Anchor Quilt

Our daughter (Jackie), her husband (John) and my grandson (AJ) came home for a visit in December.  Our daughter is an Officer in the US Air Force (Labor & Delivery Nurse) and her husband is an Air Traffic Controller in the US Air Force, John is heading to Korea for a year the beginning of February so they all came home for a visit prior to his leaving.  Here's a snapshot of Jackie (center), AJ (blue sweatshirt) and our grandson Austin (red sweatshirt) the day they arrived (John was busy getting all their luggage together).  It was so wonderful to have them all home, their visits are never long enough but I am very thankful that they get to come home.

While the kids (I know, they are grown adults but they'll always be my kids!) were home my daughter wanted to make a quilt for a shower present for her best friend Denise who's baby is due soon.  On my way to the Airport I stopped at a local Quilt Shop (The Scarlet Thread) and picked up some fabric to make a quilt.  The pattern we decided on was real simple, 5 1/2" square blocks sewn together, Jackie made the top and I did the quilting on my Gammill Statler Stitcher.  It was a team effort and I enjoyed every second that we were working on this quilt.  Here's a few pictures of the completed quilt.... (If you click on the pictures they will enlarge so you can see the detail.)

The back, I really liked the Anchors, it tied in perfectly with the fabric and the red quilting thread really pops on the quilt!  The navy blue has white anchors on it,  the light blue is ropes, the white has navy blue sail boats on it and the white has red stars.  

Here's a picture of the front.  If anyone needs a quick and easy quilt to make up for a baby this is the perfect quilt, it takes no time at all to put together and then send it off to your favorite Long Armer and have them pick the perfect quilting pattern to tie it all together!!

You may have to enlarge this photo to see what I did on the Long Arm.  My daughter and I talked about the Signature block but because this is a baby quilt and we want Denise and the baby to use it I wanted the signature block to be part of the quilt so I programmed my Gammill to stitch out the signature block.  It says: Made with love for Benjamin Charles St Peter by Jacqueline Cropper & Margaret Leuwen.  

My daughter is sending me pictures of Denise opening the quilt, as soon as I get them I'll add them to this post!

Simple and Beautiful!

Sometimes the most beautiful quilts are the simplist patterns.  Here's a perfect example.....

 

 

This is the Tumbler block. 

I really like the Dragon Flies that she picked out as the quilting pattern!.

 

 

 

I love the simplicity of a two color quilt

 

It's been a really busy week quilting quilts for Christmas!  If what I've been quilting this past week is any indication of what is going to be under the Christmas Tree it looks like there are a couple of Daughters/Granddaughters that will be getting new quilts for their beds and at least one Son/Grandson!!

 

 

Happy Quilting!!!

 

 

Quilt in 1 Day!

I designed and completed this entire quilt in 1 day!  I finally got around to completing the video and getting pictures taken today.  Here's the completed quilt:

I can't wait to get this on the Long Arm!  This is going to be so much fun to quilt with all that open space to 'PLAY' with!  I've got some time to decide exactly how I'm going to quilt this, there are a few customer's quilts ahead of this one! 


Here's the video and supply list:

v  1 Jelly Roll

v  4 Yards Fabric (for binding, border and blocks)

v  Background Fabric

o   2 – 52 ½ X 16 ½

o   4 – 34 ½ X 16 ½

o   4 – 26 ½ X 16 ½

o   2 – 18 ½ x 16 ½  


Happy Quilting!

 

 

 

 

Kendra's Quilt!

This is Kendra's very first quilt and it's someones Christmas present!

Don't you wish it was going under the tree for you?

 

 

 

Kendra did a fantastic job making this quilt!

 

All of her sashing strips were STRAIGHT and so were the borders!

 

It was obvious when I quilted it that she measured her quilt in at both ends and in the center to determine the length of her borders!  She did GREAT!

 

The stitch is a tightly stitched all over meander.

 

The thread color is Oasis variegated.

 

I can't believe that this is her first quilt! 

 

This was a really nice quilt to quilt! 

 

 

 

 

Thank you Kendra for having me quilt this for you!

 

 

Happy Quilting!

Laundry Basket Quilts!!!!

Take a look at this quilt!  It’s it beautiful?  I’m absolutely head over heels in love with it!!!

72" x 72"

 

This quilt is designed by Laundry Basket Quilt and can be done as a block of the month.  What is really fantastic about it is Moda and Laundry Basket Quilts have designed what they call Silhouettes. 

 

Silhouettes are laser cut pieces of the fabric that have the fusing on the back!!  All you have to do is ‘peal’ and ‘stick’ them to your backing fabric and you are ready to go!  Talk about EASY!!  Once you’ve pressed the Silhouettes to your background fabric you can finish them by using your favorite method, button hole stitch (machine or hand), zig zag stitch or satin stitch!

I would love to do this as a monthly video block of the month lesson!  Anyone interested in joining me??

 

Happy Quilting!!

This Weekend's To Do List is FULL!!!!

What’s on your ‘to do list’ for this weekend?  Mine is packed full! 

I recently designed a quilt using Moda’s Kusari line of fabric.  The design uses one Jelly Roll, background fabric and a border fabric.  I am filming it as a step by step series and will be posing it on my Blog and on YouTube so that you can follow along and make one for yourself!  This quilt will be a quick and easy quilt that will be able to be completed in a weekend.  It would be a perfect last minute Christmas present, so if you’ve got someone on your list that you need a quilt for I’ve got the perfect design!  Here's a peak at the fabric!!

I just HAD to show you a small pic of one of the quilts that I will be loading onto the Long Arm this weekend to be quilted!  Can’t wait to start it!

 

 

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Happy Quilting!