Category Archives: Quilting

Eye-Spy Quilt

Quilting
Inspired by Buckaroo Babies from the book Playtime to Bedtime Quilts (Sharon Evans Yenter)

When I was looking for a baby quilt for a friend I came across this pattern in a book I had bought from the Guild library. I had a number of kid’s novelty prints and thought this would work well with them.

I hadn’t really intended it as an eye-spy quilt but that is what the ladies at the Guild were calling it and who am I to argue?

The baby I originally intended it for is no longer a baby; I thought it would be a give-away but Pat has persuaded me to keep it as he expects there will be other babies in my future.

Bloom

Quilting

Bloom (Kim Brackett) from the book Scrap-Basket Beauties

At the Texada Retreat in November of 2017 I was in second place after the strip poker game. At the end of the game the woman who won (Gail Moyles) picked up all the strips and threw them down on my workstation. I was thrilled to accept them! The deal (or downside) of winning the strips was that you were supposed to finish a flimsy for the next Texada Retreat. I managed to accomplish that.

When it came time to find a quilt for Madison’s graduation I had a choice of two. Based on the colours her Mum suggested it was narrowed down to just this one.

Because it was a graduation gift I made a more intricate label than usual.

I think she likes it. I hope she gets as much use from it as she does from that blankie (on the end of her bed) that I made for her when she was born.

Primitive Pinwheels

Quilting
Primitive Pinwheels
(from Primitive Gatherings)

I love pinwheels and I didn’t pass up on the opportunity to make some for the May miniature meeting. I wasn’t even discouraged when I noticed on the pattern that the blocks were only 1.75″ when they were finished.

The pattern, ruler and fabric in the pinwheels all came from my Guild’s Secret Pal. Although the ruler isn’t called a Lil’ Twister the technique used for the pinwheels is the same. Now that I’ve tried a small version I’m not tempted to make any of the larger Lil’ Twister patterns.

I pieced the initial blocks together at the Spring Retreat but I was afraid to cut into them with a crowd around. Once I was home it didn’t take long to get the pieces cut out (I was thankful for my turntable cutting board) and stitched back together.

With the exception of the stabilizing stitches around the edges there isn’t any quilting on the piece. I broke four needles (and quilted about three blocks) before deciding that an 11″ x 12.75″ mini really didn’t require any quilting.

Guild Challenge (2018-2019)

Quilting

These were our instructions:

Channel you inner “BAG LADY”

  1. Must use the equivalent of half the Fat Quarter on the OUTSIDE of your bag.
  2. Be at least 9″ Tall & 10″ Wide.
  3. Have 2 or more complimentary blenders.
  4. Have a Quilted Motif somewhere on your bag, but not just on the bottom.

I purchased the green and gold fabrics to go along with the focus fabric that was included in our packages. It wasn’t easy to find a bag that didn’t use a zipper; I had a book with a pattern that I originally intended to do.

One day when I was waiting in line at the grocery store I glanced through their quilting magazines and came across one that had a couple of things in it that I liked, including this bag. 

My original intent was to have the gold on one side of the front and the green on the other side but somehow that didn’t work out and one colour shows on the front and the other on the back (depending on which way you are looking at it).

As I typed out the “rules” I see that I was to have used a motif on the bag. Does meandering count as a motif?