My Quilting Projects and Favorite Links

• Center appliquéd section has been pieced - 10/18/05
  • entire appliqued section
  • block 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
• beginning of checkerboard section
• corner basket - 10/19/05
• border close-up - 10/21/05
  • basket corner facing outward
• 2 borders done - 11/1/05
  • 2 basket corners facing outward
• 3 borders and baskets done - 11/9/05
• piecing finished - 1/9/06
• basting started - 1/10/06
• quilting started - 1/14/06
• 1 apple block quilted - 1/17/06
• 1 sashing piece quilted - 1/17/06
• 2 apple blocks and sashing - 2/3/06
• closeup of one apple block - 2/3/06
• closeup of one apple - 2/3/06
• 4 apple blocks and sashing - 2/13/06
• closeup of apple and checkerboard borders - 2/13/06

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Rail Fence Quilt for Kristi and Micheal - the pattern

• the final layout - 2/3/06
  • first row and inner border pieced - 1/29/06
  • all rows and 1 inner border pieced - 2/26/06
  • ready to baste - 2/28/06
• quilting finished on 5+ blocks - 3/31/06
  • close-up of quilting - 3/31/06
• quilting finished on 9+ blocks - 4/3/06
• border and close-up of border - 4/11/06
• The finished quilt!! - 4/23/06
• Label for the quilt - 8/17/07

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Quilt for Reba - the pattern

• layout of the quilt - piecing is done - 3/29/06
  • all blocks finished and laid in possible arrangement with the inner and outer borders laid in place
  • 3 rows of the layout
  • 4 rows of the layout
• close-up of 2 blocks sewn together
• 5 rows sewn together - 8/14/06
• ready to baste - 8/21/06
• 17 of 35 blocks quilted  - 9/30/06
• closer up view of 9 blocks - 9/30/06
• 1 green block - 9/30/06
• 1 violet block - 9/30/06
• Finished!! - 10/24/06
• Reba with the quilt - 10/28/06
• quilt on the crib - 10/28/06
• quilt label - 10/28/06

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Hydrangeas and Butterflies Wall Hanging

• 1 block pieced
• 2 blocks pieced - the other 2 blocks will be in the opposite positions (this picture shows how the colors go with the comforter) - 9/30/06
• 4 blocks pieced and side inner border strips sewn on - 10/31/06
• piecing finished, now ready to baste- 11/5/06
• butterfly block quilted with Baptist Fan pattern - 1/12/07
• butterfly block close-up - 1/12/07
•  cables in sashing - 1/12/07
• back view of Baptist Fan and cables - 1/12/07
• finished and on the wall - 1/13/08
• another view of it in our room

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Hydrangeas and Butterflies Paper-pieced Pillow top

• piecing finished - quilting started - 4/13/07
• quilting finished - 7/3/07
• Finished pillow - 1/21/08
• Pillow and wallhanging together - 1/21/08

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Fat Eighths Swap - with Carol Doak's Yahoo Group (for paper-piecing)

• my fabric - 4/13/07
• all four fat 8th's fabrics - 4/13/07
  • Tina's 4 blocks finished - 5/28/07
  •  Pat's 4 blocks finished - 5/28/07
  • Jackie's block for Pat finished - 5/28/07
  • Jackie's block for me finished - 6/18/07
• My block for Tina finished - 4/30/07
• My block for Pat finished - 5/28/07
• My block for Jackie finished - 6/04/07
• My block for Cathy finished - 6/05/07
• All 4 of my blocks together - 6/6/07
• My completed blocks back home - 7/7/07

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Spectacular Scraps Quilt - from the book of the same name This quilt was taught at the Guild retreat May 5, 2007. I am planning on 400 squares (about an 80 x 80 quilt) when finished with a border

• first quarter pieced - 5/12/07

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Erin's Quilting Bee - July 9, 2007

• Spectacular Scraps Quilt
  • in the frame
  • with quilters - and another view
• Delectable Mountains
  • with quilters - and another view

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Comfort Quilt for Rockbridge Pieceworkers Quilt Guild

• Piecing finished - 8/5/07

"Van Gogh's View" Quilt for Becky and Willie

• the pattern
• the fabrics
• picture of the quilting on the sample at Red Hen Fabrics
• 9 rows sewn together - 8/26/07
• piecing finished - 9/27/07
• close-up of tacking the folded pieces in place - 9/27/07
• border added - 10/11/07
• backing fabric
• quilting finished - 10/17/07
• closeup of quilting - 10/17/07
• side view of the quilting - 10/17/07
•  smaller olive tree - 1/10/08
• larger olive tree - 1/10/08
•  close-up of olive tree - 1/10/08
• the label
• the label with some of the front
• finished - 1/20/08
• hanging on their wall - 2/29/08

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New York Beauty Block of the Month Project from Quilters Corner Club - 25 Blocks (2 blocks/month)

