blast from the past

Here is a quilt that I had forgotten I had done.  Well no it wasn't done last week!!! It is around 35 years old.
My friend Margy was having her first of two daughters and I wanted to make a quilt for the baby.  Not knowing anything about quilting I had an idea for doing the alphabet.  Margy let me borrow the quilt for show and tell tonight and it was a "well loved quilt."  I had zigzagged the letters on a background of some kind of material sewn the blocks together and hand yes hand quilted around the letters.  Anyway here it is.

I told her that I would repair it before getting it back to her to send on to her daughter who now has three daughters.
I just started a BOM I signed up for earlier this year.  The blocks are fun but some are so small.  I did two of them yesterday.  I like that you get different sizes in the same month.  I think there are 35 or 36 blocks.  I have to catch up with Feb and Mar packets!!!yikes.

And last but hopefully not least is the donation quilt with Baptist Fan.  I started on bottom right corner but by the time I got to the left bottom there was a struggle between me and the fabric under the machine and the machine usually won.  Not sure how to change that.  I like the process but will have to do a lot more to make it look good.  I did the top in straight vertical lines which was a lot easier.  Have finished the binding and will put on label before guild.

The sun is out and time to sew.
Sunny quilting.
Sally

Garden from ......

Well I have finally finished the top for the "Stitchers Garden" quilt from the block of the month at Mary Ellen's.  Now to figure out how to quilt it.  Oh well.  I really do like the dot border to stop all that riotous color and of course I love the outer border.  I decided to put plain ish borders since the center is soooo busy.  It is too heavy to hang to get a good picture and I could not get back far enough to get the whole top in the picture anyway.

I need to start on the BOM packets I picked up "last week" so I don't get behind.  Don't know what made me start this.  I do really like the quilt though.  Also have to do the last calendar hanging for Karen.  She wanted the egg for April.  I made the umbrella because Easter is not always in april but ...

Have to stop so I can get presentable to go to Rudy's with C and M.

Have sewn all day and am tired.  I quilted the veteran's quilt from last post.  I did Baptist Fan on the bottom and straight vertical lines with the stars.  I have sewn the binding on and hope to get it finished for guild on Thur.

So much for now.

Chilly wet quilting.

Sally

winter quilting

It has been quite a winter and today shows it is not quite over.  I have really enjoyed the few precious beautiful days that encourage us to think Spring is near.  Friday was a special day for going to the Vintage Quilt show at the Kerr Scott building on the fair grounds.  The weather was only outdone by the quality of the quilts shown and the vendors procured for the show.  I think this is my favorite show of the ones I have seen.  It had everything and was so well done.  I really liked that the quilt types were all mixed together.  I can't imagine the coordination it took to get all those up, labeled and listed.  Great work Raleigh Guilds.
And the vendors were so great and so many different ones.  I had to give up after walking and looking and yes buying after four hours.  We went to Tripps to ease the hunger pains before going home.
Great time.
This is my Stitchers Garden quilt center only.  I am going to try to find borders for it today with my color guru Pat with me.  I am so glad to be finished with the "putting blocks together" part.

The next quilt is one I made to practice quilting the baptist fan pattern on before I do it on one for me.

It will be a donation quilt but I want to keep it.  Will have to make another one for me.  So easy and don't you just love a blue border!!!

Well that is all for now.  I have to grab a bite to eat then head out to pick up Pat and pray for temps in the high 30's at least until 10pm.

Spring quilting is on the way.

Sally