'QuilTuesday'--Sharing Sewing Class Projects

Hello!!! Before I share all the sewing projects. I wanted to let you know that one of my projects was featured on another blog. I made this precious painted toy chest using an old headboard.

  If you didn't see it before,you can see it here. Kathy at A Delightsome Life was kind enough to choose my project this week. Hope you'll check out her blog here! She has a weekly Home and Garden Thursday with lots of great ideas from the blog world.

Onto the sensational sewing shares--

It was another busy,productive day in the sewing circle class. There were a lot of sewing projects and quilts to show off! First of all, Diane finished her scrappy batik quilt and it's got binding and everything. Gorgeous!

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                       

Sharon has been sewing up a storm and finished this darling Heart patch quilt top. Love the sweet fabrics in this one!

 

 

Danielle has made a few of these patchwork bags in bright whimsical fabrics. She's varied the patch size to get different bag sizes. Fantastic colors and patterns in her work!

 I've made a couple of these bags from the same pattern. The large bag is perfect for quilt class. It holds a ton of fabric, a large quilt or supplies. It even works great for the beach or a weekend bag.

 

Mimi has started a quilt using the 'Dresden Plate' pattern.She's got some pretty fabrics and  bright color combinations for this project! Mimi likes to call them 'flowers', you can see why...

 

Linda has been making these cozy blankets. They're large pieces of fleece fabric. 2 pieces are fringe cut, then tied together. Great argyle fabric choice for this one!

 

Diane finished the batik quilt above, then started on these butterfly patches. They're made using freezer paper to cut out the many little parts. Then they are pieced together. What an ambitious project!

 

 Diane also shared this cute, cute, cute bird painted on window screen! She's going to sew it onto a denim tote bag. I need to get this painting pattern!



 

 

Not to be outdone by all the quilts and projects done in class, I thought I would share this quilt I finished a while ago.(Hey, it's my blog!) It's in my guest room and the quilt has a braid pattern. I loved finding all the fabrics, grading them from light to dark.   In my guest room, I  made the pillow case, the patched bolster, the covered headboard, the painted  chair.... I'll be sharing lots of these projects in future posts.

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Cindy

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More Quilt Class Creations

 TUESDAY AGAIN!!! It seems to come every week! Another Tuesday, another sewing circle. This week was pretty quiet. I think a lot of the women were on Spring break. Usually our class has over a dozen gals, this week we were down to only 7. Well, it was a good day to spread out our projects on the tables.

 Ginny finished the vibrant quilt top shown above. The bright colors are striking. She did each square by laying strips on a muslin foundation, adding another strip, flipping it over and ironing them down as she went. The colors and pattern make a real modern statement! A happy couple will get this as their wedding gift.

 Louise is making this quilt for her Women's Charity. She sewed together the strips of scrap fabrics first. Then she sewed them right onto a layer of batting and the quilt bottom fabric.A strip of fabric is sewn between each row of scraps.  By sewing this way, the quilt is already quilted when you finish the quilt top. I've oversimplified the process, but it's a quick way to make this nice lap size quilt. Both Ginny and Louise used a Flip and Sew method with different looks. Some lucky person will get this lap quilt to keep them warm!

 

 

  I completed the quilt top shown here. It's called 'Scrappy Trip Around the World'. It's a really fun pattern with an interesting technique using strips. You can find the instructions here on  Quiltville's Blog.

I made 20 blocks, added a border in one fabric and another outer border with multiple scraps of fabric. A design flaw in laying out my blocks is really obvious (to me at least) in the photo!  I changed the  offending block before finishing class Tuesday.(Luckily, only one block was placed wrong). I'll show you another photo when the quilt is all done. Do you see the design problem?  AND I still need to back it, quilt it and bind it. No wonder people collect U.F.O.'s! (Un-finished-objects). Quilters get real excited when the quilt top is done, then there is still a lot of work to do!

