barbjahay's Gallery : Rotary Cutting, Machine Quilting

MQ7 - Mr. Frosty Patches

okiebarb — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:56:24 GMT

I found some snowman fabric on special and decided to make my cousin in Nebraska a quilt. He decorates every room in his house with a different theme for Christmas. I liked the MQ7 pattern so much that I decided it would be the perfect pattern. I started it during a blizzard in February and will send it to him for the holidays.

Snowy Days, Jelly Roll

okiebarb — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:33:35 GMT

This quilt is based on the Jelly Roll Race, but I cut strips 3", the fabric is a wintery mix of snowy prints and raindeer etc, from a scrap bag by Keepsake Quilting. The scrap bag has a selection of 1/4 yd cuts so I cut 3" strips in order not to waste an inch that would be left over. I counted the quilts I made like this last year and come up with 8 so far from 30's prints to floral prints, etc. I call this quilt " Dashing Through the Snow" . We got 3 inches of snow this weekend while I was working on it.

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.

Military T-Shirt Quilt

okiebarb — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:04:15 GMT

My cousin's husband is in the Air National Guard. He travels to different countries. He collected shirts and badges and asked me to make her a quilt. Her house is in an Americana style so I used fabric on that theme. I designed the block layout on EQ6 . After I quilted it, I appliqued the badges on to the blocks. They really liked it and recently displayed it at a quilt show.

Trip to Yellow Rose Garden

okiebarb — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:27:58 GMT

My mom will buy several yards of fabric and then change her mind on what to do with it. This piece she was going to make curtains but Dad did not like it so much. I had already purchased some of the same fabric so she gave it to me. So now we take turns using it. Trips are so easy, I have enough to put a new one on the bed each month using colors for the season.