Carlene Foster's Gallery : Patchwork

Scrappy stars

Carlene Foster — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:56:42 GMT

Never give me a batch of scraps and think I'm never going to use them...I find ways of putting them to some sort of use! Just need borders to finish this one. The star blocks finish at 8 x 8. I just used neutral sashings and scrappy cornerstones to keep the background from swallowing the stars.

Table runner

Carlene Foster — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:04:30 GMT

A few scraps, a simple pattern.......a table runner. This was an easy project, and I'm saving the pattern for later use. Quilter's World ran the pattern in the February 2011 mag under the title "White Fare Table Runner and Place Mats". From concept through quilting, this project takes less than half a day. I absolutely love it!

Timeless Treasures Tonga Batik

Carlene Foster — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:16:51 GMT

This was a BOM project that only lasted 9 months. When I brought home the fabric for the first block, my younger son said......hmmmmmmmmmmmm, I kind of like that. So, I took him to the quilt shop to see the finished product and he calimed the whole project as his. The finishing kit on ths quilt consists of 200 flying geese blocks. If any of you are familiar with Timeless Treasures, the method is to over-size the blocks and then trim them all to the correct size after they are sewn. What this meant was handling 200 flying geese 3 times each before they went into the quilt itself. I think the journey was worth the trip every time I see my son wrapped up in his "super hug" from Mom. :)