Das Muster für diesen Quilt stammt aus einem Buch von Judy Martin und heißt dort 'Shakespeare in the park'.Meinen Quilt habe ich im April in Lauenbrück begonnen, daher der Name. In Lauenbrück bin ich einmal jährlich mit lieben Quiltfreundinnen zum powernähen;))) Das Muster habe ich verkleinert, da der Quilt sonst zu groß geworden wäre. Er misst jetzt 1,65m x 2m und die Blöcke sind 5" und 10" groß.
This little guy, Mr. Liam, is now in preschool and wants to go everyday. And Miss Alia, NEEDS to go every day--or so her stay at home Dad ...
This quilt was made with permission by Judy Martin and the pattern comes from her book, The Creative Pattern Book. It was the raffle quilt for the Stone House Quilters Guild - our guild. We had a lot of fun playing with the color.
Shakespeare in the Park And it's done! I looked back and I started this back in 2009! It means she is 3 years old already. I admit, ...
I seem to be feast or famine when it comes to quilting, and we’re definitely in a feast period. In addition to the Botanicals project and the baby quilt, Mom and I have two wedding quilts on …
I just finished Judy Martin's Shakespeare in the Park. It was a fun quilt to work on, started it at camp but saved the snails trail blocks for home so they would all go the same direction.
When it comes to quilt design, we are drawn to dimensionality (such as attic windows and tumbling blocks ), color, and movement . In desig...
Make-A-List Monday The week of April 30, 2012 (in review) 1. Work on the April and May Blocks of the Month for Craftsy. The first April block is called Hexi Stripe. The second April block is called Sunny with a Chance of Hex. Both blocks were English Paper-Pieced and then appliqued. Next I worked on the May blocks. The first May block is called Modern Log Cabin. The second May block is called Wonky 5-Sided Log Cabin. Both of these blocks were put together free-form. There were no real rules...just what looked good to the quilter. I love the way all 4 blocks turned out. 2. Make a present for my DMIL for Mother's Day. My gift is in progress. Here is a sneak peak. I will show the completed gift next week. 3. Attend Quilts for Kids at Pennington Quilt Works. I turned in the three John Deere quilts I made. I started working on two hexagon quilts, as well. Hopefully I will have them completed by June 5th. 4. Prepare my chosen NJ Shop Hop quilt as a leader/ender project. The center of my quilt is cut and partially pieced using the leader/ender method. Unfortunately, as I started working on the quilt I have noticed a few errors on the pattern. One glaring error is that there are no fabric requirements for the background fabric. I have emailed Mouse Creek Quilts twice but I have not received a response. I guess I will just have to figure this one out on my own. 5. Complete a few Dear Jane blocks. I was able to complete 6 Dear Jane blocks this week. These blocks will all be in the 12th row. They are named as follows (left to right...top to bottom): St. George's Cross Chattanooga Charlie Maze of Madness Town Square Box Kite Walter's Place Currently my Dear Jane numbers are: 152 Squares 36 Triangles 0 Corners 3949 Pieces This past week was very productive. Let's see what this week has in store. The Week of May 7, 2012 1. Complete DMIL Mother's Day gift. It is almost done. Just a little hand work left to do. 2. Complete two Dear Jane triangles. The two triangles I will work on this week are on the bottom row, 11th and 12th from the left. 3. Work on my Mystery Quilt by Heather Spence Designs. 4. Do a few Just Takes 2 quilt blocks. 5. Work on The Pennington Quilt Works Saturday Sampler from 2011. I did two colorways of this quilt. All blocks are complete but now I need to do a lot of extra blocks and then put them both together. I am going to work on the Ocean colorway this week. All participants were required to purchase Judy Martin's book Stellar Quilts. The sampler quilt blocks we made will be put together using a layout from Judy's book. I am a big fan of Judy Martin. I made her Shakespeare in the Park quilt a few years ago. I presented it to my DS and DDIL as their wedding quilt. This pattern can be found in Judy's book entitled, The Creative Pattern Book. These five things should keep me very busy this week. Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!! Sharyn
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Judy Martin's pattern - published in a magazine & in one of her books.
Here are a few finishes this year; proof that I'm still quilting. LOL The "T Quilt" is a guild challenge quilt. The main rules were to make a quilt with blocks that begin with the initial of your first or last name. Now, anyone that knows me knows that if I make any sort of quilt about "me", it will reek of me! I had been working on the Trailing Geese units and had them in my works in progress storage for years. I pulled some of the units out and made a letter T with them. In addition, I made Tumbling Blocks; I had cut 45 degree diamonds left over from a previous project so I had a great start there too. I then pulled 3.5" Tumbler units I'd already cut on my GO! cutter. I made all of these things go into one quilt. I won 2nd place for most creative use of blocks. I had help finishing the Pineapple Nine Patch quilt. It will hang in the quilt show so I went to one of my favorite long arm quilters, Sarah Cohen. She used orange thread and the quilting is fabulous! This pattern is designed by Cathy Wierzbicki from book Geometric Gems. This link is not necessarily the cheapest price, but you can see all the designs in the book. I saw cheaper prices at online stores: Barns & Nobel, Target, and WalMart. I also had Sarah Cohen quilt the Shakespeare in the Park quilt too. This one took so many years to complete to end up with mediocre quilting. I used three colorways instead of two and that almost burst my brain to keep all my pieces straight. I did have to use the seam ripper a couple of times on this one. I'm glad it's finally done and love everything about this quilt. This design is by Judy Martin and on Sunday the book with this pattern was $9.95. You can purchase by clicking this line. I know I haven't listed all the finishes but I must not have taken photos. More to come later... -------------------------- Type-u-later, http://www.teaquilts.com
It's gonna be a queen size. I've got 4 more of the gold pointed stars to do and then the triangular setting blocks to finish the top.
The second annual Bainbridge Island Quilt Festival took place on 13th September. This Festival was initiated in 2013, by Barbara Kirk, owner of Esther’s Fabrics on Bainbridge Island. Barbara was in…
I have been working on this queen size quilt top since September! The top is finished and I can put it on the frame to quilt it. Problem is, I have no idea how I want to quilt. It hasn't "spoken" to me to let me know how it needs to be quilted. If you have any ideas - please let me know!
The Tempest - William Shakespeare Photo: Chris Harris Oak Park Festival Theatre - June 1983 Director: David Darlow Scene Designer: Chris Harris Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Hello, I'm back with a fun article. I just finished this Rag Puppy quilt. Here he is with his ears down and then pinned back so you can see his whole face. I made him entirely of flannel and used as many prints as I could. He measures 60 inches long by 50 inches from paw to paw. His exact measurements are....chest 31, hips 33, he has no waist what-so-ever lol. He was a lot of fun to make and some kid will hug up with him by the end of this month. He is so cuddly that I am loathe to let him go. His nose and eyes are sewed on by machine, I don't applique. Then I used some Decoart SoSoft Fabric paint to add the highlights to the eyes, I used an Identi-pen to go over the smile lines. . I washed him and dried him to make him rag up. The more you wash him the more his edges will rag up. If you turn him over, he has different fabric behind also. I might paint a cat face on that side. This is a Simplicity pattern that is out of print now.
It’s hard for me to really believe it, but my baby girl got married last week. She was such a beautiful bride and I really wish her and Geoff all the happiness in the world. The wedding was wonderful. She arranged for parents, siblings and grandparents to spend the week together camping/cabining at a resort in Northern Minnesota. Everyone got along and it couldn’t have gone any better. Of course there was a wedding quilt. This is the Shakespeare in the Park pattern by Judy Martin. The pattern was not terribly difficult, but there were A LOT of flying geese! It took quite a long time for me to get all the blocks done and then assembling the rows was a challenge. It is set on a point and I didn’t really have a space large enough for the entire quilt, so I had to be super careful to keep things in the correct order. Of course I did goof a few times, but thank goodness I caught it all in time. We had a very long car ride from Connecticut to Minnesota, so I got a lot of knitting time in. I finished my Night Circus socks. The pattern is actually Hermione’s Everyday socks, but the colors of the yarn reminded me of a book I was reading when I bought the yarn. The book was Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and in it there is a circus where everything is black and white and some fans of the circus always wear red. I know the yarn is black, red and gray, not white, but as soon as I saw it that is where my mind went. The book was a great read, I highly recommend it. I finally started the sockhead hat. This pattern has been in my queue for a long time! I started another pair of socks, I simply cannot not have socks on the needles! I worked on my sweater. I really thought I would get a lot done on the sweater in the car and I might have if I had remembered the yarn! I only brought the yarn that was currently being worked, when that skein ran out I did not have another with me – darn it. On the quilting front, I want to finish up some of my Christmas WIPS in time for Christmas this year. I have a really cute quilt I made from charm squares that just needs to be quilted, it would look great on the table. I sew in the basement and it gets a little stuffy feeling down there when it is warm and humid, but hopefully I can get motivated to get some more projects finished up.
The gorgeous quilt pictured here is by Denise Oldham of Apopka, Florida. It was entered in Indianapolis Quilt Guild's quilt show on Octobe...
Today I have the second round of my favorite quilts from the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. If you missed the first batch, you can see them right here. Today's quilts start off with a few from a special exhibit to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Kona solids from Robert Kaufmann. As I said yesterday, I tried to take pictures of the labels to give every quilter his or her due. Where there is a label, I will show it before its associated quilt. Hopefully, they will be legible, and remember that you can always make an image larger by simply clicking on it. And with that said, I must apologize to this first quiltmaker for missing his or her name. I don't know if the quilter and the quiltmaker were the same person. I love how this next quilter chose traditional blocks with names that represented the theme of the individual block. Very clever. This next one is one of my favorite traditional quilt designs. I like the way this next quilter fussy cut her fabric so that it overlapped her borders. A very effective technique. I had to include this next one because it is made from a pattern by Valori Wells. It's the one and only pattern I gave up on when I couldn't get those paper-pieced suns to lie flat. I tried, and tried, and tried, and eventually gave up out of frustration. I salute this quiltmaker for getting the job done, and I'll just say..."I'm not worthy". And this was one of my favorite quilts of the show. I saw trees burning in a forest fire, but be sure to read the quilt's story. It's not necessarily what I was supposed to see. That's where I'll leave it for today, but there are still lots more to come, so stay tuned.
Sea Swept is finished! I have to say I'm really proud of this one ~ my first totally paper-pieced quilt. I presented it at our Guild meeting for Show & Tell and it was met with a lot of ooo's and ahh's. The credit for that really goes to the gorgeous pattern by Cotton Patch Quilts! Here it is ~ before its first bath: and after: I always love the crinkly texture of a freshly-washed quilt! The fabrics I used for the front of this quilt are Robert Kaufmann's Kona White and Kona Lagoon. The wavy background is from the Baby Zoom Submarine collection by Northcott. Binding and pieced backing fabric is by Timeless Treasures ~ I bought it way back in July and forgot to save the selvage, so I'm not sure what collection it's from. :( This quilt is sandwiched with Warm and White batting and it ended up at 56" x 64". So this is finish #3 for this quarter! Three out of seven so far ~ better than last quarter!
Welcome to another edition of Design Floor Friday!! Today, I'm here to share the projects and events of October's Sew/Craft Friends-zy. Yes, I went. Even though I just got back from Retreat a few days before!! Hardcore quilter, here. (I even try to plan my vacations around Quilt Bee meetings!) Here are the photos and I will add verbiage, if time allows... I arrived only moments before Denise: The artist was already ensconced at his station: Denise couldn't WAIT to share her nearly completed quilt: Curved piecing wasn't as hard as she thought it would be: Denise recently took an IMPROV class... ... And bought the book to go with it: Lisa accidentally started a NEW project: Denise got right to work on her next quilt: The scrapbookers left their stuff and went of a field trip: Volunteers worked on deconstructing plastic bag to be knit or crocheted into light weight Waterproof Sleeping Mats for the area's homeless population: I brought a BROWN project for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge: But first, I want to make progress on my Ella Donation. My Pfaff needs to go for a Spa Day, which is why this quilt is being constructed on my Janome Jem Gold travel machine: These are the fabric that Carol has chosen for her next collaborative quilt with Lisa: Here is the inspiration quilt: Row One has been assembled. Keep up the good work, Denise: The scrapbookers have returned: Quilt Math??? Good luck with THAT, Lisa: Warning! Scrapbooking in progress: Tiffany arrived and went right into Show and Tell mode... First, her spectacularly finished Fair Quilt: A really old UFO waiting for binding: All of the fabrics in this quilt are stars: Tiffany's recently made Carpenter's Star waiting for binding: Hidden feather quilting: Another recent make, Pecking Order, also waiting for binding: One of the scrapbookers REALLY wants to be a quilter: Carol worked on putting a pieced quilt back together: Tiffany made and applied MILES of binding: Patti made progress on her Canine Advent Trees: Joy glued down fabric bit on Mis for Mosaic, thanks to Lisa's handy dandy Sewline Glue Pen: Tiffany and piped binding number one: Denise's new Star Quilt top, sans borders: You can clearly see the artist's process: Just LOOK at those rich colors: Joy is happy to have all the little bits glued down: Piped binding number one, done: Tiffany's freshly finished Shakespeare in the Park: Carol, I guess this is where the Design Floor title came from: Lisa did some applique: Tiffany prepares MORE binding: First corner turned... Tiffany is almost done with another quilt... ... Piped binding number two is DONE: That means quilt number two is finished: Carol is planning a special center of for this quilt back: Someone got a new motorcycle: Here's the lucky rider: Denise added borders to her Star Quilt... Next up, quilting! But first, a closer look... ... And a peek over the top of the quilt: Denise likes the Recycled Denim Pin Cushion that I made: Speaking of what I made... I have a nice stack of freshly pieced 4-Patches for my Ella Quilt: Tiffany applies piped binding number three... ... While Denise stitches down more of the facing on her new Circle wall hanging: Lisa asked for an opinion about her appliqued berries: She was concerned about the spacing, but it looks good: Tiffany's Pecking Order quilt is now completed. If you are counting, that is finish number THREE for the day: I'm not sure why she's hiding behind her quilt: Carol completed some HSTs in two sizes for her new quilt: All in all, it was a VERY good day. Although, I must say, we did miss the folks that weren't able to be with us this month. Hoping to see Britt and Lois in November. Until next time... Sit, STITCH, repeat!!!
Judy Martin's pattern - published in a magazine & in one of her books.
Das Muster für diesen Quilt stammt aus einem Buch von Judy Martin und heißt dort 'Shakespeare in the park'.Meinen Quilt habe ich im April in Lauenbrück begonnen, daher der Name. In Lauenbrück bin ich einmal jährlich mit lieben Quiltfreundinnen zum powernähen;))) Das Muster habe ich verkleinert, da der Quilt sonst zu groß geworden wäre. Er misst jetzt 1,65m x 2m und die Blöcke sind 5" und 10" groß.
