Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch - Completed

Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch 

 

The completed quilt.

I waited to post the final product until

after giving the quilt to my daughter.

 

The label

Whole completed quilt

Quilting details

Binding details

Front and Backing

I am pleased with the results, despite the quilting issues.

It now lives in OK, with DD and SIL

Enjoy kiddos

What is next?

Finish BOM (block of the month) 'Ruffled Roses'

Quilts for my friends, Amber and Tyler's, 4 wee ones.

(one of which is started, a cute pink and white)

Beautiful quilt kit that is waiting.

Quilt Judy's bear quilt

Learn thread painting

Whole cloth quilt

Wall quilts for my newly finished stairwell

(which leads to my studio)

So you see, I will keep busy and have more to share with you,

I hope you will come back for a visit 

Please let me know you were here by leaving a comment.

Hugs

&

May God Bless and Keep You.

Ruffled Roses BOM - 3

Ruffled Roses Quilt

February Block

err......... border........... but anyway.

Last month we began with the center block

 A close up of the raw edge applique and hand stitching I did.

Now lets add some borders, to create this;

 The thing about this BOM is that all the pieces are small,

I don't usually work this small, so it 

is quite trying, but I love the results

and if one is not challenged to improve themselves

then what is the point?

 So I began cutting and here is what I had.

 and this

 Sue writes very good instructions.

 So, I sewed the strips together and cut them into tiny units, 1 3/8 inches wide.

 Next is paper piecing the 230 little triangles and 112 strips together.

 Paper piecing helps to keep things more accurate

you put the fabric under the paper and sew on the lines.

 Just on either side of part one there.

 the dotted lines are for cutting the block down to size

which is 2 1/2 inches.

 Chain stitching each one twice.  You use a small stitch so

once done the paper tears away with ease.

 And here is the result

 Now lets sew them together to make an X

 First join two together then put two sets together, be sure to

pin so everything lines up (finished these up today, took awhile).

 To get this........

Ok, sew first we put on a floater (burgundy), 

next the stripped border, then another

floater (also burgundy)

then the X border.

Sew, what do you think?

Pretty cool?

Next months additions

(well this month cause I am late and it is March now, LOL)

Sew until next month.

May God bless you and keep you.

I am linking up to Pink Saturday,

visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for 

lots of wonderful pinks. 

Ruffled Roses BOM - 2

Ruffled Roses

Block of the Month by Sue Graman & TQS  (The Quilt Show)

Update on my BOM

I have been working on getting all of the applique

secure.

Even though I did fuse the design down it doesn't stay.

So I machine appliqued the stems and leaves down,

this style of applique is call...Raw Edge Applique

because you leave the raw edge showing.  

I am trying to decide how I will quilt this on the longarm.

I was going to machine stitch the flowers also, but did not like the outcome.

Being a Crazy Quilter I decided to

 secure the flowers

with a blanket stitch, using 3 strands of embroidery floss.

Also the heart.

And the little berries, with french knots in the middle, 33 of them.

Next step is to add the setting triangles.  

The next set of instructions begin Feb 1.

I am try to keep on track.

Thank you for coming over,

I hope you will follow the progress of this 

beautiful quilt.

God's Blessing to you.

Block of the Month - TQS

 One of the things I want to do this year is this BOM

it is from TQS ,  The Quilt Show  with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims.

it is designed by Sue Garman

Isn't it beautiful?

I have seen alot of wonderful BOM but

never one that made me act.

If your a member of TQS it would be fun to see you do this

also, to see how yours would be different from mine.

 If your not a member, you might like to follow my progress.

This is January's block which you can see is the center block

Sue has done hers in needle turn applique, but

I decided to do mine in raw edge, fusible applique.

I decided to take all the fabrics from my stash, and I was able to,

the only thing I will need to buy is the backing, but that is a ways off so I can 

probably save up for it by next January.

I finished putting all the little red berries on tonight.

My setting triangles will be a creamy beige.

This one is by Margo Clabo, all in Pinks and greens.

So follow along won't you.     Have a blessed week.