Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch

 Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch

Now that the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt is done

it is time to work on my daughters quilt again.

 In October of 2010 I started to work on this quilt

but things have changed a bit  (you can see that here)

if you go and see the orginal beginnings you will find 

that the colors have changed.  

We changed from greens and browns to

turquoise and browns (only one of the original browns made the cut). 

You see I have wanted to make a quilt for her for a long time

but she kept changing her colors, like every 6 months to a year so I waited

and I thought we had it, but once again we changed, 

but this time I think it is a go.  

Besides if she ever wants a quilt  this will have to be it.  LOL

You can visit Samantha @ 

Three Men and a Lady

she is working hard on her new home and is sharing

her progress.

Ok back to the quilt.

The pattern is the same, a split 9 patch.

I got the pattern from Quilters Cache  

 

The blocks are 9 inches and we are making a king size.

The new fabrics

Sewing begins....

The paper that you see below is so cool.

Normally to do a 1/2 square triangle you cut your

square and then cut it in half again from point to point to 

make a triangle, then you sew it to another 

 triangle of a differing fabric.

Well with this paper, instead you.........

Place two strips of fabric (in this case 9 inches wide)

right sides together, then you pin the paper

in place on top of them like so.

Then you sew on the dotted lines in the direction of the arrows.

Using a very small stitch.  You see two sets of arrows?

This indicates that you have two dotted lines to sew on 

either side of the solid line. 

Once that is done you begin to cut apart the paper on the solid lines

Until you have all of the triangles cut apart
 and when you open it up, you have your square composed of

2 - 1/2 square triangles.  Pretty cool.

Once you press it open you can remove the paper.

The paper removes very easily because you used 

a small stitch and it perforated the paper nicely.

Set one of the triangles are done, with set two awaiting sewing.

Now I have to tell you that my assistant Missy Moew, 

keeps a close eye on my work and helps hold things down (not always what I want her to do).

She also has an opinion on where the pins belong, some she finds 

to intriguing to leave along (I have to watch her closely, she likes

to steal them and chew on them, not a good idea)

She also inspects the needle as I sew (nose up close) and

wants to put her paw in there to play with the needle, needless

to say, she get shooed away.  As soon as the machine starts going

she is in the middle of things.  I don't mind until she 

gets to close to danger.

Set #2 being sewn

and completed

Next up strips cut at 3 1/2 inches, these will be sewn together

in strip sets of 2 each

and then cut at 3 1/2 inches

Once combine you will have

a quilt block

only 131 more to go.

So onward and upward, 

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt was picked up today

the owner won't see it until Friday sometime, but her rep was 

more the happy with the results.

I hope to be able to share with you how it did at auction.

So now we shall work on the T&B quilt for my daughter

I also am binding the quilt for my grandson Codey

I will share that picture soon 

and 

have a hugs quilt on the long arm waiting to be quilted.

It is good to stay busy.

Thank you for visiting and please leave a comment

so I know you came by

May God Bless and Keep you

God Bless America

A Little Playing Today

 Today, I decided to play a little with

the 

Texture Magic 

I got the other day.

It is put out by Superior Threads

and you can find it at most quilt shops.

 For my play time, I decided on this fat quarter

and drew a design.

 The Texture Magic is white and reminds me of 

lining for a skirt.

I also put batting in between before I did my sewing.

 Here it is sewn, but not steamed

 After sewing you steam (not iron), hold the iron

above the fabric and let the steam penetrate. 

It took about 15 minutes to do the whole thing

 Pretty cool, I think.  

Alot of possibilities with this.

I am thinking it would be a great addition to a

Crazy Quilting project.

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 11

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt

Part 11

The label

My friend Lyn let me use her embroidery machine 

to make this wonderful label.

This is also made on material from one of the shirts

and is a deep midnight blue with silvery blue thread.

I think it adds the finishing touch to the quilt.

Just a couple more things to do

such as tacking down the large embroidered logos

by hand because I did not quilt through them

2 more of those to go.  The binding is all

finished, so we are nearly there.

