Another Quilt Top

I recently completed another quilt top.  I am selling it to a friend in town.  

I'm actually glad as I didn't need another quilt!  

This blog is basically becoming a record of my quilts.  It's okay with me.  At least I have a photo of them!

This first quilt I bought fabric for quite a while ago.  Afterwards, I realized that I didn't like red/white/blue quilts.  So, I never made it.  I had someone in town, whom I've sold quilt tops to in the past, ask if I had any for sale.  I didn't have one made, as I haven't sewn a lot this past year, but I knew immediately that this would be the quilt for her.  It was!  She loved it.  

This quilt is a Tumbler Quilt.  It was very easy to make, easier than I had expected!  I was inspired by Sebrina Brown, the 11 year old whom I have taught at quilt camp the past two years.  She made a tumbler quilt last May.  It turned out so cute that I decided that I would make one as well.  I had lots of fabrics around and thus created this quilt.  

Stained Glass Quilt Top

I recently completed this Stained Glass Quilt Top and posted it on Etsy.  My shop receives a lot of hits when I have a Stained Glass Quilt listed.  It was only out there about three weeks and it sold.  I am so happy!

Don't you like how the sunshine is creating that stained glass affect?!?

I have decided to close my Etsy shop for a season.  I don't know how long that will be.  Maybe a season will equal 'forever'.  I don't know.  I still have items that I want to sell.  Maybe I'll take these quilt tops over to Kathleen's shop and see if I could sell them over there.  I am ready to have the tops sold and out of my home.  I like sewing, but I don't need all of these quilts!

Quilt Tops

A record of a couple of things I have made and sold recently.

 

Too bad this picture isn't very good because this quilt top was one of my favorites...

 

The Color Purple...

I have finally sold of these Carrot Top Table Runners.

I don't think I'll make anymore!

 

Rainbow Quilt

“His Promises are Sure” is the title of this rainbow quilt.  I am giving this to a friend in town for Christmas.  These quilts always turn out so cute, that is, if you like scrappy type of quilts, which I do!!!

Jeri Montella machine quilted the quilt for me in a stipple design. 



The back…

Latest Scrappy Quilt

I finished this scrappy quilt recently.  I have decided that I really like making scrappy quilts.  This one originally caught my interest because it had flying geese, WHICH I LOVE TO MAKE!  Lots and lots of flying geese all around the border.  Now, I am saving my $$$ so I can have it quilted.  I can’t wait to have it finished!!!

Quilts

I’ve made several quilts that I have sold on Etsy.  I’m just recording those quilts here.  Again, it may be boring to you, so you don’t need to worry about viewing it!

Pink Stuff



Spiderman Rag Quilt
 
Tinkerbell Rag Quilt

Quiltin’ Again

I’ve been quilting again!  This first quilt is from my favorite pattern – Geese in the Field.  I believe this is the fifth quilt I’ve made from this pattern.  It whips up so quickly – which I believe is one of the reasons I like it!  This quilt is going on the twin bed in our ‘Guest Room’.  It was the inspiration for the paint color (lavendar) and room design.

A few months ago, a friend’s husband died suddenly.  I offered to make her a couple of quilts out of his t-shirts.  He was heavily involved in scouting and also the Fire Chief of the volunteer fire department here in Blanding.  I ended up making two lap size quilts.  Jeri Montella, here in town, volunteered to quilt them for free.  How kind she is!

Boy Scout Quilt 

A Little Bit of Everything/Fire Fighter Quilt

Lori's Quilt

Because of an unexpected trip to Salt Lake, I was able to give my sister-in-law her new quilt.  I named the quilt, "The Good Earth".  It has all this brown fabric with a little strip of light heather green in between the blocks of squares. 



The Good Earth



Lori with her quilt!

Quilting Again...

I completed my sister-in-law's quilt last week.  I've decided to name it The Good Earth.


The Good Earth


The second quilt I completed is one of my scrappy rainbow quilts.  I made it for a friend in my town who is helping me create a perenial garden.  She has that talent, and I have the quilting talent.  We are exchanging services.  We are both pleased and excited!  I can't wait for my perenial garden to florish come next spring!


Ward's Rainbows

 I created a blog for our quilt guild. Check it out at:  http://graysoncountryquilters.blogspot.com/

Happenin's

I feel like a broken record, but I am SO TIRED of working on projects. I am burned out. I keep thinking Mike and I are finished for the summer/fall, and then something else crops up! So, here's what we've been up to the past couple of weeks...

