MaxnTopeka's Gallery : Improvisational Piecing

Spin Cycle

MaxNTopeka — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:36:51 GMT

FInally got Spin Cycle quilted and bound! Tried quilting in a spiral for the first time. Learned a lot and will use spiral quilting again. Also tried gluing the binding to keep in in place while machine stitching it. Very happy with the result, and the glue washed right out. Finished size after washing: 43 X 49 inches. The sixteen 5 inch square blocks were improvisational pieced using scraps of solid colors. Additional scraps were used for the border. This lap quilt will be donated to the Alzheimer's Diease Cooperative Study, UCLA-San Diego.

This pattern was shared June 2006 on pattilousquilts blogspot.

Spin Cycle back

MaxNTopeka — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:18:40 GMT

Pieced back of Spin Cycle

Bangles, Baubles, and Beads

MaxNTopeka — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:58:23 GMT

Lap quilt done as a Mystery Quilt project from pattern by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr. Completed January 1, 2013. Donated to Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Research project at UCLA-San Diego.

Starz

MaxNTopeka — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:33:31 GMT

Lap quilt, 50 inches square. Made for donation to Alzheimer's Research Group UCLA-San Diego, for their special Vietnam Veteran project. Wonky eight-point stars mixed with wonky four-point stars. Just had to use the backing fabric with old military planes from all the services branches for this quilt.

Mod Flag

MaxNTopeka — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:24:29 GMT

Lap quilt, 50 inches square. Made for special Vietnam Veteran project coordinated with the Alzheimer's Research Group UCLA-San Diego. Original design, inspired by combining bits and pieces of projects seen on several different quilting blogs and magazines.