Community Quilts

I was trying to take things easy after my gum grafting surgery so I quilted some community quilts.  I don’t love to do the binding so I just turn the pieces into QBA without binding.  There are some ladies who love binding so I will let them do it 😊

This polyester top was in a bag to be made into a dog bed.  I thought it was fine enough to be a quilt for a human for a while.  So I quilted it.

Keepsake Quilting now has fabric printed that looks like denim scraps on top of each other.  I had been thinking about my denim scraps for a while.  When I had some backing left on the bottom of the other community quilts, I used my quilting machine to put denim scraps together.  These are cut about placement size.  I made a bigger one that I like better.

I had this denim bordered polyester top created for a long time.  I intended to use it in case I had to do a demo.  But I finally decided just to quilt it.

Another placemat.

Friendship 2019 Shivery Snowmen

The pattern selected for this year's Friendship Block Exchange is Shivery Snowmen.  We had 3 different fabrics we could use in our blocks so fabric was less important this year.  We did still have the restriction of all batik fabric.

Blocks I created for the exchange:
January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Following are the blocks I received from my friends:
Because there were fewer than 12 people participating, I received 2 of my blocks back.  January was the first block we got to keep.

Sue W.

Lynn C.

Kris L.

Marlene W.

Rita O.

Sue C.

Sue H.

Mine

Sue W.

Lynn  C.

Kris L.

Now I need to get the quilt completed by the next get together on Saturday, April 4, 2020.

The exchange party was Saturday, September 7 at my house.  It is always fun to get together.

I had part of the top put together to show this at 60 Day Club at the Laurel Golf Club on Saturday, November 2.

Finished putting on the outer borders of the top on Monday, November 4.

Started Holiday Star Table Runner and Square Topper at Table Topper Tuesday at Trackside Quilting in Laurel.  The pattern is by Sue Colley.

String Challenge

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Started my string piecing challenge for Modern Quilt Guild. The background has huge blue background strings. Orange flowers appliqué on top.
Idea from the book Quilts on Safari by Jenny Williamson and Pat Parker.
More specifically, the suggestion was from the quilt Leap Year in the Lowveld by Pat Parker and Jenny Williamson.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Showed my unfinished string flower piece at the Modern Quilt Guild meeting at Four Winds Quilting.

Sometime in May, I did finish this little quilt.

Snake River Log Cabin

I have had the pieces cut and a few blocks created for Snake River Log Cabin for a long time.  It all started when my friend, Melissa, saw the quilt pattern in Judy Martin's book.  Melissa said she wanted to make this quilt.  We cut out the pieces and organized them nicely as instructed in silver ware trays.  Then, I put mine pieces in a paper box and left them there for years.

Thinking I was organized enough to finish this quilt for the Big Sky Quilt Show in March 2019 in Billings, MT, I opened the box.  Although I had the top completed, I did not have Snake River Log Cabin quilted in time.  I think I finished this quilt in May 2019.  It still does need to have a hanging sleeve applied so I can enter it in the next guild show that comes along.

Wool batting makes it fluffy and pliable.  I really like Snake River Log Cabin.

2019 Hearts

Every Valentine's Day, I have been trying to make a little heart themed quilt for the boys.  Even though I had a lot to do in preparation for Big Sky Quilt Show in 2019, I decided to make the mini quilts anyway.  I did them on the longarm machine thinking it would be fast.  Cutting out all of the small hearts to cover the background was not a fast process.

I still do not believe these were done in time for Valentine's Day (since I started them February 3).  But it was close.

Woodland Creatures

The Town and Country Quilt Guild of Joliet, MT is creating Woodland Creatures as their raffle quilt for the 2020 show.  Many people, including me, were to create a block or a row for the quilt.  We were to hand applique (raw edge) the row.

I was starting to trace the pieces one social Tuesday at Trackside Quilting.  Sue Hanson had done Woodland Creatures as their block of the month program the previous year.  She had a kit leftover so she let me have that kit for my row.

I turned my row in at the Town and Country Quilt Guild meeting on May 9, 2019.