The junk collecting behind our house is now at the 'transfer station' (not the dump). The good news about this is that we won't need to look at it all winter from outside our bedroom window!







This morning I went to our garden and picked all of the unripe tomatoes. They are now safely stored on top of our refridgerator!

Well, it's a good thing the grass we planted on the side of the curb didn't grow too well because the telephone company came and dug a HUGE hole and installed new phone lines for the area. Mike and I are taking the positive spin on this and grateful that the phone company 'tilled the soil' for us so that the seeds will take hold next spring!

This past week I've been working on Christmas. I've been ordering on-line and then I made this wall hanging for my mother-in-law. She had a fabric calendar from 2002 hanging in the kitchen - before the redo - and she kept it because she loves cardinals. So, I told her I would create a wall hanging for her from the cardinals. This is how it turned out. As I know she doesn't view our blog, I can put it on display here. Caroline will need to wait until Christmas to see the final product. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. (Thanks to Brenda and Bethany for their suggestions!)
The Blue Mountains, aka Abajo Mountains. This picture was taken from the transfer station. These are the mountains down here in Blanding. They are beautiful. The scenery grows on me more and more. I truly am coming to love this part of the country.

Finally, I've been reading a book, Edge of the Cedars by Albert R. Lyman, a distant relative. It is the history of Walter C. Lyman, Mike's great grandfather. He was the one who had a vision to create the town of Sidon/Grayson/Blanding. The book as been very interesting. The longer I am here, the more spiritual feelings I have about this place and reading this book has only intensified those feelings. This area truly is a sacred area. Why? I'm not sure, but I just feel that it is.

Latest Quilt 'Loves Me... Loves Me Not'

It is 8:38pm and I have just finished this quilt. I think it turned out darling. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. I went to the Redd's Hardware Store today and purchased the yellow fabric for the yoyo's that I made (the heart button is sewn on top of the yoyo's.)

Yes. there is fabric in Blanding and yes, the fabric is located in the hardware store. Redd's actually has fabric from the Moda line so I have a few options!

Loves Me Not... Loves Me!

Close up of the quilt

I am going to hang this quilt as a wall hanging in our bedroom. I can't wait. I am also going to have it displayed at the Blanding Quilt Show over the 4th of July.

More Quilting - Flying Geese

I enjoy making this quilt pattern that involved flying geese. I've made four different quilts. Here are a couple of different versions...

This was my first quilt from his pattern.
I made it to go in our Living Room.

This one I gave to my sister-in-law!

Go to this link to see the one I made for a friend for Christmas last year.

Scrappy Quilts

I cannot throw fabric scraps away!!! Instead, I make scrappy quilts. Here is my latest...

'Rainbow'

The latest scrappy quilt!

You can see more of the design.

It is my version of a 'crazy eight'.

Before the Quilting...

No matter what type of quilt I am making, the thinking process is always the same. Once I have the quilt top put together, I think, "Oh, I don't think it is that cute." Then, I find a cute back and have it quilted and then, no matter the quilt, "It turns out darling".

This quilt is no exception. It turned out darling. It is twin sized and I am going to donate to a local organization for Refugees.

Fabric Scraps

I have lots and lots of fabric scraps. In my quest to 'declutter' my home again - this time in the sewing area - I needed to do something with all of the scraps. (I feel guilty throwing good fabric away. ) I spent hours and hours making four patch square into 16 patch square. TOO MUCH TIME!

Over the weekend, I decided to take the strips of fabric and just sew them together, grouping by colors.

I actually had enough strips to make a twin sized quilt top! I have some fabric that I can use as a backing. After quilting it, I think I'll donate it. After sewing all the strips together, I actually think it looks okay. Someone will like this quilt for their bed, I"m sure.

I will finish the 16 patch quilt, but it will be a combination of all the patches that I currently have created. Some are 16, some are 4 (if I don't have enough to make 16). I am going to get this fabric USED UP and out of my home. Even a scrap quilt has usage when one needs to be warmed up!

My Latest Quilt...

I'm pretty sure that my friend Mari doesn't read my blog, so I'm posting my latest quilt, which is to be her Christmas present, up on the blog early. Last Christmas I realized that I should have made Mari a quilt and shortly have the holiday season ended, I pieced together this quilt. I recently completed the machine quilting and binding.

I named this quilt Serenity. The quilt measures 87" x 60"

(I don't think this photo does the quilt justice)

This quilt pattern is one of my favorites. This is the third quilt I've made from this pattern and I think I'll be making another one shortly.

