Friday, October 9, 2020

Cotton Quilters' Guild meeting

The Cotton Quilters met on our regular first Monday of the month. Since it's October, president Margaret Ducote asked that everyone bring in their fall/Halloween themed quilts. Apparently I'm one in the minority since I have only one of those made years ago. Here are a few of them:




As you can see, everyone has been wonderfully busy. Some of these pieces were made much earlier than the past month, but enjoyed seeing them all the same. As Mrs. Mary said, "You can't see a quilt too many times."

There were some new pieces. Here are a few examples. One thing I have to say is that quilters get pretty excited for show and share. The pink and brown quilt above was hand-pieced and hand quilted by Ingrid. You can't imagine how small those little square-in-a-square blocks are!





There were some new pieces. Here are a few examples. One thing I have to say is that quilters get pretty excited for show and share. Keeping anyone still for a moment to grab a picture is always a funny struggle.


Finally, I pray that those of you who are in the path of Hurricane Delta are out of harm's way. I understand that many, many Louisianans were just beginning to recover from Hurricane Laura, but we are a strong, resilient people. Together we will heroically, steadfastly, and resolutely rebuild our lives. Stay safe and wait for the all-clear before returning to assess the damage.



Thursday, October 8, 2020

Pin It Weekly #335

 We have not met new followers in a while, so let's do! I'll start with Juanivi Villegas who has a sweet board called "Costura," which is Spanish for seam. I told you it is cute!





Johanne Lefort's board, montages (créations ), is also too adorable to pass by without a pause.





And finally Evita Sawyer's quilt board, which became a rabbit hole for me. I dug my way out, after 10 minutes or so, but it was difficult. Just saying.  




And that's PIW for this week. If you work for Google or Pinterest, let me just say that this new, many-more-clicks way of getting pins from Pinterest over to Blogger is a royal issue. Feel free to contact me for additional information. Fewer clicks, man, fewer clicks!




Monday, October 5, 2020

Sunday Quilt Inspiration: vintage quilts

I'll be honest, I'm sort of out of ideas for SQI. I'm sure more will come to me at some point, but honestly, it's getting more and more difficult. Yes, I have a running list. It's down to some of the really strange brainstorming ideas. Yes, SQI is always running "somewhere" in the back of my brain. (That's probably where the strange ideas come from. Perhaps we shouldn't go there.) 

Anyway, in desperation--it is Monday morning, after all--I'm just going to post pictures of quilts. Old quilts, because they don't get enough attention. 










Many of these pins can be found in my "stacked, quilts" board, which is meant to give you some ideas of how to display your quilts, both old and new. 






"The Retreat" ~~ Finished!!

Way back in July of 2019, I attended a quilt retreat in Baton Rouge with other members of the BRMQG. After I got home, I finished up the top and added it to the bin. A couple of weeks ago I dug through the bin and chose this top to quilt. 


A little blue thread, feathers in the border, and some improv quilting.

I don't know what I did unless I really look at the individual motifs. In other words, I just had fun.


The back of the quilt is this solid blue linen and, because it was too small for the top, a plaid flannel. They look good together but I'm not real sure what's going to happen when it gets washed. 

I took lots of photos of the back so that I can go back and look at those motifs because some are new-to-me ideas. 







Quilt Stats


Name:

The Retreat


Size:

48" X 60"


Fabrics:

fabric from stash


Pattern:

my design


Backing:

from stash


Batting:

100% Cotton


Binding:

fabric from stash


Quilting:

improv with various motifs


Completed:

2020

Friday, October 2, 2020

"All About the Boxes" ~~ Finished!

  I don't like to call any of my quilt UFOs. That implies that I have no intention of getting back to them. This quilt, however, was at the very bottom of the bin. And has been there for a while. Okay. Years. I don't know how many years, okay. Just a long while.

 But take note, it is out of the bin and complete! Yes, all the way complete. 
          • Quilted ✔ 
          • Bound ✔
          • Labeled ✔ 
          • Washed ✔ 
          • Photographed ✔
It looks pretty good next to my orange Adirondack chair, doesn't it? I have another confession: everything was neatly folded up together, top, backing, and...these large blocks. They didn't match the blocks on the top. I'd have liked to use them to make the top longer. 


I have no idea what the devil I was thinking, so I decided to make a new plan. I stuck them on the back of the quilt. Now, there was enough of this green stripe fabric for the whole back, but I added the kooky blocks, which gave me extra of the green. So I did what any self-respecting quilter would do, I planned it so that I could use the wider stripe as binding. Cut on the 45 degree, it gives an interesting look to edge of the quilt. 
 And just like that, a UFO has all its boxes checked! 




Quilt Stats


Name:

All About the Boxes


Size:

48" X 48"


Fabrics:

fabric from stash


Pattern:

my design


Backing:

from stash


Batting:

100% Cotton


Binding:

fabric from stash


Quilting:

improv with various motifs


Completed:

2020