I designed this wall hanging for my younger son and he loves it. I fussy cut the turtles and used machine applique' around each turtle circle. Since they are moving in every direction, it was easy to get movement on the design... Oh... it suddenly reminds me of our last vacation in Maui, when we were swimming with the sea turtles right on shallow waters by the beach. … [Read more...] about Turtles wall hanging
quilt ideas
Red and White
Drunkard's Path is a block that had never appealed to me until January. After a class I was so excited about the possibilities! Here is my design, and first quilt in two colors. The red fabric is from Moda's collection for this year's Valentine's Day. BTW, Syntrapol (http://www.gkcraft.com/), available at your local quilt store, is wonderful for when you need to wash your quilt and want to prevent color bleeding. Never mind how I found out! How do you like it? … [Read more...] about Red and White
Winter Wonderland
Crabapple Hill Studio has amazing quilt patterns with embroidery blocks. Inspired by some friends at my quilt guild I started working on their Winter Wonderland pattern. Instead of doing redwork, I decided to work with varigated floss in blues and grays. I cut, marked (using Pilot FriXion pens), and basted all the blocks for the quilt and am almost done with the first block. Although I anticipate it will be a few months before I get it done, I put the block I am working on, along with a couple … [Read more...] about Winter Wonderland
Valentine’s Day
I made this quilt a while ago. Although I did not use Valentine's colors, it turned out all right. I decided to quilt it using straight lines very close together, much like the black and pink stripes on one of the fabrics. The result was very cool... I also used broderie perse as I could not resist the flowers... What do you think? Too simple? Happy Valentine's in advance... … [Read more...] about Valentine’s Day
String Spiderweb Quilt Design
I came across this pattern a while ago. What do you think? Looks interesting and the tutorial on the site (http://quiltville.com/spiderweb.shtml) has step by step detail on the construction of the block. Another one for my to do list, although I would probably make it less scrappy. Here is a picture of the quilt featured on Quiltville: … [Read more...] about String Spiderweb Quilt Design
Machine quilting
I love quilting my projects! Got my Bernina 440 QE (Bernina USA) as a gift from my husband, and I have been happier ever since. So, off to quilting a wall hanging for my good friend Teresa. Then, I am going to slice through fat quarters of Maywood Woolies I just got at Thimbles and Threads (www.thimblesandthreads.com) (huhmm... maybe my husband should unsubscribe to this blog!). This time, I am making a warm quilt for me! Yeah! They are soooo soft... I am thinking of a simple pattern, such as … [Read more...] about Machine quilting