Author: Coral
Tree of Life
February 6, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Jan 15, 2011 |
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| Finish Date | Feb 6, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 39″ x 39″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | For Grandma MJ’s 80th birthday. |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I printed family photos onto ink jet printable fabric and cut out into leaf shapes.
First on point quilt. Used Tonga Treats 10″ square pack. Squares were not 10″ on both sides. Cut down to 5″.
Used “Perfect Poppies” pattern for poppy appliques.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted in the ditch along seamlines of blocks on point before applique begun. Free motion quilted around applique raw edges. Had problems with skipped stitches on appliques. Other flowers and hummingbirds were applique perse.
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Winter Wonderland Wall Hanging
January 3, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 12, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Jan 3, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Approx 30″ x 30″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Gifts for Grandma Lois, and Uncle Terry and Aunt Alyce |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Used Winter Wonderland panels and added borders.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Free motion quilted with monofilament. Used 50 wt Gutterman cotton thread on first project and 50wt Prescensia cotton thread on second project. Quilted around designs, practiced following lines, echoing, background fillers. Had issues with skipped stitches on second panel. Thought it was because of the different thread brand, but now I think it was a machine issue.
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Snowman Door Hanger
January 3, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Aug 21, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Jan 3, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 36″ x 12″ |
| Pattern | Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Pam Bono |
| What it’s for | Made two: one for me and one for Grandma MJ. |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Modified table runner pattern. Added an extra snowflake block and made two. Used skinny heart shaped buttons for nose. Added star burst beads to hanging loops.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Ditch quilted snowman body, then free motion quilted loops inside body using 50wt gutterman thread. Probably should have done outside channel quilting first, and more densely, to help prevent distortion. This project would have greatly benefited from trimming, but I didn’t think to do it, and blocking, which I didn’t know about then. Attempted to use silver metallic thread in snowflake, but kept shredding. Need to use larger topstitch needle next time.
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Icicle Snowman Ornament
December 24, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 24, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Dec 24, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 7″ |
| Pattern | Happy Hollows |
| What it’s for | Christmas tree |
| Batting | Iron on pellon. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Was bored on Christmas Eve so went to Sewco and picked up this Espresso kit. It was pretty expensive. Pattern was easy. Would be good option for annual Christmas ornaments one year.
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Organic Double Irish Chain
December 14, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 2, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 34.5″ x 44.5″ |
| Pattern | From Quilter’s Academy Volume 1 |
| What it’s for | Baby gift |
| Batting | Used Heirloom organic cotton batting. Batting had no scrim so had to be quilted within 4″. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Made completely from organic cotton solids in white, almond and brown sugar. First commission quilt.
Did not pre-wash batting, but pre-washed fabrics. Spent 37.5 hours making over a week and a half.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Straight line quilted along diagonals. Free motioned four heart design inside white blocks. Connected hearts in borders. Both from Harriet Hargrave stencils.
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Pinwheel Wreath
November 20, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 6, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Nov 20, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 24″ |
| Pattern | Happy Hollows |
| What it’s for | Gift for grandmother-in-law |
| Batting | N/A |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Made from a kit from Sewco. Was very expensive. Relatively easy to make. Used a lot of glue. Added store bought bow.
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Cow Quilt
October 26, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Oct 3, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Oct 26, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 45″ square |
| Pattern | From The Quilter magazine |
| What it’s for | Baby gift |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Had a hard time matching up straight seams with 45 degree seams on snowball blocks. Didn’t have enough of border stripe to mitre corners as first desired. Had to carefully match pattern when sewing together border fabric.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Ditch quilted between blocks. First free motion quilt. FM quilted loops in monofiliment on border.
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Wild Side
October 3, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Sep 11, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Oct 3, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 41″ square |
| Pattern | From Quilter’s Academy Vol 1 |
| What it’s for | Gift for baby Phoenix |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
First mitred borders.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Ditch quilted with walking foot curve on border and leaf design on corners. First use of multiple fabrics in binding.
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Yo-Yo Santa
August 29, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Aug 7, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Aug 29, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 34″ |
| Pattern | Happy Hollows |
| What it’s for | Gift for grandmother-in-law |
| Batting | N/A |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Made from kit and class from Sewco. Had to wait to finish until x-large yo-yo maker available. Fusible grid is super easy and fun to use. First yo-yo project. Added hanger loop to top of hat.
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Bright Star
August 1, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Apr 23, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Aug 1, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 42″ square |
| Pattern | Bright Star |
| What it’s for | Gift for baby Rose |
| Batting | Sew Easy cotton batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Flying geese templates for sawtooth stars were too small so used “Square in a Square” ruler to create them. Also used ruler to create half diamond sections for centre star blocks. Because the bias was opposite of normal, interesting patterns were created once washed.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Ditch quilted around stars using walking foot. Walking foot stars in borders. Lots of turning the quilt. Used Sew Easy cotton batting from spotlight. Lots of fuzzies and bearding while quilting. Had to pre-wash batting.
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