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Tara's Appliquéd Geese - Quilted 01/14/2017

12/31/2016

Dec 31: Quilt top is here. This makes Tara's 8th quilt to grace the cabin. White thread, cotton batting & Billowy - all set.
Jan 13: Loaded ready to quilt.
Jan 14: Quilted.

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Flannel Skin - Pieced 12/21/2016. Quilted 12/22/2016. Bound 12/29/2016.

12/29/2016

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Dec 12: Saw this piece of Michael Miller flannel for less than $5/yd. Why not? Not doing much with it...just adding a black border to the front. Using the same fabric on the front & back. With wool batting this will make a very nice cuddle quilt to take off the chill. (For Laken's legs)
Dec 20: Pieced the back.
Dec 21: Top is pieced ready to quilt. Using Bottomline Gold thread.
Dec 22: Quilted. Note quilting only shows on the black border.
Dec 23: Attached the binding. Ready for hand work.
Dec 29: Binding finished. Hand delivered.

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Dot Dot Dash - Pieced 12/12/2016. Quilted 12/21/2016. Bound 12/27/2016.

12/27/2016

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Dec 27, 2015: The first of my 2016 projects, these fabrics were part of the 2015 Christmas Stocking event at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shoppe. Just love these Moda Dot Dot Dash fabrics. Decided to stick with just the teals & purples but these come in pinks, greens, yellows & oranges too. My backing fabric is Moda Tiny Dots so it is a different shade of purple. Thinking another 5 fabric Yellow Brick Road.
Nov 01, 2016: Today, one of my favorite people, Tanya, fell in love with the Yellow Brick Road version of this quilt. It is now hers. I will start work on it after all the Christmas quilts in the queue.
Nov 02: Double checked to be sure I had enough fabric. Oops. Needed a bit more. And enlarged the quilt a bit.
Nov 05: Picked up what I needed for this and this.
Dec 09: Started piecing. Everything is cut & ready to sew.
This is a fat quarter friendly pattern with 9" blocks. I bought 1 yd cuts not knowing what I would make. Bought borders later. I have 1/2 yards cuts left over plus 5 fat quarters of the Brighten Up Purple Dots & 14" of the lightest fabric. I see a 2nd quilt in the future or perhaps a J&L project.
Dec 10: Strip sets are sewn & cut. Blocks are arranged.
Dec 11: Blocks squared and rearranged a bit.
Dec 12: Quilt top finished.
Dec 19: Backing is ready to load.
Dec 20: Prepped, loaded, quilting. Using Dream Wool batting.
Dec 21: Quilted.
Dec 23: Attached the binding.
Dec 26: Doing the hand work.
Dec 27: Finished the binding.
Dec 29: Hand delivered.

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For Me ... to enjoy & to Longarm - Quilted 12/19/2016

12/15/2016

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Dec 15: Thanks, Joan! So classy & beautiful. You didn't make a thread
selection easy, did you? The Santa clothes pin is so cute.
Dec 18: Loaded.
Dec 19: Quilted. Binding attached.

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Binding Please! For Christmas - Bound 12/17/2016

12/14/2016

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Dec 14: Just as I was about to settle in for a nap, I got a call. I need the binding done on a quilt -- don't know how & don't have time -- ....... for Christmas. Ohhhh? We agreed to meet at the local quilt shop so Karyn could pick out a binding & she wouldn't have to drive all the way out here. Besides I had essential errands to run. Delightful woman that Karyn. With the help of the staff including Patricia @ Sew Original who referred me, we actually found quite a few options. Knowing her son, Karyn knew what to choose.
Dec 15: Will attach binding and then sit down for a long winter's sew. Didn't have enough binding ... wait I do have a small remnant .... Hand binding.
Dec 17: Binding is finished.

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Purple Quilt for Christmas - Quilted 12/14/2016

12/12/2016

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Dec 08: First contact.
Dec 12: Quilt top is here. Using Warm & White batting, silver thread & Butterfly Garden panto.
Dec 13: Quilted.

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Pink Quilt for Christmas - Quilted 12/14/2016

12/12/2016

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Dec 08: First contact.
Dec 12: Quilt top is here. Using Warm & White batting, silver thread & Butterfly Garden panto.
Dec 13: Quilting.

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Grace's Batik Triangles - Quilted 01/10/2017

12/12/2016

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Grace's Marrakech Medallion - Quilted 02/10/2017

12/12/2016

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Nov 18: First contact about this quilt.
Dec 12: Grace decided to take advantage of "virtual shipping" this holiday season. The 12th is the day she was ready to ship.
Dec 28: I got several panto choices for each of Grace's quilts. We are sorting through them.
Dec 29: One of two quilt tops I received from Grace today.
Jan 06: Grace & I have been toying with a number of patterns and narrowed it down today to Romanesque by Willow Leaf Studios. You just never know what might be going on behind the scenes around here, right Grace? You don't have to answer that.
Jan 12: No ... wait. Grace is working on a custom design now.
Jan 19: She has submitted a plan that includes 2 pantographs & 2 block designs in various combinations. I will be reproducing it in IQ to see how it will really work.
Jan 24: Programmed Grace's design with a few tweaks of my own.
Jan 27: We have settled on a plan that features a panto background which mirrors itself along the center horizontal. GRACE help me as I try to longarm this. (I tried to talk Grace into coming down & helping.) Oh well.
Feb 08: Loading. Changed from Warm & Plush to Warm & White since the plush is natural, not white.
Feb 09: Quilting.
Feb 10: Quilted. Too tired to deal with pictures & shipping just now. Plan to ship tomorrow. Okay...1 picture.

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Joan's 6th RWB Quilt - Quilted 01/08/2017

12/12/2016

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This quilt uses fabrics from several sources & showcases Joan's skill at using even small bits of fabric to make something beautiful ... in her words ... "many lives touching one who has given much."

Joan has shared her story on our J&L Quilters site. Enjoy.

Dec 12: Joan decided to take advantage of "virtual shipping" this holiday season. The 10th is the day she was ready to ship with expected delivery Dec 12.
Jan 05: Quilt top arrived.
Jan 06: Prepping. Note that prepping, pattern, thread and density selelctions & loading are all part of the setup process. We've decided on IQ pattern Minaret by Gali Design from Willow Leaf Studio. (Thanks, Grace, for finding this one.) This is not your standard panto. Instead it consists to two separate alternating patterns that must then be manulated to nest nicely. There is a 3rd pattern in the set for the top row which would otherwise stitch as 2 rows. If you don't follow all that, just leave it to me.
Jan 07: Quilting.
Jan 08: Quilted.
Han 09: More pictures.

This quilt was given to Mr. Yawor. Read on...

Mar 30: I learned that one of Joan's RWB quilts will be given to now 94 year old Alexander Yawor. Joan will hand deliver it to him in his home in April as a thank you exchange for a portrait he has done of a son of one of her classmates. Joan sent me the text from from this article which I found online along with the photo above. More links: This Veteran's Painting..., World War II veteran paints..., Alex Yawor|Marines, Paintings by WWII vet, Google Search Alex Yawor paintings and Portraits of the Fallen including a video interview.
Apr 13: Joan delivered this quilt today to Mr. Yawor. "What a wonderful experience...& ...He is on his 125th portrait at this point..."

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Modern Backgrounds

12/12/2016

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Dec 12, 2016: Purchased 2 charm packs.
Dec 24: Added rendition for Disappearing 4-patch Star. (MSQC)
Feb 01, 2018: Added Katie Quilt Kit idea.
Dec 12, 2019: Gave this project to Lisa Savitski (see Lisa's Regency Sussex Cricket Quilt)

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