Rosemary's Black and White with a Splash of Lime

Here is the last of Rosemary's quilts. Again, I just love what she has done with these fabrics. It's just my style!

On Facebook, I called it Lime-a-rita. I guess because I've been seeing those new drinks I want to try with that name.

I used Button Flower panto as I though it worked well with the oh-so cute fabrics. Hobbs 80/20 batting and Omni Cream thread.

The back is a batik. Love the sun shining through!

Carla's Baby Dresses Quilt

Carla made another one of these adorable baby quilts. I just love this panel.

The added cornerstones of purses is just too cute!

I quilted a small meander in the background of the blocks and in the area outside of the rick-rack of the print, leaving the rick-rack and the dresses without any quilting.

Freehand flowers and leaves in the outer borders.

Hobbs 80/20 batting and Omni Cream thread.

Sudoku Quilts For Kids

Out Quilts For Kids Chapter held a Sew 'n Meet last Saturday and I taught the group how to make a Sudoku Quilt. Some quilters finished theirs and some took them home to complete.

Here is my sample, which has 5" squares.

I wanted a very neutral lap quilt. I used fat quarters and the remaining fabrics will be pieced together to add a 6-8" border.

This one was my demo quilt and I had a block partially assembled to show each step. These squares were 4", so I added an additional border. I finished assembling this at home Saturday evening.

This one I made with a kit of 4.5" squares that Cathy had precut. It's all batiks and I like it very much.

The Quilts For Kids quilts that are made through this group are taken to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis once a month. The size is 40-45" square. They try to make them small enough to fit on the width of fabric, so the backing doesn't need to be pieced.

An Antique Quilt

Chris and her mom, Julie brought me this quilt top. It was made by Julie's mother, probably 50-70 years ago. Of course it was hand pieced and the fabrics look to be quite worn. Julie wanted to have it quilted to give to her granddaughter as a wedding gift. It was a rush job as the only chance to get it to the happy couple was this week, otherwise it would need to be shipped overseas.

I quilted a simple meander and varied the size based on the fullness of an area. You can see how the size changes here. I don't think it will be as noticeable after it's washed, and expect it will crinkle nicely.

 Easing in some of that fullness!

Ta-da! The backing is just muslin, as is the binding, which I put on last week.

Lois' 1600 Quilt, Thread and Bobbins!

Now, here is a 1600 quilt that I really like. I'm not sure if she used a jelly roll or just put the fabrics together herself. Either way, it's a striking 1600 quilt.

I used a new panto that I picked up in Cincinnati called Becker's Ferns. I think it works well for this quilt. I used PermaCore Bambi thread.

Speaking of thread.....

I am slowly but surely using up my PermaCore thread. It's what came with Mabel and I have had wonderful results with it. When Superior Threads came out with Omni, I tried it and had great results with it also. Maybe just a bit better than the PermaCore and it's a little cheaper.

I usually try to check my stitches within the first few minutes of starting a quilt, but sometimes I just get to focused on the quilt and forget until I do that first advance. 95% of the time the stitches are perfect. The 5% that it isn't, It's usually something minor to fix.  I have determined that the black bobbins that you can buy for around $1 each aren't exactly the same thickness as the $3 bronze ones. The black ones cause me to have random flat lines with my top thread. It took me quite a while to figure out the problem, but Dan measured the bobbins with a micrometer and that's what the problem seems to be.

A Baby Quilt for Ryan

Ryan worded at The National Group last summer as an intern. She is expecting her first baby in a month or so and did a lot of research online t find just the right quilt. They didn't find out the sex of the baby, so she wanted neutral colors.

She found one on Etsy that she really liked and we went shopping at Joann's a few months ago to purchase some similar fabrics. I put the top together at Spring Break Retreat and then put it aside. I knew they were moving to Michigan in may, so my goal was to have it finished by then.

Margaret and I met Ryan at Little Mexico a couple weeks ago for dinner and here is Ryan with her quilt.

I used some of the leftover fabrics to make some burp cloths to match.

Rosemary's Brown Batiks

Here's another beautiful quilt made by Rosemary. She has been a busy quilter this spring. Actually, I've had these quilts for a while, so she probably had a busy winter! I'm not sure why this photo is so blurry. I'll try to remember to take another.

I chose Becker's Ferns for this one also and used PermaCore Bambi thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

 Aren't these fabrics just yummy!

A look at the back, where you can see more of the quilting design: