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Patriotic Tablerunner

Patti — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:53:13 GMT

With all the snow we've had, I needed to make something to remind me of summer, so I made this Patriotic Tablerunner. It is a Patrick Lose design and I think it measures about 43"x14". It is machine appliqued, stars are fused and blanket stitched, and it was quilted on my Tin Lizzie longarm. The quilting is a freehand stars and loops pattern.

Pittsburgh Tools quilted wallhanging

Patti — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:38:37 GMT

This is a quilt that I made for my husband. The fabrics are in the black/gold colors of the pro sports teams in Pittsburgh and the one fabric has tools on it. I also quilted it on my longarm using a tools pantograph. (It was hanging a bit crooked on my ironing board when I took the photo so the right side is slouching a bit.)

The quilt design is an EQ7 layout, Stars-15. I didn't realize at the time that I was playing around with the design how tricky it was going to be to piece it - lots of Y seams and odd intersections...

Patti's Sewing Themed Quilt

Patti — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:19:11 GMT

This was my first quilt, made in the Starting From Scratch Quilt University class that I took back in Fall of 2004. I completed the top during the class, but did not want to hand quilt it, and didn't like to quilt on my table top machine. In March of 2010, I received a longarm quilting machine from my dear husband and after practicing on some small quilts, I tackled this one. I quilted it using a pantograph, from the back of my longarm. I accidentally quilted the designs upside down and spent a couple of months agonizing over what to do about it. I finally decided to finish the quilting upside down and hope that no one would ever notice! I'm very happy with the results and love that it is finally hanging on my sewing room wall after all these years!