Now let's see - where was I . . .

Oh yeah, back to quilting -
Just trying to remember where I left off the blog in that regard.

We worked on some  vintage quilts. One is the Periwinkle quilt, done in beautiful bright, multiple colors. We acquired this quilt top from a thrift store, added the batting and backing and quilted it. It is hand pieced and longarm quilted in meander stitch with medium loft batting with white muslin backing.  It is 72' x 80” in  size.

 Another is the  vintage Spider Web  done in beautiful colors, and we acquired this quilt top from an estate sale. It is hand pieced and longarm quilted in meander stitch with medium loft batting with white muslin backing.  It is 72” x 90” in size.

 The LeMoyne Star quilt top is another vintage one we found it at the estate sale. It is hand pieced and longarm quilted in what we call a lazy eight stitch with low loft batting with white muslin backing.  It is 67” x 88” in  size.

 Rail Fence quilt top done in pastel colors was also another vintage from the estate sale. It is totally hand pieced with beautiful tiny stitches. It is long arm quilted in what we call a loopy loop stitch. It measures 68” x 90”.

Another one I call "Orange Blossom Special". I found the blocks for it on Ebay already embroidered. They were all stitched together in a very tight stitch so it took me awhile to get them apart to put a maroon and yellow lattice between them. The printed floral borders on the sides blend so nicely with the blocks and the solid outer borders are bright and cheerful.  It is long arm quilted in what we call a lazy eight stitch with low loft batting with white muslin backing.  It measures 83” x 92”.

We were also busy with Christmas items. I got the family calendars all done, delivered and mailed out. Kids got theirs at Christmas.   Total this year was 31 calendars - haven't printed ours yet. Sure hope I didn't leave anyone off - there are a lot of birthdays and anniversaries there! My HD had a great idea for the calendar cover! I have trouble coming up with ideas on that but his suggestion of putting all the family names from my genealogy program worked out well. Every family was listed and it makes it so easy to see which child goes where. With a large family, it is sometimes difficult to figure out.

One, I called the "Toolman" lap quilt, we gave to my father-in-law to keep him warm at the nursing home during rehab to build strength. I think he really likes it.It is long arm quilted in  a lazy eight stitch with low loft batting with sky blue backing. It measures 60” x 71”.

The tractor quilt has six large embroidered tractors blocks in green, blue and red on muslin back and trimmed with patriotic fabric in red, white & blue with stars. It is long arm quilted in what we call a lazy eight stitch with low loft batting with white muslin backing. It measures 68” x90”.

Our quilting machine had a problem and we had to wait on a part for it - quit just at the end of a quilt!!  We really needed to get the Christmas gift quilts done.

We really worked to get some special quilts for Christmas done. Lap quilts for the kids included Coca Cola, Monkey and a Strip quilt. HD did most all of the quilting.



















  And a little one to match Mom and Dad's monkey quilt!

 

Gifts for other family members: brother-in-law, sister-in-law both got “Shoebox” quilts as I call them. Most every gift was at least partially from a dear sister's fabric stash.


















“Best Friend” lap quilts for Mom and another sister & brother-in-law and wall hanging for yet another sister and brother-in-law.

I must have forgotten to take finished pictures of this one.

I also made a few of these crayon roll-ups in various fabrics to give and some to sell. The kids really seem to like them to organize and keep track of their colors.

 While visiting at a nursing home, we asked if there was anyone who rarely received visitors and found two ladies to gift lap quilts to. One pretty baskets and another floral blues.



















 I love the long arm quilting machine. It is so much faster than hand quilting and quilting on my home machine.