my.sewingroom's Gallery : Strip Piecing

Sheila's Christmas Stocking

Linda — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:15:33 GMT

Last winter while staying with Jim and Sheila, I noticed Jim and Indie had a Christmas stocking but Sheila didn't have one. So this summer I made Sheila a Christmas stocking so she wouldn't feel left out. She loves ladybugs and I had one strip with ladybugs that I managed to add to the stocking. It is all strip piecing onto a piece of batting and is lined inside.

Lover's Knot Table Runner

Linda — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:57:49 GMT

I just finished piecing this table runner. Tomorrow hopefully I can get it quilted and the binding on. I need to have it finished for Saturday's Christmas party. It's for my best friend Jan who is coming to spend the weekend.

The pattern is from Eleanor Burns Quilt in a Day Lover's Knot Quilt. It is strip piecing. For me, I found that I really had to concentrate. It took me three starts before I finally figured it out. But part of my problem was my lights, mediums, and darks. There's those values again. I was using them in a different order to get the black fabric where I wanted it. I've said it before patterns are only suggestions! Once I set up a chart on each page of the instructions, I was set and got the top put together in 2 days.

The fabrics are from Robert Kaufman's Holiday Flourish collection. There is a lot of metallic in the fabric, but I love the look. Actually Jan picked out the fabric. She had asked for a table runner for her birthday present. This is actually a belated birthday present.

Just a little note: Jan is the receipient of the Elvis quilt that you can find in my gallery. Her Christmas present this year is 2 (not 1, but 2) cardboard stand ups of Elvis!

Mom's Fall Table Topper

Linda — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:33:20 GMT

I just finished this little table topper for my Mom's Christmas gift. Her kitchen is in fall colors. I made the center squares using four 5" paper piecing strip squares per square which created roughly an 8" square. Then I sashed and bordered four 8" squares with 1-1/2" black. Finally I added a 2" border. It is hand quilted with the design drawn free hand. The binding is pieced from scrap strips.

Trash to Treasure

Linda — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:04:25 GMT

My friend, Lynda has a very special employee named Edye. Two summers ago before I moved back to Ohio I came home for the summer. I spent one week at Lynda's shop and made this quilt on one of the spare commercial machines. Edye was just fascinated as the quilt went together. I got this pattern from the Reap What You Sew group in Phoenix. It is made from scrappy strips of fabric sewn together (I already had this step done before I came to Ohio.), which are then cut into triangles. The white fabric is bleached muslin, but you can use anything. I just happened to have a lot of muslin on hand. I used a paw print for the border and backing because Edye loves animals and has a couple cats. The corner blocks are black and has the word meow in various colors. The quilt is machine quilted stitch in the ditch. Eyde was in awe by the time the quilt was completed. Lynda embroidered a label for me on one of her commercial embroidery machines after Edye went home. The next day at lunch time I presented the quilt to Edye. It was my way of saying thank you for running Lynda's shop while she came out to Arizona for 2 weeks after I got out of rehab to take care of me. Edye was so overwhelmed that she just cried, because she had no idea that the quilt was for her. By the way, she loves the quilt.

Notice: You end up with pinwheel and square in a square blocks.

Scrappy Quilts for Charity

Linda — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:15:34 GMT

Here are some of my scrappy quilts. I take 6-1/2 squares of muslin and sew strips laying diagonally in the middle from corner to corner. Then attach strips working outwards. When done, trim square to the muslin 6-1/2 square. When you have enough squares, connect in any manner you desire to the desired size quilt. I find that either a red or yellow border looks best because it makes the other colors pop. Most of the time I use red. I machine quilt all of these quilts usually on the diagonal.

Joshuatown Side 2

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:10:02 GMT

Here's the other side of "Joshuatown". This quilt is hand quilted.