I'm actually quite excited about Christmas this year. I have bought some fun gifts at some very good deals. I have many of my gifts purchased and they just need to be wrapped. I'm seriously thinking about bringing out the wrapping paper SOON to wrap and then leave the gifts outs for the entire month of December. I guess the good news is that I buy all of my own gifts, except for one (it is easier on Mike!), so the anticipation of what is inside the package doesn't get to me, because I already know!

Show-N-Tell

Finally, I can post a few of the quilts that I've finished over the past few weeks! They couldn't be shown UNTIL after Christmas!

Quilt #1

A few weeks ago, my brother Steve, was telling me that he never used the first quilt that I gave him. I asked him why, and he said it was, 'Too nice'. From that conversation, I knew he was going to receive the 'Scrap Quilt' for Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, Steve came over and had dinner with Mike and I. After dinner, we were sitting in the living room and Steve started to eye the Christmas gifts on the fireplace hearth. He pointed to a quilt and asked, "Who is that quilt for?" I replied, "Mom". Then, his eyes continued to wander until he found another quilt and pointing, asked, "Who is that quilt for?" I replied, "You!" Did his face light up! A big grin appeared and then I asked if he wanted to open it. He definitely did! I reminded him that this was a SCRAP QUILT and that it was one he could use, it was meant to be used!

I've been working on this scrap quilt off and on for months. I did EVERYTHING, even the long arm quilting, thanks to the 2quiltingb's! Brenda and Bethany patiently taught me how to long arm quilt. Let me tell you, it was a little scary, but I just sang, "I Could Have Danced all Night" from My Fair Lady as I moved that long arm around! Brenda & Bethany didn't know they were going to have a 'concert' that evening!

Quilt #1 - The 'Scrap' Quilt

Quilt #2

This second quilt, I made from my stash/scraps. STASH is different than SCRAPS! Stash - purchased fabric that has yet to be used vs. Scraps - leftover fabric from a project. I blogged about this project months ago, but didn't want to show the finished product because I was making this quilt for my mother.

She'd been looking through one of my quilting magazines one day and happened upon this quilt and said, "This is cute." Well, I remembered the comment and as I started to think about Christmas, I decided it was time to make this quilt for her. I think it turned out really nice and I have to confess, I thought about keeping it for myself! (I usually do with all the quilts I make!)

Once again, I tried my hand at long arm quilting. I have to admit, I tried a very difficult pattern and it was a learning experience. But, the quilt was COMPLETELY made by yours truly, and with lots of love!

Quilt #2 - "Blue Streak"

A closeup, after it was washed!

Quilt #3

There is a sister in our ward, who is in poor health. She is single, never married and someone whom I love and adore and admire. I decided that I wanted to make her a quilt for Christmas. I decided to use my scraps and make this rag quilt. (I just realized I should take pictures of the back of these quilts!) The backing is old levis (so if you have levi's you are going to through away, please give them to me. I can use them to make more quilts!!!)

Quilt #3 - Harriet's Sunshine!

I was laying out the different squares, I realized that I had "enough" to make a pattern. (I had thought at first that it would be random.) I was really pleased with the way it turned out and when I gave it to my friend, she was delighted!

Quilt #4
Well, about three weeks ago, my brother Steve called and said, "I was wondering if you could make my friend - a girl, but not a GIRLFRIEND a quilt for Christmas." He wanted to know how long it would take, how much it would cost, etc. Well, any quilter knows that three weeks before Christmas doesn't allow enough time for long arm quilt. I told Steve that I would be able to make her a 'rag quilt' and could have it completed by Christmas. Well, he didn't COMMIT! On Friday - now two weeks away from Christmas - he called and asked if I would make the quilt. The GREAT sister I am, consented! I went to JoAnn's the next day and found this wonderful fabric. Just my luck, it was the 'good' fabric and it was all 50% off. I fell in love with it immediately! I worked on the quilt and had it finished on Monday! I think it turned out DARLING!

Quilt #4 - Michelle's Quilt

On a final note, I wanted to share with you a DARLING quilt that one of my ward friends made this holiday season. I've told her that I may need to copy the pattern! (I hope she hasn't had it copyrighted!) Check out this darling quilt at UFan! You'll need to scroll down a bit, but you'll see the quilt and just KNOW which one I'm referring to! I'm thinking it has COUGARS written all over it!