my.sewingroom's Gallery : stitch in the ditch

Trellis Garden

Linda — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:49:40 GMT

I'm calling my version of this quilt "Trellis Garden". It is for my 7th grandchild, Cora who was born September 12, 2011. The pattern comes from the September/October 2011 McCall's Quilting issue and is called "I Believe in Pink". It is a scrappy quilt using snowball and star blocks. The butterfly flight paths and antennae are hand embroidered. The butterflies and flowers are machine applique on my version. My machine applique is also part of the quilting process. The rest of the quilting is stitch in the ditch to follow the trellis which I extended out into the borders.

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.

Roosters in the Coop

Linda — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:38:47 GMT

My best friend, Lynda loves roosters! You wouldn't be able to guess if you were to walk into her house!! So I just had to add to the collection on her birthday 2 years ago. The squares are a square within a square. The center square is a fussy cut to make sure that a rooster was in the coop! Each square is quilted in the ditch. The outer border is quilted randomly...the roosters got loose in the border!! My mind isn't all there sometimes. Anyway, that's the story and I'm sticking to it. For Christmas that year, Lynda received the Faithy doll. She is pictured in the gallery with 2 other dolls. The quilt and Faithy doll now reside on a rocker in Lynda's family room.