I'm finally back to quilting, that is, literally. I'm not back to piecing yet, I have some quilt tops that have been hanging around for years. My project this year is to get them finished. I have one on my table that I quilted on Phoebe in early 2018. It was the first quilt that I quilted on my new Q'nique system. So, today, it is sitting on my cutting table waiting for me to finish trimming and putting on the binding. My commitment is to finish off all quilt tops before I start a new quilt. So, glad to be back after COVID and the distractions of the past couple of years,
That said, this is the second quilt I've quilted this year.
SunBonnet Sue
This is a quilt that I didn't start; I only finished it up. My mother hand appliqued all the Sues maybe in the early 2000s. The fabrics, I think, come from the '90s. We had beautiful florals and flower sack reproductions. I think this is done with those. My mother picked up quilting long after I did. She actually loved hooking wool rugs. She started that in 1952 or 1053, long ago. She enjoyed hand work and as she aged, she picked up quilting, She generally hand quilted. Somewhere along the line, these were given to me. I did find some little 2 1/2" squares in a quilt shop in Rumney, NH in the mid 2000s and went though my stash for other fabrics I could add to what I bought. The top was completed at that time, but got put in a pile as hand quilting was beginning to hurt my hands.
This was a totally complete top when I pulled it out of the tops pile and thought this is the next one to be done. I finished it on April 25, 2024. It will be given away to a friend as I have so many of the things she has done and I have plenty of my own quilts. I hope Linda enjoys this.
Love my Phoebe!!
This is my new Q Zone frame. My husband added the idler bar below the take up roller. Absolutely love it! It saves so much time and especially energy. Also, this is the border to SunBonnet Sue.
This is how I chose to do the corners, Basically, piano keys is my favorite border.
Boy, I came so close to not having enough backing for this quilt. I added about 9" in order to be able to attach the backing to the leader. I wasn't sure I had enough to be able to complete the quilt before the seam. Some days things just work out well!! Smile.
I want to give some credit to Kathy Schmitz of KathySchmitz.com. She is known for her embroidery. I fell in love with this pattern when I first saw it. Sorry it is so dark, but it is not in a good place for photography. I have it hanging on the canopy top rail, no canopy. I lined it with white cotton so that it won't suffer sun damage.
Birch Lane Table Runner - KathySchmitz.com
Work by dtang, Fall 2023
This is iron on, but hand embroidered. I used my scraps to make it. The background is linen toweling. This was designed to be a table runner, but I wanted to hang it instead. She did not quilt hers, but I wanted that quilted feeling and had a wonderful time doing it. It was fun to make it my own and I encourage you to do the same thing. Enjoy!
Still counting my blessings!
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