While doing a lot of cave dwelling and a bit of quilt making, I finally decided it was time to post the photos of quilts we have been sharing via email. Maybe one way of having a bit of the past available now. I hadn't realized how brain challenged I was, so it has taken more time than expected. Instead of everything, I am breaking it into segments with this being the first.
The information on the quilts is by person from several months, and descriptions are from your emails. Let me know if I've missed something.
Marty
June
I have not posted anything to share with the group but since my daughter-in-law took a picture of my granddaughter Lily with her graduation present I decided to send it to you all.
I have made about 30+- masks for donation and the family, two different purses, a flannel shirt for Christmas (it was the only fabric that JoAnn's had!), two quilts and I have more items underway so I am staying busy along with home projects, landscaping, etc. I don't mind staying home but I do miss seeing my quilting pals.
Deanna
March
I did made a quilt (finished 10 days ago) using African fabrics I had accumulated over many years. The top is a Disappearing 4-patch and the back uses scraps of the same fabric. I took the photos in the early evening so the bottom of the quilt looks washed out--in person the fabric on the bottom is brighter.
May
I finished my One Block Wonder but gave it to Melissa Quilter before the lock-down, and didn't photograph it.
In the meantime, I am cleaning up my quilting space--I really have to use more of my fabric!
I have pinned the quilt top I made in Joe Cunningham's class and will photograph it after quilting.
Right now I am making masks for
health care providers, using elastic I found in the bottom drawer of my
sewing cabinet. I have ordered more elastic and hope it gets delivered
soon.
Right now I am making masks for health care providers, using
elastic I found in the bottom drawer of my sewing cabinet. I have ordered
more elastic and hope it gets delivered soon. In the meantime, I am
cleaning up my quilting space--I really have to use more of my fabric! I
have pinned the quilt top I made in Joe Cunningham's class and will photograph
it after quilting
May
I just finished this quilt that I started in Joe Cunningham's class. It took me a while to quilt because I didn't want to do an all-over quilting design. Each fabric has a different quilting pattern. This isn't my usual style of quilt!
Joan
May
Don't hold your breaths, but I'm winding down on my second corona virus millefiore. Both of them have been made from Provencale fabrics from the free table at drop in as well as a collection from Marcia Stein's offcasts, with which I had made several tablecloths in the past. No new fabric will have been used!
Both sets of papers came from Paper Pieces in Paducah. They have kits for any of the patterns found in the 4Millefiore books. However, this time, there were not enough paper pieces to complete it. Since I glue baste, it's really hard to reuse the pieces and besides, they should have had extra pieces included in case of unforeseen events.
Jean Smith put me onto the HD Metropolitan Opera free broadcasts, so I've been in hog heaven.
This quilt had 934 pieces.
June
This quilt has well over 1000 pieces.
Bobbie
I need suggestions for the borders for both quilts.
And from the suggestions given Bobbie says: I like the idea of some dots and perhaps a strip.
Bordering the black/white/red quilt, I will use the black border inside and
will have to see about the red fabric.
Actually, I will have to wait
until the store opens to see what's available and what looks good with the
quilts. The suggestions are right on. The hard part will be to
choose a design using the fabrics for the borders.
Mindy
May
George, Sarah and John have been working making a new normal routine of cleaning .. we finally Saw Sarah last weekend. As of this morning Sammie still has not delivered but sees her doctor this morning and they are going to break her membrane with hopes that baby Vawnnie takes the eviction notice seriously. If she has not delivered by Monday they will endure Sammie on Tuesday. The house has a boxes of Honest brand diapers.. wipes.. high chair and stroller car seat combo at the ready. We had to cancel the baby shower which had each day ending in delivered box’s of baby gifts.. which leaves us enough boxes to make a swing set and play house for the baby... with plenty to spare... as well as a cleaning process to each box before we open it.
But I have managed to have time to quilt, crochet, and make masks.
Vawnnie arrived at 2:30am this morning.. she was a small baby 6lb 13oz and 21” long May 27
Mary
March
It’s a wonder what you can do with time on your hands! When I spent the whole time I was at the Bishop’s Ranch cutting and assembling half hexagons, I was sure I’d never find time to finish this. I still look at it and marvel that this came out of my head - it so does not feel like my usual (whatever that might be!) work. Can’t quite imagine living with it as it’s sort of intense. But I think it works.
May
After 6 isolation gowns and 35 masks I went back to baby quilts. The stripes are attached to become the binding, just waiting for me to start. Betsy helped me size the various hands I used for much of the quilting patterns.
Quilting detail of hands on the Hands quilt
Next up is masks for my neighbors and then a kite quilt for my grandson.
June
I have made several donation quilts and a few more masks. Here are photos of the back and front of the kite quilt for my 2 1/2 year old grandson when he moves out of his crib. He thinks all quilts are made by Grammy and spotted one on the wall the other day when we were Skyping!
Betsy
March
I found the black and white HST I have been making over the last couple of years and am finally putting blocks together. Will decide whether to sash or not later.
And I am trying to decide how to finish the sides on my hand pieced hexi quilt. Although someone who saw it said it reminded them of the corona virus, so I am a bit put off of working with it now!
May
I picked up my purple and green strip diamonds quilt from Hello Stitch that they quilted for me and did the binding on it. I have submitted a request for them to do another quilt and am just waiting to hear when they are ready.
I have been English Paper Piecing on two projects. One has very tiny pieces and after one test block, I put it aside. But after a telephone conversation with Joan I decided not to be a wimp and have picked it up again, and happily loving it. It is called Les Fruits de Mer and is tiny with the smallest piece the size of my thumbnail. I love the stars and it is great for using up scraps. If I move toward wimping out again, I will call Joan for a pep talk.
The second is called Dogwood and the finished block will be 16 inches. I have the center done and am trying to figure out the border for each block.
