chocake2's Gallery : Machine Quilting, Rotary Cutting

Sprout's Star

chocake2 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:12:42 GMT

My children chose the fabrics and designed the quilt for thier new sibling. All I had to do was sew it all together! We had some trouble with the background, since the original plan was to use plain white, but that looked flat. The random pocka-dot print worked much better. I love the stripe-y binding that DD insisted I use! The backin is flannel, so it'll be extra cozy for the baby. I learned long ago to make baby quilts extra big so they can use them as they get older. By the time they start pre-school and want a snuggle blanket, it's all broken in and familure!

Ammonite wallie

chocake2 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:51:19 GMT

This idea popped into my wee little head and before I had time to really think about it, I started sewing, fallowing it's lead. There were days when it would progress very nicely and then all of a sudden my inspiration was gone. A week or so later, it'd "talk" to me again and I'd go back to stitching, never really knowing where the project was going. The fan coral presented the biggest challenge. It is 3 layers of net (Green, purple and red) layered with angelina fibers and fused. I put blue 'fingers' of tulle behind it, but the effect is so subtle you can hardly see them. *Shug* Live and learn...

Fantasy in a fansaty

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:55:27 GMT

I Used me DD for the model for this. Originally the fairy was nude, but her father had a fit so I had to fashion her a dress. The moon started out the same color as her skin, but the night sky bled something terrible when I painted the moon-glow on it. I liked the effect, so I left it.

fall wallhanging

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:46:31 GMT

This is a companian piece to the sunflowers.

Fabri-gami Clock

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:43:56 GMT

Justa fun little folded fabric block that I turned into a clock for our livingroom. It makes a quick afternoon project.

Glue-resist art quilt

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:05:01 GMT

Ok, Here it is, in all of it's finished glory! This is the quilt I've been working on in the class I'm teaching at the art studio. The Glue-resist technique results in a rather batik-y look. You might need to copy it and zoom to see the details (I'm so much better with thread then a camera!). I painted over it with some irridesent shimmers. The inner (red) border is scalloped and embellished with seed beads (love the texture that added). It's stitched with metalics and has blingy-thingies glued on here and there to help balance the sparkle factor.

Rainbow Prairie

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:01:01 GMT

A fun experiment with two color Prairie Points.

Byron's Life

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:58:14 GMT

My brother comishioned me to make this for our Uncle who was suffering from Parkenson's desease. He had been a Heuy pilot during hte Vietnam war. His great pleasure in life was fly fishing, so I combined his interests into this lap quilt. I mailed it to my aunt, only to learn that he died 2 days after recieving it. I regret that I didn't sew faster.I don't know if he ever even saw it... but his family displayed it on the pulpit during his funeral and my cousins all swear that when they think of their father, the image I made is what they feel. I guess I didn't fail completely if it brings them comfort.

Edit: I had originally typed "He died 2 days before his death".... now how anyone could manage that is beyond me! That's what I get for trying to write while the kids are jabbering at me. LOL Oh well..it's fixed now. *Blush*

The Politician

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:49:31 GMT

He stands so proudly in all his brightly colored glory, Loudly proclaiming he greatness from high on his manure pile...

Horsin' Around

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:35:22 GMT

This is all Horse prints with a fun red 'barbed wire' print for the sashing. There are 2 applique blocks. It too DD and I about 2 years to collect fat quartes of horse prints so we could make it. Her Baby brother thought it was pretty cool when we finished it. :D

Fall Wedding quilt

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:26:57 GMT

You've seen this one before, but I wanted to add it to my gallery where I can find it easily. I made this 5 years ago for my brother's wedding. His bride loves fall colors... It was a challenge to make since they are out of my comfort zone. It was one of my first attempts at free motion quilting. The fans are all hand pieced and hand appliqued. Their cat loved it!

Rastafarian Fun

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:02:33 GMT

This is a sofa throw I made on commision. My friend traded me a firewooding truck in exchange for a quilt...not a bad deal, eh! He had seen a silly screan saver I had up featuring this amphibianand liked it so much that he asked me to design the quilt around it. Talk about a challenge! I made the little peace symbols out of white organza and quilted it with leaves. It's backed with fleece.

Christmas Candle

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:25:29 GMT

This is just a funky little wall hanging I made for Christmas last year. The 'flame' is all thread painted with som metalics thrown in for fun and sparkle. The Holly leaves are 3-d.

Little Monsters

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:21:59 GMT

This is the quilt I made for DS1 to go on the kids' brand new bunk beds (See Carosel Horse for the full story). I loved the little monsters on the print, but didn't know exactly what I wanted to do with it when I bought it. I ended up with a 4" strip left over when I was done making the top...talk about cutting it close!

Carosel Horse

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:17:44 GMT

I made this for DD when we moved to a new house. The kids ended up having to share a bedroom, so I commisioned a friend to make them bunkbeds. He's notoriously slow about finishing jobs, so to speed him up and make it fun, I bet him that I could finish two, custome designed, quilts to go on it before he could make the beds. I won...with 3 days to spare. LOL