Thanks for visiting, 

and 

May God Bless and Keep you.

Update:  March 5.   This quilt 
brought $4,000.00 at auction.
A great money raiser for the 
foundation and good pat on the back
for me.  WOW.

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 10

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt

Just a little update.  No pictures at the moment.

I was busy stitching down the binding

last night and all of a sudden I came 

to the point where I began.

OH NO!

Now I am going to have to undo some of

the stitches, 

I got so carried away, I sewed down the

area where the label goes!

LOL

The label will be made today, my girlfriend

Lyn is bringing her embroidery  machine over,

so say tuned for pictures of this amazing process.

Then the quilt will be heading to its owner

and off to the auction. 

May God Bless you and keep you safe

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 9

 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt

 Part 9

Now that the quilting is done

it is time to bind the quilt

After cutting my fabric 1 3/4 inches

I attached it with a 1/4 inch seam.

I chose to do a single layer on the binding,

normally it would be doubled, but with

the thickness of the fabric

I felt it best to do the single layer.

 The binding is sewn to the front of the quilt

and then turned to the back to stitch down by hand.

 Pinned and ready to stitch.  This will take several days

the hand cramps after awhile so breaks are required.

The needle and double thread.

 After stitching

Next up, the label which will go in the last corner

Thank you for stopping by.  It won't be long now

and it will be going to its owners.

May God Bless and Keep you.

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 8

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation  Quilt

Part 8

The quilting.

Yes, the quilt is on the long arm

(Saturday morning)

I was so busy quilting I forgot to take any pictures until I was about 

half way done.  LOL.

A close up of the machine during stitching.

Some sections quilted.

All finished and ready for the binding.  A task for tomorrow.

(Sunday)

May God Bless you and Keep you.

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 7

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Part 7

The quilt top is done and ready

to go on the long arm tomorrow.

Click the picture for a close up.

Not much else to tell today

finished up all the borders and

getting the backing ready.

More tomorrow when it goes

on the long arm and we begin quilting.

So what do ya think?

It is good to see my vision come to pass

the top measures 88" X 100"

See you all tomorrow

God Bless and Keep you.

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 6

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt

Part 6

Welcome back to the progress on this fun quilt

Today I began working on the

3 borders for the quilt

First is a 1 1/2 inch midnight blue

keeping with using the shirts for this quilt

I cut 2 inch strips for the first border this morning

(won't bore you with that process)

and sewed them to the quilt.

Next I began construction of the main border

which is 6 inches wide and incorporates

yokes, sleeves and more blocks.

To begin I cut apart and squared up the 

back yokes from the shirts, no point in having

extra layers of fabric to quilt thorough and 

add weight to an already very heavy quilt. 

 After squaring up the yokes some needed to be added to

(another thing I won't bore you with, besides I forgot to take a picture).

 The sleeves have wonderful embroidery on them and this will go in the border, too

Ready to cut.

 The quilt has become to big to fit across my king size bed

so it is a bit crumpled up.

Now you can see the first border and the lower 2nd border

Remember to click for a bigger picture

 The upper 2 borders, sorry the picture is off kilter, 

I took it upside down, so it would be right side up. 

A close up of the lower border, with a bit of the black fabric that will

be the last border so you can get an idea what it will be like.

Yes, I plan for the one yoke to stay like that into the final border

cool, yes?

Tomorrow I will not be working on the quilt, we have to head 

to town and do some cabinet work.

So stay tuned, I will be back at it on Friday.

Please leave a comment, I love to hear from you all.

God Bless and Keep you.

Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation Quilt 5

 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt

Part 5

Time to celebrate...........

the center of the top is
DONE.

I am pleased with how it looks

What do you think?

 Today's work included,
joining row 3 components together
making the 4th section.

Here we have, the left.

the middle

the right.

 Joining the 3rd and 4th rows together,

then joining the top half to the bottom half.  

WaHoo, and it looks cool.

 Next up are the 3 borders.  So stay tuned

The thread for the quilting and the backing arrived.

Real Tree Camo for the back.  Cool....Yes!

God Bless and Keep you.

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