• June - B-2 and D-4 - 8/25/07
• July - B-5 and D1 - 10/7/07
• August - A-4 and E-2
• September - B-1 and D-5
• October - C-1 and C-5
• November
• December

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Peter Rabbit Baby Quilt

• pattern - view 1
• pattern view 2
• fabrics

Falling Leaves Wallhanging

• Center has been quilted - 10/29/07
• closeup of quilting - 10/29/07

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Quillows for Jack and Atticus

• "Cars" on the front - 12/23/07
•  opening them up - 12/23/07
• the back of Atticus' - 12/23/07
• Atticus wrapped up in his - 12/31/07

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ALA BiblioQuilters Blocks

• Sterling Touch
  • bottom center block - 2/13/08
  •  left center block - 2/16/08
• Log Cabin
  • purple and green blocks - 2/20/08

Eclectic Pantry Quilt (made with Senior Center group)

• top five rows - 2/27/08
• bottom 2 rows - 2/27/08
• start of the braided border strips - 3/7/08

BargelloBowl Quilt from Bonnie Hunter

• Center pieced - 2/4/08

Patchwork Puzzle Balls

"Beach" Ball for Jack - from the book by the same name (this is the Batwings pattern - about 4 1/2" in diameter, using 12 pentagons - 2 each of 6 different beach-themed fabrics) - 3/28/06

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Dresden Plates Quilt - using the Stack 'n Whack method

• first 3 plates on burgundy background - 10/19/06
• first 3 plates on the sofa - 10/19/06
• first 3 plates with the fabric in the background - 10/19/06

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Say It With Flowers Quilt for Mother - 10/29/06

• pattern and fabrics
• first 3 borders and part of 4th border sewn on - 11/13/06
• 5 borders finished - 11/22/06
• 2 sides of 6th border finished - 11/26/06
• 6th border finished - 12/1/06
• all borders finished - 12/4/06
• center quilted - 1/22/07
• close-up of center quilting design - 1/22/07
• first 2 borders quilted - 2/8/07
•  diagonal grid border quilting close-up - 2/8/07
• triangles border quilting close-up - 2/8/07
• triangles and tiny squares border quilting - 2/28/07
• triangles/tiny squares border w/stencil - 2/28/07
• Finished!! - 4/13/07
• Finished close-up - 4/13/07
• label - 4/13/07

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Frayed Edge Quilt for Lauren

• sample and close-up of sample - 1/12/07
• Completed quilt!! - 2/4/07
  • close-up and closer still
• Lauren with her quilt - picture taken 6/25/07

 T-shirt Quilt for Dave

• the shirts - 2/5/07
• one possible layout - top rows and bottom rows
• 4 shirts finished - 2/28/07
• 2 shirts sewn together - 2/28/07
• top 3 rows - 4 more shirts to go - 3/6/07
• bottom row - all 4 done - 3/6/07
• all 4 rows finished, plus first of 2 borders - 7/3/07
• lettering fused and buttonhole stitching started - 7/7/07
• piecing finished - ready for longarm quilter - 8/14/07
• San Francisco '92 block quilted - 10/29/07
• San Francisco '92 photo quilted - 10/29/07
• lettering quilted closeup - 10/29/07
• closeup of letter A - 10/29/07
• Finished - photo of me with the quilt - 12/23/07

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Patchwork Puzzle Ball for Reba

•  1/2 of the ball pieced - 4/15/07
• 2nd half partially pieced - 4/15/07
• Ball completed! - 4/17/07

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Blocks for the 2006 RPQG Block Lotto using the Autumn Hydrangeas fabric - 9/7/06

• all 3 blocks
• Attic Window
• Pins and Stars
• Pinwheel

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Grandmother's Flower Garden - using Quilt Patis

• 1 and 1/2 flowers done - 5/12/07
• 4 and 1/2 flowers done - 7/3/07
• 6 flowers finished - 7/31/07
• 12 pieces finished - 1/10/08

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Christmas Wreath Wall Hanging - the pattern

• in progress - 12/4/05
• red border finished - 12/4/05
• green border finished - 12/5/05
• ready to begin basting - 12/7/05
• in the Q-Snap floor frame - 12/9/05
• Basting finished, quilting started - 12/15/05
• close-up of quilting - 12/15/05

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Lap Quilt (started in 1984) (the background of this page is the quilting design on the borders of these squares)

• 6 blocks already quilted
  • block 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• 9 blocks ready to quilt
• 4 blocks in various stages of piecing
• layout for a 12-block quilt - 9/26/07
  • top 6 blocks
  • bottom 6 blocks
• 2 blocks sewn together - 9/26/07

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Senior Center Quilt Blocks

• Lattice Squares - 7/18/07
• Lover's Knot from Emilie Richards' book - 8/1/07
• Fan block - 8/9/07
• Paper-pieced Star of Hope - 9/19/07

