tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966109124232314792024-03-14T03:02:16.846-07:00Patchwork PathwaysBeautiful Expressions from Generation to GenerationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-56591427306059967202015-10-14T15:29:00.002-07:002015-10-14T15:29:32.730-07:00Senior Center SharingMore projects from the Senior Center lady ..... a couple of days ago, she brought a new baby quilt top in blues and greens, and a table runner top. Nice!<br />
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Yesterday, the same lady who made the Dresden Plate quilt top brought this to the senior center to share .... a pinwheel pattern baby quilt top. Cute!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-54826548015632936782015-07-19T15:03:00.002-07:002015-07-19T15:03:46.122-07:00Dresden Plate Quilt TopOne day this last week at the senior center, the lady who brought the Dresden Plate quilt blocks to show, brought them back all put together in a beautiful quilt top. Very nice! She does neat work.<br />
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Made some progress this morning on the four-patches. Will try to get some more done this afternoon. We've got rain/snow moving in later, so this will be good to work on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-91321728350296069122015-01-20T05:01:00.000-08:002015-01-20T05:09:04.339-08:00New ProjectStarted piecing four-patch blocks yesterday, to make a quilt top. I plan on it being plain blocks alternated with the four-patch blocks. The materials are newer ones, that resemble depression era/feed sack prints. All I know is, I got to the point that if I didn't do something like this, I was going to go crazy. It's therapeutic, and nostalgic, to piece by hand. It slows me down. I think, I pray, I remember. It's a happy link back to my beloved Grandma.<br />
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Piecing by hand always makes me think of my Grandma C. When I was a kid, I'd sit in her chair with her, she'd be piecing, and I might be drawing on a notepad or something. I was a little kid yet, and she was petite, so we both fit in the chair. The picture below shows three of my cousins and I (in the orange top) with Grandma C., and that's the chair and that's her house. I'm a little older kid by then, but you get the idea. Happy, happy memories.<br />
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Anyway, this is ready for the next steps: Cut out backing and batting, quilt, bind, and done. Be nice for summer, Flag Day, Fourth of July, etc. It's just a smaller one, but may be fun to set something on.<br />
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The other side - I see a Dresden Plate block, among other things.<br />
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Love these colors and patterns!<br />
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Anyway, here's the neat table about three years ago:<br />
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Then a few days later, I moved it to the corner, to be nearer the outlet to plug my sewing machine in:<br />
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Today it looks like THIS:<br />
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Checked out the fat quarters at the nearby quilt store today, and found a couple of retro feed sack prints. LOVE this type of fabric! I want to make something with some original feed sack fabric I have, and also something from the reproduction prints (like these two) that I have.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-82282017796051780312013-04-24T15:45:00.003-07:002013-04-24T15:47:23.789-07:00Baby ComforterThe baby comforter (gift) is finished! Finished it a couple of nights ago, tacking down the binding while listening to it thunder all evening. A few pictures of the last steps:<br />
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Tied, trimmed, ready for binding.<br />
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Binding strips cut and sewn end-to-end to make a "continuous binding," pressed, ready to sew on.<br />
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Beginning to sew binding on.<br />
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Finished comforter - front.<br />
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Closeup of binding & back. The mom-to-be's preferred colors are soft green, turquoise and lavender. I wanted to use that darker purple to bind it, because it seemed to frame and set off everything the best. I BARELY had enough, but it worked!<br />
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The back.<br />
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Closeup of front.<br />
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Night before last, after spending quite awhile working on the knitted booties, I pulled several material choices from the stash. A couple more of these got weeded out, ending with six material patterns.<br />
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A stack of the cut squares, six different colors/patterns.<br />
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The cut-out squares.<br />
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That evening, I also started sewing the blocks together into strips, and the strips together. Got a couple done before bedtime.<br />
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Then the next morning (yesterday), I was back at it.<br />
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M & M's always help. :) You can see these replaced the three pieces of taffy in the apple bowl in the previous picture, that I ate.<br />
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Yesterday evening, the finished top out on the clothesline.<br />
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Closeup.<br />
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Next steps: Cut backing, cut batting, layer everything, pin together, tie, cut binding, sew binding on, tack binding down. Plus sewing the seams on all the booties. I CAN DO THIS! A week from today is the shower. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-49849953864007402702013-04-06T12:02:00.000-07:002013-04-06T12:02:18.118-07:00Trip Around the World<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f1UvBkg2GQQ/UWBweeqxbrI/AAAAAAAAEfs/QiepDueyNiM/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f1UvBkg2GQQ/UWBweeqxbrI/AAAAAAAAEfs/QiepDueyNiM/s320/038.JPG" /></a><br />
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More "this-n-that:" This is a "Trip Around the World" quilt I made back in the mid-1990's. The batting isn't real thick, so it's more of a coverlet than a warm quilt. Put this in the county fair whatever year it was, and got reserve champion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-272426644176371872013-04-06T10:31:00.000-07:002013-04-06T12:04:13.983-07:00This-n-ThatI was scouring my photo albums for some old pictures, and came across these that were quilt-related. May have posted some before, but if so, here they are again. ha ha<br />
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A baby comforter I made when I was expecting our first son. Got this made and put it in the county fair the summer of 1992. Got a blue on it.<br />
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Two sisters I went to college with and roomed with, they gave me a bag of scraps that their mother had had from making their outfits through the years. So I made each of them a quilt from the scraps. One got a 7-star pattern, and one got this 9-patch. Mom helped me quilt this 9-patch, so it was set up out at Mom and Dad's house in the living room, over the dining table. Probably around 1992 or 1993 or so, judging by the crib in the background!<br />
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This is an Irish Chain quilt I made for friends who were expecting a baby. Worked on this in 1988 and 1989, and put it in the county fair the summer of 1989, before giving it to my friends later. Got a blue on it. This was my first solo try at making a quilt. (The big white "border" is actually a sheet that the quilt was laying on in the yard. The colored squares go right up to the binding.)<br />
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Me on the front porch swing at home, holding the Irish Chain quilt. I was in my late 20's. Hadn't met my husband yet. Had just got moved back home from living and working in another town for about a year.<br />
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Closeup of the Irish Chain. I had it laying on a sheet out in the yard for photos.<br />
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(Note: Yep, I've posted the baby comforter and the 9-patch before. Blame it on poor memory!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-44324921427118270562013-04-03T11:05:00.001-07:002013-04-03T11:05:24.317-07:00BricksSpent yesterday evening cutting out some "bricks" for a small quilt top.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXJ3oMHQPb0/UVxvMOfeePI/AAAAAAAAEeM/7flFUWpvQ54/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXJ3oMHQPb0/UVxvMOfeePI/AAAAAAAAEeM/7flFUWpvQ54/s320/001.JPG" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496610912423231479.post-82570411282035068502013-03-28T11:12:00.003-07:002013-03-28T11:12:43.422-07:00Apple CoreA long time back, I had seen a quilt made from the "Apple Core" or "Double Ax Head" pattern. It intrigued me, the way the pieces fit together, and I wanted to try something like that. So I made a template, and cut out enough pieces to perhaps make a pillow cover.<br />
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WELL.<br />
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I *eventually* got the rows sewn together, and that was a nightmare! Those curves! I had the worst time.<br />
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So now they've sat for quite awhile, with the pieces in rows. Who knows when I'll get the nerve to sew the rows together!<br />
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So meanwhile, I'll enjoy them as decoration while they hang out on this little hangar I found at the thrift store. Maybe, just maybe, I'll tackle them one of these days.<br />
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