Ooooops...I Did It Again...

Quote for the Day:

"Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts"

~author unknown

I have two finishes to share today...but one of them was completely finished in December and should have been listed in the last post as a 2016 finish.  

This one...what I call "Shades of Brown"...
When I got my new Tin Lizzie sit-down machine in December, I wanted to take it for a test run but didn't have a quilt sandwiched and ready to go.  Besides, I really didn't want to use a "real quilt" for the test run.  Fortunately, I had this quilt sandwich in my stash...something that was in a tote of fabric I purchased one time.  It's not my colors and it really wasn't pieced very accurately, so I don't know why I didn't just pitch it...but I'm glad I didn't.

I pulled it out and just did some outline quilting and meandering on it to get the feel of my new machine...

It turned out pretty well because I was able to "quilt out" the inaccuracies and able to make it lay flat.  It's just a throw size, so I decided that I will send it off to Quilts For Kids (quiltsforkids.org).  It will make a nice quilt for a boy and hopefully help him feel loved.

The second quilt was A-L-M-O-S-T completed in 2016...I had to finish up about 1.5 hours of machine binding on Jan. 1, 2017.  So "technically" it is a 2017 finish.  It was the second quilt I completed on the Tin Lizzie!

My grandson, Clark, turns three this June and I have a tradition of making the grandkids a "big bed" (twin) quilt for their third birthday.  Clark is all about Superman and Batman...but more about Superman...so I made him a Superman quilt.  I designed it myself using EQ7, so if anyone who uses EQ7 is interested in the pattern, I can send you the file.

Close-up of the quilting...

The Superman fabric that is the center of the star blocks and the border...

I like to use up the left-over fabrics to piece the back because I'm really trying to clean out my stash.  By the time I've made a quilt, I've tired of the fabric...so this way I get to use it up and move it out!!!

BUT...I had let Batman make a showing on the quilt, too...he's on the back...

Close-up of the quilting on the back...

I don't have a good camera, so it's hard to get a good picture of the label...

I do have plenty of Superman fabric leftover, so I think I'll make another quick quilt using it and send it to Quilts for Kids, too.  You know...to get rid of the fabric!  

Loretta

2016 (Quilt) Year in Review...

Quote for the Day:

"Make this year so amazing that last year gets jealous!"

~author unknown

Thought I'd do a "year in review" about the quilts I've made/finished in 2016...mainly to refresh my own memory!  I know that I should have done this post before the 5th of January...but...well...you know...whatever...

It looks like my first completion was the quilt I made for my sister, Bev..."Cottage Blossoms"

My sister is so adorable that I'm going to post two pictures of her quilt so you can see her with it, too!  😊

The second completion was the "Ugly Quilt"...this was a quilt top that was in a bag of quilt tops that was given to me by a friend...I think they had been made by her mom who had passed away.  Anyway, this one had soooooooooooooo many issues (stains, not laying flat, wide seam allowances, raveling fabric, etc., etc., etc.) that I was going to toss it...actually had it hovering over the trash can...when I decided to sandwich it and use it for "practice" while I took online free-motion quilting classes.  It is now a good utility quilt...something to take to the park, game, camping, etc.  It is warm and has been quilted to within an inch of its life...so feel free to abuse it!  LOL

Completion #3...Alex's 3 year birthday quilt..." 'I Spy'/Bug Jar Quilt"...

#4...I finished hand-quilting the "Cottage Rose Baskets" quilt....my first time doing big-stitch quilting...

Probably the one I am most proud of because not only did I design it using EQ7, it was the one that I was most adventurous with and most satisfied with when it came to the free-motion quilting... Completion #5:  "Christmas Stars" made for my son and daughter-in-law...

And last, but not least was Completion #6...."Oh Christmas Tree".  This quilt was actually started about 3 years ago, but I didn't work on the hand-quilting very often, so it was languishing on the UFO list.  I decided to pop it into my hand-quilting frame and had it done in no time... just in time to be hung on the wall.  It was our one and only Christmas tree this year...

This year I have pieced quilt blocks for other projects that I am currently working on, made quilt blocks for our WV Quilt of Valor group, and even ALMOST completed a quilt (I finished up the second half of the binding on January 1st...so unfortunately, it doesn't "count" for 2017!)...but the six listed here are the COMPLETIONS for 2016.

Loretta