I finally got to meet up with my Little Bits friends again this past week! It was so fun to see everyone and Sherida brought Show and Tell! She is an art quilter extraordinaire. It's always fun to see what she's working on - a quilt from a Laura Waslowski class, a monochromatic challenge, even her pants were embellished! Such amazing talent and a fun group! 🥰
Finally a chance to get into the sewing room! I laid out all of the Boho Heart quilt blocks and starting cutting the background strips. The background strips were supposed to be cut at 1.5 inches to finish at one inch! That is a LOT of seams, not to mention a lot of cutting and piecing. My friend asked if it could be done with 2.5 inch strips so I decided to figure that out! With some modifications, for example while most of the strips are 2.5 inches, a few had to be cut at 3.5 inches. You can spot them in the picture below but it just isn't that noticeable to me, so 2.5 / 3.5 inch cuts it is! Thanks to Michelle B. for the suggestion!
I always thought I started quilting after we moved to Grand Junction, but as I was looking through old pictures I found these quilts that a friend of mine and I put together way back in the early 90's for my oldest daughter's first elementary school. If I remember correctly, my friend came up with the idea of having all the kids at school (with their family) create a house block. I think most of them were drawn or colored. Then she and I put them together into what was supposed to be one quilt but ended up being three! These first two pictures are the same quilt, the middle is a different quilt and the last two pictures are of the same quilt. The kids in the pictures are mine and my son just turned 40 - I think he was four in these pictures. Wow! Time flies! I guess I was destined to be a quilter 🥰
I wonder where these quilts are now? Still hanging at the school?
I read an article recently on creativity and how we all have a need to be creative. It's good for us in many ways, and you don't have to be good at something to try it! Just find something you enjoy doing and keep at it. Or keep trying new things until you find something you enjoy. Have a great day!
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Look at this STUNNING needle roll my friend Cindy made!! Everything about this is just gorgeous and her work is impeccable. And the colors! Oh my!
This needs to be displayed as a work of art somewhere - it's so beautiful 🥰
(She created all the stitching designs herself too)
A friend of mine asked me to quilt her Truffle Duffle quilt (a Sue Spargo pattern), so that's what I did today. My goal was for the quilting not to show, because there is so much beautiful hand embroidered stitching on there I didn't want the quilting to be distracting. I think I accomplished that goal! 😅. I also learned that it's much easier to quilt a wool quilt if it has cotton batting vs. if it has wool batting. I think the wool batting in a wool quilt is harder (for me) to quilt, and the quilting definitely shows up more. I love her quilt, her embroidery stitching is AMAZING!! 👏😊❤️
New quilt hanging at the Pavilion Cancer Center! It's a beautiful one - a big thanks to all who share their talents 🥰
This quote below reminded me of a song the children learn at church. Here are the lyrics:
I finished sewing the binding on! I really love this quilt! Coming soon - some close up pictures of Cheryl's amazing quilting 🥰👏