 

 

Ms. L is working on the same Scrappy Trip quilt pattern as me. Pictured below, you can see how using different fabrics produces a completely different look. Can't wait to see how all her beautiful materials come together.I think she is making hers quite a bit larger.

 

 

Below is a pretty quilt made by Maria. She has gotten really good at making this braid pattern and this one is exceptional! Love the great fabrics and the triple strips in between really set if off.

 

See you next week with more Quilt Class Updates!

Have an Original Day!

Cindy

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http://romantichome.blogspot.com/
http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.se/2013/04/feathered-nest-friday.html#more
http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/ 

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Quilting and the Sewing Circle Show Off

Good Morning ! Welcome to Sunset Coast. Today is all about quilting. Every Tuesday I attend a class of fun women, our 'Sewing Circle'. We bring whatever project we want. Most of us quilt, some make garments, some just visit and talk. It's pretty much anything you want it to be and fun and therapeutic.

Whenever someone is finished with their quilt or quilt top, we pin it up for everyone to 'oooh' and 'ahh' over. Sometimes we pin up our quilt designs and everyone puts in their 2 cents and opinion on how things should be arranged or completed with borders and suggestions for binding or layout, etc.

 

Tuesday brought us these beauties to  check out...

 

Ginny made this gorgeous 'Fun in the Square Quilt'. She is our resident long arm quilter and did a great job on this one. The pattern of quilting is called 'Angel Wings'. Check out the detail on the back too!

 

Diane is working on this pretty, scrappy Batik quilt. She really has a knack with batiks!

 

Jasmin is finishing this Christmas table runner using holiday fabrics. I hope I can share the awesome tree skirt she already made to match.

 

 

Barbara finished her quilt top using a log cabin pattern. Love the modern fabrics and colors. The square arangement really has depth, like windows!



 

 

Cassandra pinned up her quilt squares in shades of blue to check out the arrangement. Louise, our teacher, contributed the nicely appliqued Greek letters. This lovely quilt will be finished up real soon!

 

 

 

Mimi completed this darling quilt made from her son's baby clothes. She's giving it to him to cuddle with . So sweet!

 

 

Lastly, I'm showing off the quilt made by Bobbie. Isn't it wonderful?

Bobbie made this Stars and Stripes pattern, for The Wounded Warriors Project. It will be donated to a worthy veteran. Ginny did the detailed long arm quilting for this also; love the freehand star design!

 Click on this link to learn more about the Wounded Warriors Project and the great work they do.

 

That's it for quilting show and tell today. What projects are you working on? Send me a link if you have one!

 

Have a Cozy Day!

 Cindy

 

Sharing at these sites too...

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http://www.bystephanielynn.com/search/label/Link%20Parties

Quilting; My Favorite Quilt

 

This is my favorite quilt (that I made). It's from a pattern book called 'Double Dipity: More Serendipity Quilts' by Sara Nephew. Who couldn't love a quilt from this book?

 

 

     I learned so much making this quilt. I learned to fussy cut from fabric. The patchwork hexagons are made up of pieces all cut from the same part of the fabric. You end up with a beautiful kaleidoscope effect.

Even the little dark hexagons are cut that way from a different fabric.

I think I used 3 different 'square' patterns from the book and put them together. The fabrics unify the whole quilt.

 

I usually have it hung on the wall but I put it on the bed for this pic.

All the sewing is machine quilted and I finished the quilt with a simple 'stitch in the ditch'.

 

The book is great.. lots of patterns and lots of border ideas. I used the triangle idea from the book, but there are many elaborate patterns. I have to say though, this is not a book for real beginners, though I was only quilting for a couple years when I made this one.

 

 

Here is where I keep my scrap fabrics. It's an old secretary with a glass door. I have my Singer Feather weight machine on top. Looks like I need to organize it badly! Everytime I organize it, I go and mess it up anyways. Lately I've been making scrap quilts. No matter how many scraps you use, you never run out. They seem to multiply in that cabinet!

 

 

Have a Creative Day! Cindy