Pine Tree Quilt Hand Quilting

 I've started quilting on a lap quilt, a gift and I'm doing it by hand.

I love triangles and the look of them as leaves is very nice. They are cut 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" and the quilt is simple and very attractive. All fabric from my scrap closet and the closet fabric is not going down??

As a gift, I do the stitches a bit bigger than usual and this time I'm using pearl cotton thread. The stitches are not toe nail size but bigger than 12 stitches per inch.

Sew Happy, Beth

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Quilt in Pink made of Squares

Mini Quilt or Doll Quilt in PINK

 See the Pattern in Book 2 of The Quilt Ladies Book Collection

This is from Book 2 Helen and Teresa, you meet two of
The Quilt Ladies and make 2 quilts in this book. This is a small doll quilt.

Hand Quilted

Made with a black border and solid colors

This one is quilted with an assortment of colored threads.

Sew Happy, 

Beth

Little Quilt in Red, White and Blue

Red,White and Blue Star LITTLE Quilt

This is an 18" x 18" quilt using traditional Red, White and Blue.

It's machine pieced and hand quilted. I use only 100% cotton.

The Quilt back. The stitches are very small and add a texture to the quilt.

 

I do 8 to10 photo's of things that are set ups. A stand, quilt, milk glass, flowers.

Moving it to the kitchen table. Sitting in a red bowl. And again I took 6-8 pictures.

I like this, I pulled out a red, white and blue quilt. added it to the table and it works.

But for, "How long?"

Until everyone arrives on  Sunday.

 This is how my table will look.  Pretty, simple and quilt free,

the Grands are coming !  And this Grandma is worrying about nothing, just playing

Bow Tie Quilt on The Clothes Line

On the Clothes Line

 

We have moved a number of times (10) the first move I made with Husband was to Burlington, Iowa. A beautiful town in the south-eastern corner of the state on the Mississippi River. Husband worked around the clock and I found quilts. This is one of the first one's I purchased.

At the auction I could only see the back of the quilt. Someone over time had sewn the good sides together. Maybe to make it thicker or stronger??

It was a huge leap of faith and $10.  I sat for an evening with a seam ripper and removed all the threads and I love this quilt. I have it on a table in my sewing room, it's a bit of a catch all table, but I love seeing it.

Who ever pieced this together took time of match the fabric on both ends of the bow tie. As you can see, in above photo, they did this with all of them.

Sew Happy, 
Beth

Back of a Hand Quilted Quilt

See the Stitches

 

I had questions about last weeks quilt and the hand quilting. I just did a stipple quilting line, with very tiny stitches.  This is around each heart.

This is the center of the Quilt.

Thanks for asking

Sew Happy,
Beth

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Heart Quilt Machine Pieced and Hand Applique, Hand Quilted.

Heart Quilt Machine Pieced and Hand Applique, Hand Quilted.

 

I love applique and I spent many a day on a bleacher or in the car waiting for the boys to finish a practice appliqueing. This is one for the first, hand appliqued and hand quilted.

Hearts are on the first things I learned to applique.

Pieced borders in a crazy patch design.

The back for the Quilt .

Sew Happy, 
Beth

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Little Blue Quilt made with Squares

Simple pattern and Color

I've been working with the idea of color. I've started with this simple pattern and using color that work well together. The next one quilt will be the next step in color.

This type of quilt is the way I put colors together for large projects. It's so much easier to change after going little pieces than to change when you have 10 blocks done.

Fun with Color,

Sew Happy, 

Beth

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Little Quilt Block of the Month from Guild Newsletter

 I love Holiday's and this quilt has a block for each month.
These were done for a quilt guild and added to the newsletter each month.

With everything happening the past years I've moved away from the local guild. There are seasons for everything and right now, I have so much on my plate, I don't have much more to give. I miss it. Maybe, some day soon.
Sew Happy,
Beth

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Heart Quilt of Squares and Triangles

One of my very first designs, from over 20 years ago. At that time, I used graph paper and would draw everything out. The idea of learning a computer program ! Was so off my chart.

I pulled out my notes, and at the time I learned to have a color pop in it. This one was a bit of a learning experience.

If you are a Quilter, take photo's of your quilts. I've learned so much from seeing my work from the different eye of my camera.
 I have a little old Kodak digital, nothing fancy. (Maybe some day) Try it, it's fun !

Sew Happy,
Beth

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Amish Colors Quilted Table Runner

Machine Pieced and Hand quilted

My First try with the bold colors of solids.

And the first time I understood what I call "Quilting for Meaning". This is a table runner, simple, colors work, but what makes it is the quilting.

It is hand quilted with very simple hearts. I used a red colored thread and a thin batting that is just enough to hold the stitches.

If, I was to quilt this today, it would have much more hand quilting, and with that would probably loose the simple feel it has..

Sew Happy,
Beth

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Turquoise Fabric made in to a My Quilt

Going through the closet I found this turquoise fabric, the cheater's cloth was in the back of the sewing closet and I love it too.

I draw out the blocks and set the fabric placement and just sewed.

A fun couple of days in the sewing room. I think I'm going to tie this quilt for Florida, a gift for myself.

Sew Happy,
Beth