Emersyn’s Quilt

I can hardly wait to get this one quilted! Hopefully with Kelly coming to give me some longarm lessons, we can get this one done….This is probably one of my favorite quilts..I love the retro flowers and I love her name on the quilt…I did a blanket stitch around the letters with #8 black perle cotton.

The only problem I have with this quilt, is if one of the blocks jumps out too much. When Wayne, my husband looked at it this morning, he started singing the Sesame Street Song…”One of these things just doesn’t belong here” and I thought if he notices this so will everyone else. It really didn’t bother me until he pointed it out…I still love the block, just wondering now if I should switch it with another one….Don’t know if I have the ‘oomph’ to do it or not….Just in case you’re wondering, it’s the pink polka dot with the cupcakes.

Happy Quilting

Kris

Emersyn’s Quilt and Evelyn’s Album Wool Quilt

I stitched the last stitch in my Evelyn’s Album Wool Quilt last night while watching T.V….Woo Hoo! I love how it turned out and I told it so today! I tend to talk to my quilts while I’m working on them, that sounds kind of stupid but I find myself doing it all the time….this one is pretty small, about 52x66…..

Emersyn’s Retro Flower Quilt is coming along rather nicely. I have 46 blocks made and only need 30 of them…I guess I’m just an over-achiever! I’ll pick the best of the leftovers and make a baby quilt for my niece Hilary’s baby girl that is due this fall.

I might make a table runner with what’s left after the baby quilt…Never will I be accused of wasting quilt blocks!

I’m not completely satisfied with the baby quilt yet….I think I need another bright pink block instead of one of the plainer ones…..I might switch one out of Emersyn’s and replace it with one of these…we will just have to see…..

I’m on vacation this coming week and my friend Kelly from Colorado will be arriving on Tuesday for three days of one on one longarm lessons…I am so excited I can hardly stand it….I’m planning on learning a lot these next few days…Hopefully enough that I can get Emersyn’s quilt done by September 1st…

Happy Quilting

Kris

Emerysn’s retro flower quilt….Will I get it done before her 1st birthday?

I decided this week that I would like to get the quilt I started for Emersyn about 3 or 4 months ago done by her birthday which is September 1st….I’m  doing very well and I have 31 blocks made for it….Now I’m trying to decide how big I want it. The one I made a couple of years ago for Lesley was 42 blocks and of course I want this one smaller.  The two pictures below are of Lesley’s quilt. I free motion quilted this one on my domestic machine which was very difficult…good thing I won’t have to do that again! These blocks are very labor intensive…12 curved seams in each block and I’ve gotten 12 of them done in two days, which is nothing short of a miracle! Each time we visit Lesley and I see this quilt on the bed, I love it more. If the seams aren’t matched exactly it sticks out like a sore thumb, so I’ve gotten quite good at these blocks since I’ve made so many of them so far.

And here are Emerysyn’s blocks…they are made from Aunt Grace’s fabrics, I don’t know how many I’ll use or which ones for sure…the leftovers will be put together for a baby quilt for my niece who is expecting a baby girl.

I’ve just finished binding this Kansas Troubles log cabin quilt, this is the second one like this I’ve made, I gave one to my sister Barb, it’s very special since my mom cut out the flowers and ironed them on for me so I could stitch around them. She did this for me right before she went into the nursing home. I love this quilt too! The label says 4-patch which is wrong,  so I’ll have to change that….Ugh!

I’ve got another one of these wool pictures done…I’m going to have to find some black wool somewhere, I’m running out and I want to make a few more of these. And now I need to get to a Hobby Lobby so I can hopefully find some black frames that will fit these.

Happy Quilting,

Kris