"Surrounded" Quilt for Rob and Beckie

• the pattern
• some of their favorite fabrics
• 9 of 35 blocks done - 8/11/07
• 14 of 35 blocks done - 8/14/07
• 19 of 35 blocks done - 9/18/07
• 30 of 35 blocks done - 9/20/07
• 30 of 35 blocks done with possible border fabric and multi-colored binding layout - 9/21/07
• 35 blocks finished - 9/22/07
• piecing finished - 10/7/07
• Rob and Beckie with the finished quilt - 12/23/07
• Rob and Beckie with the quilt back - 12/23/07

Fallen Leaves pillow to go with Surrounded Quilt

• pillow on their sofa near the "inspiration" painting - 12/31/07

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RPQG 2007-08 Challenge Quilt

• the fabric

Carol Doak's Block of the Month

• September - revised 9/16/07
• October - 10/19/07
• November
• December
• January
• February
• March

Tumbling Blocks - from a RPQG workshop

• 8 blocks completed - 11/07

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My Newly Organized Sewing Room - 9/14/07

• view from the door
• wall of cubes
• bookcase

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ABC book for Reba

• Reba and Becky with the book - 12/23/07

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Blocks - from the Elm Creek Quilts books by Jennifer Chiaverini

• The six I made - 1/27/08
• Rolling Star
• Dogtooth Violet
• Pineapple
• Card Trick
• Road to Oklahoma
• Grandmother's Flower Garden

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Blocks for Friendship Quilts

Kristie

• mini bow tie - 12/18/07
• snowball nine patch - 12/18/07

Secret Recipient

• Grandmother's Flower Garden appliqued - 3/5/08

Local Quilt Shops

• Batiks Etcetera - Wytheville, VA

• Cottonwood - Charlottesville, VA

• Old Trinity Schoolhouse Quilt Shop - Fincastle, VA - website includes a fabric search by theme

• Patchwork Plus - Dayton, VA

• Rachel's Quilt Patch - Staunton, VA

• Tender Heart Quilt Shop - Millboro, VA

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Virtual Quilt Shops

• Bear Paw Quilt Company - fabrics are searchable by color and company

• Big Horn Quilts - large fabric collection

• Colorful Cottons

• Connecting Threads

•  Cottage Quilting Online - in British Columbia

• Debbie Mumm Fabrics - website includes some quilting projects with instructions

• EasyMade.com - features Billie Lauder products

• eQuilter.com - over 20,000 fabrics in stock

• Fabric.com's Quilting Fabrics

• Fat Quarter Shop - fabric searchable by manufacturer; site includes free patterns

• Hancock's of Paducah

• Heart of Dixie - carry Clothesline Club patterns

• Hoffman's List of Mail Order and Online Fabric Sources

• Jo-Ann's Fabric and Craft

• New England Needle Arts

• The Quilter's Cache - contains many block patterns on 47 pages, plus listed alphabetically and by block size

• Quilter's Stash

• QuiltIndex - includes list of quilt shops (but it is difficult to use), free patterns, questions and answers section

• QuiltShops.com - includes over 150 independent quilt shops - search by color or manufacturer

• Quilttown USA - website includes free block patterns, and How-to instructions

• Stitch-n-Frame - has Thursday Specials every week; search by color, manufacturer or type of fabric

• Tennessee Quilts - has an online catalog

• Virginia Quilter -fabrics are searchable by manufacturer, designer, theme or color; patterns are searchable by publisher, designer and theme

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Patterns

• Angie's Bits and Pieces Design Library - new free patterns each week- 1 each patchwork, applique, paper-pieced and quilting design

• Attic Windows

• BOMQuilts - free quilt patterns

• Dear Jane Quilts - official website

• Dear Jane Quilt from Suntosh Gardens - interactive

• EZQuilting Free Patterns

• Kaleidoscope

• New York Beauty Blocks

  • Lenzula.com

• Picture Frame

• Quiltville's Scrappy Bargello

• Rag Quilt

• SunbonnetSue.com

• Sylvia's Bridal Sampler (Elm Creek Quilts)

• Vineyard Star (Elm Creek Quilts)

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Quilting Organizations, Museums, etc

• ** ALABiblioQuilters

• The Applique Society

• Fraser Valley Quilters' Guild

•  Greater Atlanta Quilt Shop Hop

• Rockbridge Pieceworkers Quilt Guild

• Virginia Quilt Museum - Harrisonburg, VA

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Quilters' Websites

• Ami Simms - designer of Twisted Sisters

• Ann Fahl - Freeform patchwork

• Bethany Reynolds - originator of the Stack 'n Whack method

• Candy Goff's Handquilting, Handpiecing and Patchwork Site

• Carol Doak - her paper-piecing website and her Yahoo Group

• Debbie Bowles (Maple Island Quilts) - Cutting Curves from Straight Pieces is one of her books

