide and share in the fun!

I am entering my "Born Wild" quilt.

"Born Wild" is the third quilt of a project for Christmas presents. I designed and pieced this in 2017 and hand quilted in 2018 with #8 perle cotton embroidery thread.


This all began because I decided to make a "soft and cuddly" quilt for a granddaughter. Themed around bunnies. Me, not thinking past what I was working on... "little girl" things....One day my husband said :what are you going to do for the brothers". Ohhhhhh....my brain had to go to work. And "Born Wild" is one of the results.










This design began on a trip into JoAnn's Fabrics to look for backing for the "girly quilt" the printed fleece seen on the back of the "Born Wild" quilt (below) caught my eye.

Loosing all true focus(forgetting about the girly), the cogs started turning.  "Wolf" became the theme. I began looking for flannels to flow with this fleece.  My thoughts were: flannel front, fleece back, no batting needed. These children live in Texas and don't even need cover......but that did not slow me down.

I lost my focus and got so busy on the new wolf idea, I almost forgot to look for the backing for the "bunnies". If my husband did not follow me around nothing would ever get completed.....because I jump.  But, bunnies ended up with fake fur backing.

Now, Hubby says "that is very soft and cuddly, how are you going to add the fur to the boy's quilts?"
Now enters the theme panel of the Wolf in fake fur.  

My hubby was very helpful in getting my pictures enlarged to the sizes I needed for the appliques, ....so the quilt design took form.  I wanted the Wolf panel to be the focus, so I only used 2 other pictures.

The Wolf in the shadow of the moon.

 And the title block.

I hope that my grandson will love this quilt as much as I have enjoyed making it.  

Born Wild

64x76

Flannel pieced front

Fleece Backing

(no batting)

hand quilted with #8 perle cotton

Don't forget to share your quilts in the festival at AmysCreativeSide.

YEA! 2018 has arrived

2018 a time to restart!

In review of UFO list for 2017; (red=completed) Yea! 6; (blue=progress made) on 4.  I am pleased because these projects had been started from 6 months to 3 years.  Glad to have made this much progress.
1. quilt of valor 
2.  crib size quilt
3. lavender pinwheel quilt-did get quilted, needs binding
4.  remake 2 bargain shirts- only completed 1
5. completed 5 of the 6 garments that were cut out for me
6. finish overall's for granddaughter
7. Christmas quilt 
8. completed out fit for Lola
9. multiple pre-cut shorts for the Etsy shop
10. hand quilt/bind of Ann's Quilt-half quilted
11. sewing room window treatments
12. start log cabin quilt(all squares complete)
13. children bedroom window treatment/bedskirt
14. begin quilt for master bedroom
15. guest room window treatment
16. MSU quilt
17. fabric pictures

I also pieced 3 other quilts and one of these is complete  They were projects that I started in July hopefully to be Chrismas presents.

I hit a wall in the first week of October.  Mother(89y) was hospitalized for high blood pressure and my productive sewing life went down hill from there. After a hospital stay, she became a resident at our house with multiple issues. Resulting in finally moving her to a retirement center December 15th.  Needless to say, I got very little done in the sewing room.

Christmas came and went quickly; we made a quick trip to Texas;  New Year happened; I made a trip yesterday to Tuscaloosa, AL.

Today was the first time I have had a day to myself since October.  Oh, it was great!  It is nice to have a lazy day now and then.

I hope tomorrow I can get the house cleaned and prepare for 2018.

Peace for Christmas

May your Christmas be blessed with love and peace.
Remembering that Christ is the center of the holiday.

log cabin

17UFO in 2017 project #12

basket of strips for quilt

The fabric for this project was purchased Aug. 2016 from Stitch and Frame, when I attended the Old Man River quilt show in Vicksburg, MS.  Almost time for another quilt show.....I was reminded when... I called today to order more of the brown fabric needed for the setting triangles.

The pattern sheet above was title Spice Market and is done in all brown.  As you see, brown is not my color and not sure just how the layout will be.

I wanted to enlarge the quilt, and you can see the stack of 80+ squares.

I started on the design wall but it is not going to be large enough, will move to the den floor when the extra material arrives.  Thinking I may add some random squares....or may find other interesting patterns when I get them all on the floor.

Military Thanks

This quilt-Rising Stars- is my display of thanks

to all those that have served this country and their families that have shared so much of their lives so that we all live free.

I hope Memorial Day has been a blessing for all.

MSU quilt complete

Item #16 on 17 ufos in 2017 list(not that 1-15 are complete) is complete.


I completed the MSU quilt in time for the church Auction May 6, to raise money for the youth mission trip.

They asked if I wanted to set a minimum and I did with the agreement that if it did not go for the minimum bid, I would make a $ donation to the mission trip.  I just could not bring myself to give my hard work away when I have 2 sons that are graduates of MSU.

So here are the pictures of my MSU quilt.(size 67x80) I guess that you could call this an adult size throw.  I don't think that it is quite long enough for a twin size?

Since MSU mascot is bulldog....grey fabrics have paw print and maroon has bulldog faces.
The top and bottom yield the "Yells" that are heard at all sporting functions.

This was longarm quilted by a lady in Brookwood, AL, Judy Windham.  She did an excellent job.

It's hard to tell but she outlined the wording twice and did a tight pebble around the letters.  When you get to see it in real life the letters really pop!

The back is also pieced making this a reversible quilt.

This is a black, the bulldog print, a maroon/white/grey plaid and the maroon that was used on the front for the border. The center was quilted with a big swirl and the border with a piano key.

Since I was hoping that this would sell big for the youth trip, I made a special storage bag.

HAPPY EASTER

 

Happy Easter

I hope that all of you have a blessed day and give thanks for the sacrifice Jesus made so that we may all live.

There are many legends of the dogwood.  Below is my favorite.


It is said that Jesus had a special love for Dogwood trees which had been the size of oak and other forest trees at that time.  So firm and strong was the tree that it was chosen for the cross.  To be used thus, for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree, and Jesus with His gentle pity for all sorrow said “because of your regret and pity for My suffering, never again shall the Dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross – henceforth it shall be slender, bent and twisted and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross” … “two long and two short petals.”

Maybe you will have the opportunity to take an afternoon drive and experience the beauty  of God's spendor.