midwayfarms's Gallery : Hand Quilting

Antique childs bed and Bear Claw Quilt

Kathy M. Boice — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:21:41 GMT

I previously posted this Bear Claw quilt in my Gallery hanging on a quilt rack. I found this picture and despite the clutter, decided to post it so you can see what bed it was for. Notice the sock monkey?? I made alot of these over the years! Sorry about the clutter.

Cuddle Up Quilt (Pineapple Patchwork) and Lemon Meringue (Alternate Nine Patch)

Kathy M. Boice — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:06:50 GMT

I made these two quilts in 1994 for my two Granddaughters, Delanie and Danielle, for Christmas. I will described each.

The patterns were from the "Possibilities" book "P.S. I Love You" Baby Collection, Authors Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith. Each of the two patterns I chose were from Lynda Milligan. "Cuddle Up" is on page 22 and "Lemon Meringue" on page 30. I used the Pineapple Ruler, and the strip piecing method.

The Purple quilt on the right belongs to Danielle. It is called "Cuddle Up" and is a "pineapple patchwork" design. This was my third project I ever made. It was for Christmas of 1994. I purchased a pretty doll at K Mart in Madison, Alabama and then chose the same colors in it's dress in six different 100% cotton fabrics to make the quilt. The 30 blocks were 4 1/2" blocks. No Sashing was used, but two borders were added. The inner border, a pink and white stripe, was 1 1/2". The 3" outer border was a floral print. The Batting was Mountain Mist. I used Roclon unbleached muslin for the back. The finished size was 30" X 40". I do not recall the actual cost or time spent on this quilt. I do know I bought a total of four yards of 100% cotton fabric from Wal Mart in Fayetteville, TN. The muslin came from the Craft Bear Shoppe in Decatur Alabama. It took about two days to machine piece the top of the quilt. It took me five or six weeks to do the hand quilting, done as I had time. I made the 1 3/4" bias binding added to the edge. I think I started in July 1994. Danielle was 3 1/2 yrs. old when I gave her this quilt for Christmas. I really enjoyed making this quilt!

The Blue quilt on the left belongs to Delanie. She was 22 months old at the time. It is called "Lemon Meringue" an "Alternate Nine Patch" design. This was my fourth project. The story is the same...for Christmas 1994, to "match" a doll from K Mart in Madison, Alabama. I chose three different 100% cotton fabrics and Roclon muslin was used for the backing. Mountain Mist batting was used. The 30 machine pieced blocks were made up of fifteen nine patch, small pink floral, and fifteen unbleached muslin squares. A 4 1/2" blue border was added and a pink floral hand made binding sewn to the edge. The finished quilt was 30" X 36" . I took one day to machine piece the top and 4-5 weeks to hand quilt the quilt. It was allot of fun to make!!!

Wall Hanging

Kathy M. Boice — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:34:56 GMT

I had taken a beginner's quilting class in November 1993 thru a training center from Chrysler where my husband worked in Huntsvile, Alabama. The instructor for this class was Helen Debuty, owner of "The Crafty Bear" in Decatur, Alabama. I took the class with my best friend Rita Holdmeyer. The class involved making a 14" muslin practice square, bound in a floral self made binding. It was hand quilted by using masking tape to guide our lines for quilting. I gave this practice piece to my Granddaughters for their baby dolls.

In January of 1994, I began this 32" X 32" Sampler Wall hanging, is a Georgia Bonesteel pattern, Lap Quilting, quilt as you go, then lap it together and sew on the back side. I enjoyed making this, but have not done any other quilting projects this way since. I chose four different 100% cotton fabrics. The four 12" blocks are Drunkard's path, Applique hearts, Ohio Star and Nine Patch. The blocks were hand cut with templates, hand and machine pieced, finished with hand quilting and hand stitching the completed blocks together. A floral 3" sashing and border were machine sewn on and included is the self made bias binding. I used a Moutain Mist batting.

Bear Claw Quilt

Kathy M. Boice — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:07:46 GMT

I made this 51 X 64" 100% cotton lap/crib size quilt for a beautiful Little antique oak bed we purchase for our grandkids to use for sleep overs. It is machine pieced and hand quilted. I used a 100% Cotton Warm n' Natural batting. The twelve 11 1/2" Bear Paw blocks were set together with a 2" sashing. Two 2" borders were added to finish the quilt. The backing is a small antique looking cotton fabric.

Sampler Quilt

Kathy M. Boice — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:37:21 GMT

My first big quilt was this 96X108 Sampler Quilt. The thirty 12" different blocks of 100% cotton were machine pieced, sewn together with sashings and then a border was added. I used a 100% cotton Warm n' Natural batting. I hand quilted this quilt very closely.