• Flavin Glover - teaching at Jonesborough's QuiltFest 2006

• Georgia Bonesteel. (Lap quilting)

• Jan Carlson article

• Jan Krentz -Diamond Quilts and Beyond is her most recent book

• Jennifer Chiaverini - author of the Elm Creek Quilts series

• Jinny Beyer Studio - website includes a new free pattern every week

• Judy Martin - features BOM (Block of the Moment) and QOM (Quilt of the Moment)

• Just Curves - Sandy Chandler's Curve Master presser foot and other tools

• Karen Combs Studio

• Kaye's Quilting Friends - Kaye Wood

• Laura Wasilowski - makes hand-dyed fabrics and threads

• Paper Panache - paper piecing

• Patsy Thompson Designs - includes free free-motion designs

• Quilt in a Day - Eleanor Burns' shop and website (author of Egg Money Quilts)

• The Quilt Show - new online show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims

• Quilter Community - Dori Hawks's website - has patterns for paper-pieced alphabet

• Quiltville - Bonnie Hunter - includes several quilting tips and scrappy patterns

  • ** Crumbs, Crumbs, Crumbs

• Simply Quilts Video Center- Alex Anderson - episode archive

• ** Sonja Shogren - Raleigh, NC

• ** Three Swans Studios - stained glass patterns

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Fabric Company Websites

• Benartex Fabrics

• Blank Fabrics - Karen Combs is one of the designers

• Hoffman Fabrics

• Kona Bay

• Micheal Miller

• P&B Textiles

• Print Concepts

• RJR Fabrics

• Robert Kaufman

• South Seas Imports

• Thimbleberries

• Timeless Treasures

• Windham Fabrics

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Quilting Magazines

• Cotton Spice

• Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• McCall's Quilting

• Quilter Magazine

• Quilter's World

• Quiltmaker.com

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Miscellany

• Block Central

• Color Wheel Basics for Quilters

• Interactive Color Wheel

• My Quilt Blog

• One Stitch At a Time group

• Quilt Glossary from QuiltUniversity.com

• Quilters Corner Club group

• Quilters Review

• QuiltersTV

• Quiltville group

• ** Useful Quilting Measurements

• Why Hand Piece?

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Instructions

• Blocking Quilts

• Continuous Bias

• Easy Interfacing Applique

• Fabric Postcards

• Foundation Pieced Letters from The Quilter Community

• French Twist Binding

• Hand Quilting Basics

• How to Cut Corner and Setting Triangles for On-Point Quilts

• How to Hand Piece

• How to Hang a Quilt

• How to Measure and Sew Straight Borders

• How to Perform a Bleed test on your Cotton Fabrics

• Instructions for Hanging Sleeve

•  Julieree's Hand Quilting Tutorial

• Lap Quilting

• Make a Temporary Compass for Drawing Circles

• Making and Attaching Quilt Binding (a 16 page PDF file)

• Making Mitered Corners

• Marking Quilt Designs with Glad Press 'n Seal Freezer Wrap

• Matching Prints for Borders

• Perfect your Hand-Quilting Stitch

• Practice Paper Piecing

• Quilt Blocking (Ask Alex)

• Quilting One Block at a Time

• Rules for Determining Border Width

• Squaring Off Your Fabric

• Squaring up Quilt Blocks

• Transferring Quilting Designs

• Washing and Blocking

• Your Quilting Design: the third choice

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Hawaiian Quilts

• Hawaii Quilt Collection

• Hawaiian Quilts from QuiltHawaii.com

• Quilt Hawaiian

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Products

• BlockButler

• Bubble Jet Set Information

• JD Stencils

• Lightbox from Stockade

• Mercury Template

• Quilt Pounce

• Q-Snap - quilting frames

• Quilting Made Easy Borders, Blocks and Stiples (Borders on a Roll)

• Quilting Stencils Index from StenSource

• Soft-Touch Quilt Hangers

• The Stencil Company Store

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Family Quilts

• Dutch Girl with yellow cornerstones - made by my mother in 1942 or '43
  • closeup
• Dutch Girl with rose cornerstones - made by my paternal grandmother in 1942 or '43
  • closeup
• Aunt Sally's quilt - hand-pieced and tied; 320 squares
  • closeup - with blue bandana print backing showing at one corner
  • closer still
• Allie's quilts
  • Allie's red and green "art" quilt
    • closeup
  • Allie's green prints and berries quilt
    • closeup
    • closer still
  • Allie's new green batik quilt - Jan '08
    • some of the blocks
    • ready to quilt
    • quilting practice
    • quilting
    • binding fabrics
    • hand-sewing the binding
    • finished - 1/18/08
  • ** Allie's 2008 Quilting Projects

   

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