QuiltingTalk

Hand Quilting and Piecing? Still? Really?

http://www.thedailyeaston.com/neighbors/easton-quilters-wrapped-her-work Reading about the hand quilter in Easton, Connecticut really makes me wonder who still quilts by hand and WHY? This says she uses silk thread which I have never even heard of! Meandering is the best technique invented and it moved our quilting community along, well, a hundred years! Such great fabrics out there to get to that the slow pace of handwork should better be saved for knitting.

Cloth and Bobbin

Polka Dots at Cloth and Bobbin in Narberth, Pa! A recent visit to Cloth and Bobbin during a Philadelphia trip got me so inspired I had to run home to my sewing table. Johanna's shop is filled with colorful and exciting Westminster, Amy Butler, Free Spirit fabrics plus flannel that will make you want to make jammies in every color. I bought Queen sized cotton batting that says I can quilt up to 8 inches apart. Images of pillow case kits and fabric bundles are dancing in my head urging me to go back for more.

 

 

Amy Butler at Bed, Bath & Beyond

We were back-to-college shopping at Bed, Bath & Beyond and my daughter pointed out Amy Butler bedding. I'm still lovingly working on machine piecing an Amy Butler quilt using a variety of her fabrics. Here they are selling it commercially before I even finish.

I've bought Amy Butler and Kaffe Fassett prints from every quilting store in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 

My quilt will be better, but still . . . 

Baby Jacket Using Amy Butler's Midwest Modern

This week, I sewed this for a pregnant cousin. Amy Butler works for quilts and this baby jacket is quick sew. I used Amy Butler's Midwest Modern series from Westminster Rowan Fabric. I used Gold Martini and lined it with Happy Dots. The buttons are hearts. Easy one-day project. The pattern is well written and easy by Jackie Clark designs.

Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett (III)

I am sewing squares for a king-size quilt using Amy Butler fabric and Kaffe Fassett fabric. Here are some completed squares (3 of 3).

Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett (II)

I am sewing squares for a king-size quilt using Amy Butler fabric and Kaffe Fassett fabric. Here are some completed squares (2 of 3).

Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett

I am sewing squares for a king-size quilt using Amy Butler fabric and Kaffe Fassett fabric. Here are some completed squares.

Quilted silk tie table runner

Log Cabin Quilt

My mom made 2 Log Cabin quilts from a class she took. I love this quilt and kept it hanging on the wall of on the wall in our nursery for years. Over time it faded. It was a sunny room and I have heard that 'reds' fade.

Seminole Sampler quilt shop in Catonsville, Md.

Seminole Sampler, 15 minutes from downtown Baltimore, is a bright and cheerful quilt shop chocked full of patterns books,notions, and of course fabric fabric and more fabric bolts plus tons of FQ's. This shop has the largest selection of batik fabric I have seen. Many quilt samples hung around the shop and suspended from the ceiling. I asked owner Linda Hampton Schiffer a pattern question and she pulled out a pencil and sketched out several ideas for me!