barbjahay's Gallery : Pieced Blocks

Fancy Log Cabin with Fussy Cut Triangles

okiebarb — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:31:43 GMT

This quilt was a special order, she brought me the pattern (out of a magazine) and the fabric, several different shades of blue and purple,, and a print for the fussy cut trianges. I had to really take time to find the right position of the print for the triangles. I made the very center four blocks first to make sure they would match good. It turned out very pretty. She used it as a wedding present. Since she gave this one away, she wanted one for herself. This time in blue and orange, but the border print she picked out for the triangles were harder to cut out and did not match the colors very well. It still turned out nice.

Black/White Prints with Red Pieced Stars

okiebarb — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:23:54 GMT

This quilt is 80 X 112. Blocks are pieced and set on point. A friend of mine made the top and I machine quilted it with black thread. It was hard to see the black thread so I used post it notes to mark the top when I ran out of bobbin, so I cound find where I left off again.

Sunbonnet Sue made New

okiebarb — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:57:26 GMT

A friend of my husband's who knew that I quilted, gave me a box of old sewing stuff that nobody in his family wanted. It was sewing stuff from his mother and grandmother. He asked me to make a small memory quilt for him from scraps in the box. I found old Sunbonnet Sue blocks and flour sack scraps and this is what I ended up with. I had restored a Nine Patch quilt top that my grandmother had made and that inspired me to put it together with the nine patch blocks.