Black and White

I don't have any greenquilts at this time for St. Patricks Day so I will show you this lovely black and white quilt made by Kay. This quilt is 83x93 and done in the pattern called Champayne. Nice job Kay!

Blues-Pineapple Quilt

March 14, 2013      Its Thursday already, I promised to show you another blue quilt. This is an old pattern called Pineapple Quilt.I pieced this quilt with many strips, did I say MANY strips! The quilt is a Queen size quilt and is quilted with the pattern Tapestry. I took this particular quilt to the Nursing Home to show my 93 year old mother and my 95 year old father and I was surprised to hear my father exclaim that this quilt is the one he likes the best of all the many, many quilts I have shown them. I guess he still loves the old tradional favorites.  

The wash basin and chamber pot, you see here, is sitting on an old antique wash stand. Once again the Flow Blue pieces are beautiful with the Pineapple quilt. I LOVE BLUE!!

The Tapestry pattern on this backing shows up great!

Bloomin' Nine Patch

March 11, 2013 

Today is Blue Monday, not in the sense of it being sad but I will show you two blue quilts this week. I love blue and decorate a lot with it. In this first picture I wanted to get outside in the fresh March air. My husband, Eugene and I went for a nice drive and spotted this lovely, neatly stacked woodpile up on a hill. I couldn't resist whipping out my Bloomin' nine patch out of the trunk of my car to have this picture taken. The owner of the woodpile gave me permission to use his woodpile but he exclaimed with a big smile that it was the first time he ever had a quilt photographed . He left for the house in a hurry to tell his wife I'm sure.  

This quilt is a Bloomin' Nine Patch.The quilting pattern is an allover pantograph called Soft N Sweet. I like this pattern a lot because it fits together well. This is a big queen size quilt and is very striking. As you can see it matches the Flow Blue dishes perfectly.

The back of the quilt shows this Soft N Sweet pattern nicely. This Flow Blue platter, circa 1891 was made by Burgess & Leigh , England and is a family heirloom. It belonged to my husband's grandmother and was passed on to us from his mother over 35 years ago. This large platter was kept in his mother's trunk, wrapped in wool blankets from the Oxford Woolen Mill, Oxford ,NS. It had not been taken out for years. The platter is in pristine condition and hence has been the contributing factor for many blue quilts, table runners and wall hangings. Be sure to check on Thursday to see another blue quilt feature.

Natalie's Snowball Nine Patch

Today we are showing a lovely quilt by Natalie. This quilt is a snowball and nine patch and is 85 inches wide x 103 inches long. . The pattern chosen to be quilted is hummingbirds. She has done a nice job on this quilt.

You can really see the hummingbird pattern in this block.

Dini

The next two quilts are sweet baby quilts by Dini. She has done a sweet pink one and a blue one. Both quilts were quilted with a Cloud nine petite pattern. They are just as cute as can be.

After the snow

I know, I know, after all the snow last week and  spring around the corner, I still must show you this big Christmas quilt. Myrna has worked so hard on this quilt. It has hundreds of different Christmas prints in it. The quilt is 106"x110" and is quilted in the quilting pattern called Christmas Paisley.

This is the backing on Myrna's quilt. It shows up lovely so the quilt is reversible.

Myrna also made shams quilted to match.

Myrna had so much fun making this ensemble that she even made matching pillows for the top of the bed. What a great project!

Go Baby

Thursday, February 28,2013. Today is the last day of February and I will show you a beautiful little baby quilt. This quilt was made by Sue showing colorful modes of transportation. We have custom quilted this quilt with a soft petite cloud background and quilted around all the doors and windows of each vehicle as well as around each vehicle. The outside border has the pattern Go Car on it which is a series of cars with a go arrow at the corners, this was done in variegated thread. The backing on this sweet little quilt is a soft, cozy Minky fabric in bright polka dots. This baby is going to love it.

This shows Sue's quilt being loaded on the big quilt machine. The backing has been attached to the machine leaders and zippered on to the rollers.

 The batting has now been basted on to the backing.

This shows the top being basted on to the batting and backing ready for quilting.

 

 Stiching the sides.

Ready for custom quilting.

It is hard to see the quilting here but the background is done in Cloud Nine Petite all around.

Hope you have enjoyed this delightful, little baby quilt.