I have to say – it wasn’t too long ago that I was wondering if Jared and I would ever have friends…or a life… Well, it seems like it’s finally happening! We’re taking the kids over to some friends house for pizza and euchre tonight! Should be fun! I think becoming friends on social networks with some of the folks I meet at the orchard during apple season takes the awkwardness out of me calling in January/February and asking if they still want to hang out like we talked about in September! Anyway – before we go…let’s take a closer look at eight more of the quilts made for the ‘Hooray for Spring’ Project QUILTING Challenge!
1. ” Spring tree”, 2. Celebrate Spring Purse, 3. Wisconsin Flowers, 4. Close up details, 5. Early Bird, 6. Table Runner, 7. Hello, Spring – Sally’s Angelworks, 8. Scrappy Sunny Flower
Quilter: Lucky Duck Dreams
” Spring tree”
Hurray Spring! pillow case done! #projectquilting @persimondreams
Blogged here cyarnell.blogspot.com/2013/03/project-quiting-challenge6-…
Quilter: Shout4Joy
Celebrate Spring Purse
for Project Quilting, Season 4, Challenge 6
I started from an inspiration piece of fabric that my parents brought home from Hawaii, making a bright, happy Spring purse.
The applique of the Celebration Flower is done by fusible web and a scribble stitch, which also quilted the flower (only to the batting).
I adapted the pattern to make the purse more my own (gotta have pockets!) and I added a loop to the back so I can hang my keys on the purse (instead of losing them in the bottom of the bag).
I made this quilted purse project in Muskegon, Michigan 🙂
I blogged a bit more here: shout4joy-shouting.blogspot.com/2013/03/project-quilting-…
the purse was adapted from the pattern found here: www.allpeoplequilt.com/projects-ideas/bags-pillows/mini-m…
Quilter: Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
Wisconsin Flowers
Marcia Wachuta
Boscobel, Wisconsin
I created my Wisconsin Flowers table runner from scraps and strips.
I free style quilted the flowers and the swirls to make it look like flowers in the snow.
I posted about the creating of my table runner on my blog:marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/2013/03/wisconsin-flower…
Quilter: sharonhuismith
Just Around the Corner
The background fabric reminded me of snow falling – exactly what we had this week! My hopes of spring are the tulips and daffodils pushing their way up through the cold, bare ground. I embellished this whole fabric mini quilt with embroidery stitching and fabric scraps for grass and French knots for flowers. I couched thread around the border. I backed it with fabric that reminds me of a tree full of blossoms and brought it around to the front as a border. It inspired the title with a spring full of blooming flowers “just around the corner.” I made it a double-sided quilt by embroidering tree branches in the midst of the blooms on the back side of the quilt. *I was also inspired by Annie Young’s “The Listening Field”
Made in MI, measures 14 x 9.5″
New Techniques: whole cloth quilt, using fabric scraps to embellish, couching, double sided quilt, embroidery as the focal point
Quilter: WaggonsWest
Early Bird
Project Quilting 4:6 Hurray Spring Challenge.
Better pictures to be posted tomorrow. As it is, I’m going to be 12 hours early! Yay.
St Louis, MO
twasbrilligand.blogspot.com/2013/03/early-bird-pq-46.html
Quilter: WayMooreFunQuilts
Swing into Spring Table Runner
Here is Swing into Spring table runner and it’s my way of welcoming the season to my kitchen! It is approx. 20″ x 36″ and was made in Tucson, Arizona. This is an original design and pattern that used up stash fabric. The floral appliques are fused then machine blanket stitched.
Quilter: Sally Keller
Hello, Spring – Sally’s Angelworks
This week’s challenge had me inspired from several different places! I’m in love with washi tape, although I haven’t splurged on any yet.
In my quilt this week, I wanted to make this fun washi tape look with different patterns in strips just at the bottom of the quilt.
I also used dotted fabric that I got in our Houston Modern Quilt Guild dotted fabric swap.
I used this quilt to practice some raw edged applique, some different free-motion quilting techniques, and some fun handwritten embroidery!! 🙂
This quilt is 25″x32″ and made in Texas!!
See more closeups on my blog!!
Quilter: Quilt Chicken
Scrappy Sunny Flower
16.5″ square, made from leftover scraps and strips using Edyta Sitar’s “Dresden Star” templates
I’m planning to use this pattern for a sunflower block exchange and decided this was a good opportunity for a sample block. This one is purposefully not sunflower colors! I was working from the scrap drawer – even the background is pieced from smaller stash scraps. The blanket stitch that holds down the flower is also the quilting.
My name is Trish Frankland and I live and quilt in Lodi WI.
Eight more fabulous quilts! Maybe a few of these caught your eye? Having a difficult time picking your three favorites for the public vote? Hopefully these closer looks help – be sure to head over to the voting blog HERE to cast your vote for your three favorite quilts!
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