Show--n-Tell

I just love it when our friends bring in their finished projects to share with us.

This is Ester's block from the book  "Best Ever Applique Sampler" by Piece O Cake.

Colette had to join in  the fun and make an Elephant Quilt.

Ellen, a relative of Colette's, was visiting from Ireland. Colette just had to get her quilting. Here is her Elephant quilt. She must have used what Colette had leftover. Notice that her Elephant is a little different from Colette's, it has a heart.

Lucille's Log Cabin Quilt. 

See all of those beautiful Kaffe Fassett fabrics that she got at Quilt Vine.

Marlyne's Tiny Treasures.

 Marlyne's paper pieced table runner

 Maylyne's place mats

Many of you may recognize this pattern used here. Chris originally made Chris' Fishes' with this pattern. Chris also taught it as a class here. So we have seen many many quilts  made with this pattern. Well, here is the latest one. Mary made this one with the  Snow Day Fabric.

Lynn's Dot Party Quilt that she made in class here.

Another Lola quilt by Mary.

I love how she used "Sweet Lady Jane" by Jane Sassaman.

 Charlotte's Heart to Heart Quilt.

Show-n-Tell

I love it when customers come back in and show us what they have made!

Mary's quilt using our fabric and our Lola pattern.

Barbara T's quilt using our Starburst pattern.

Laura's quilt using our Whirligig pattern.

Dot Party

Ester's Runner.

Mary's crabby quilt. 

Mary is the one who finished off our crab fabric.

Barbara C's Thirty's quilt.

Barbara's Elephant finished

Chris' Elephant finished.

Circle Quilt

I finished Kari's Circle Quilt. 

Don't you just love these fabric?

Today I did buy some fabric. I got 1 1/2 yards that I need for the sashing in the quilt I posted about yesterday. I will not tell you what color I got. You will have to wait to see it in the quilt.

The Middle of December Already

This baby quilt was for my newest great-nephew. I finally got it totally finished, label and all, and delivered over the weekend. The pattern is from the book Sew Simple Pineapple by Karin Hellaby. 

 Remember this quilt? It was my UFO for September. Kari is that special person to receive this quilt. Do you see the label pinned onto the front? Yes, I still have the quilt and I need to get that sewn on the back. Maybe I will get it on today.

I decided that for Christmas I would make a quilt for my son's girlfriend. 

I got this quilt started the week after Thanksgiving when my husband was in Pennsylvania deer hunting. It is the same pattern like this one. Her favorite color is green. This quilt is made from many different greens from my stash. I used green where the other one is white and I used white where the other one is orange. I do have the top done but have not taken a picture. Hopefully I will be quilting it soon. 

Stash Report, Week 39, 2011

Used since last Stash Report: 1.75 yards

Used Year to Date: 104.5

Added since last Stash Report: 3.5

Added Year to Date: 95.25

Net used for 2011: 9.25

 I just had to purchase fabric this week. Remember I told you about my September UFO here. In order to make it larger I needed fabric for borders. I had no left over fabric that I could even piece for borders because when I made my circle quilt I used what was left on the back. I bought enough solid red to also use as an inner border on my Trash to Treasure Pineapple.

I got these 16 blocks finished and put together on Saturday. I will probably use the red for an inner border and the Jane Sassaman print will be the outer border.

Another Circle Quilt

This baby quilt was made by Margaret. Margaret asked me if I could do the hand print pantogram on it. Since it is the raw edge applique and the circles are sewn on about 1/4 in from the edge I could not do a pantogram.  I needed to quit this from the front of the longarm to make sure none of the edges got sewn back. To give her the hand print she wanted, I traced the hand in the center of each circle. 

Circling Around

Last night at the 7-Sisters Quilt Guild we got done everything we had hoped to plus a lot more. The two tops pictured here got completely finished. One is a donation for the Trappe Fire Company to raffle. The other is for one of the ladies that works at JoAnns that has cancer.

We also got the center of two other tops finished and now they just need borders.

Our evening was highlighted with a visit from our friends at the Trappe Rural Life Museum. For several years now we have been donating a quilt to them to raffle for a fundraiser. Last night they came out to thank us. They presented us with a plaque and made us a great dessert spread. Everything we had to eat was absolutely delicious.

Retreat Bee

On Monday I quilted this circle quilt that belongs to Lou. The circles are all chicken fabric and the white backgrounds are chicken wire.

Yesterday I went to retreat bee. At this bee we work on anything we want all day long. We always have so much fun and great food for lunch. The first thing I did yesterday was put the binding on my string quilt which is one of my UFOs #6. I did not take a picture yet. 

The next thing I worked on was my other UFO #6. I spent a lot of time Monday trying to decide the layout and what fabric to use. Here I was doing just a little more fabric auditioning for my final decision. 

This is the fabric and basic layout I went with. I did get some of it sewed on but did not take pictures yet.

My Circle Quilt

 I quilted and bound my Circle Quit on Friday. I got up at 4:15am. By 4:30 I was quilting. I finished the quilting about 6am, just in time to get my husband up for work. The way I went about doing this quilt was a little different than my typical approach. Usually I buy fabric I love and put it in my stash.  I go to Lancaster PA once or twice a year and I get most of my fabric there. Then when I decide to start a quilt I just go to my stash for the fabric. 7-Sisters Quilt Guild decided we were going to make this quilt. I knew I wanted to make mine these colors but had none in my stash. This is a color combination that I have been introduced to since I started blogging. So I went to a blog to find the fabric and ordered it from an Etsy Shop. I got it from Sew Deerly Loved. This is the first time I can remember having the pattern chosen before the fabric.

 Every time I finish a quilt I throw it in the washer and dryer as soon as I have it bound. I just love how it looks after it is dried.

 Using the Accuquilt Go makes it a breeze to cut circles. The idea for this quilt came from the magazine Quilts and More, Summer 2010. I adjusted the size so we could use the GO cutter. The pattern called for 6 1/2" circles and 10" squares. I changed to 5" circles and 8 1/2" squares. 

 This quilt was also a little different for me because it was the first time I did the raw edge applique' with a straight stitch. You stitch about 1/4 inch away from the edge. Then after it is washed the edges fray. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this look, but I love it. I think this would be great for a baby quit because of the texture.

This quilt is supposed to be for me but so many people I know want it including my daughter.

Circle Quilts

My top I put together today.

I just got home from a very busy day of quilting. The 7-Sisters Quilt Guild sewed all day working on circle quilts. They all look so great! I did not get a picture of everyone's progress. Some of the girls had to leave at lunch time and I forgot to get a picture of what they had done. Maybe I will remember to get a picture next Friday. It is really fun to see how different some of the quilts look. I think each one is fabulous.

Each one of us cut out our circles using my Accuquilt GO.

Kari's quilt

Lou's quilt

Earleen's quilt

Gerry's quilt

Polly's so far. Polly arrived after lunch.

Patti arrived late and left early.

When I got home George and Blue were sound asleep.