 A sneak preview of Terrie's Bandana quilt. Once again Nancy has been an invaluable help. She mentioned Sgt. Shootes to me back in December & immediately Terrie said YES for him to receive her quilt. He knows about it too. So much fun...and joy. Jan 19: Terrie and I had some fun tonight tossing around ideas of how to quilt her bandana project. It will be fun to see where we end up. Jan 22: EQ7 rendition that will probably need modification. Jan 25: Terrie offered a layout to get things moving. Jan 26: I devoted the day to trying different layouts. Together Terrie & I are trying to come up with the perfect plan even density that won't take until Easter to longarm. LOL. Seriously!! I will spare you all the process until we get closer to a YES smile from each of us. After a second long day, I just deleted (by accident) my entire folder of quilt layouts.It's okay because I have it memorized by now and have all the pieces saved as patterns. Easy to recreate but not easy to find a YES! design. Ideas welcomed. Jan 27-28: Still working on an IQ plan. Jan 29: The quilt top is here. Actually it was at the PO Saturday but couldn't be delivered. Meanwhile, Nancy Haacke of Wasatch Quilting and Laurie Thomas of It's A Quilt Thing have offered their assistance with patterns for this quilt. Both women are IQ pattern designers. After several very long days, Terrie has decided on the plan she wants. In a very rough cut & paste kludge, it is shown below. Jan 30: I feel like a plan is slowly emerging.., Yes, we have a plan for sure. Feb 03: Prepared the quilt for loading (pressing, checking size of batting and backing). Feb 04: Loaded & basted. Ready to quilt. I will be quilting this rotated counter clock wise 90 degrees. There are several reasons. 1) The borders are on the sides only. 2) The blocks are 16". I never program a panto larger than 15" to be sure it fits. As a quilt is rolled up, it takes up quilting space. Doing this sideways leaves me the maximum amount of quilting space on the third column. 3) The backing has 2 vertical seams. Quilting sideways changes these to horizontal seams which do much better. Feb 05: This is FUN!! Feb 06: Quilted and shipped. This quilt is going to SGT Rodwell Shootes
11 Comments
Keryl
1/21/2013 06:48:37 am
Piecing is wonderful. This quilt is a true treasure. I can't wait to see how it will be quilted.
Terrie
1/21/2013 09:17:08 am
Thanks so much, Keryl. It looks even better since I fixed the top right star. I didn't even know that there was a piece turned the wrong direction until I had taken this picture and sent it to Linda. I saw it in the picture! Too funny. Thanks for your kind words. It was a pleasure and a humbling honor to piece this quilt for Sgt. Shootes. I hope that it brings him comfort on many levels for many seasons.
Terrie
2/2/2013 09:03:37 am
Looking at the IQ plan again tonight, Linda, and still loving it more and more. It did take a lot of time and work, for which I am so grateful, but I think it was so worth it. We nailed it! :)
Linda
2/2/2013 11:07:54 am
Excellence takes time. If you want to sub or try anything else, I'm game. I like the balance. The quilt I did tonight with double wool batting confirmed that I will have plenty of room to do this one. The fact that I will align the pattern to the quilt blocks and not to the previous row is all the better with these 16" blocks.
Terrie
2/2/2013 12:02:11 pm
I really like the balance, too. I don't want to change a thing unless something doesn't work!
Terrie
2/4/2013 08:06:46 am
Looking great so far!!! I love this part, watching for pictures as you work your magic!
Linda
2/5/2013 09:51:23 am
This is proving to be fun.
Terrie
2/5/2013 01:20:39 pm
I am absolutely loving it! The light thread against the red backing seems inspired. The patterns that are so subtle on the front all pop on the back making it feel almost like two quilts in one!
Terrie
2/6/2013 08:11:58 pm
You've outdone yourself! I can't wait to see it in person and then get the binding on and send it out to Sgt. Shootes. Thank you so much for working so hard on this with me and for devoting so much of your time to this project for Sgt. Shootes.
Linda
2/6/2013 10:48:41 pm
Twas my pleasure - one I had to make last. LOL You must send a final picture with the binding. Also, I enclosed a business card with a brief message for the Sgt. PLEASE send that on with the quilt. Thanks so much, Terrie. And today I get to do one of my own projects. How about that?
Terrie
2/6/2013 11:09:47 pm
Of course I'll send a final pic and forward along your message. i can't wait to see what you're cooking up next! <3 Leave a Reply. |
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