Sunroom Quilts

Baby Genius Synapse! Grows Up!

 

 

Baby Genius Synapse!  from Fall 2011 Fons & Porter Easy Quilts was a 36 block quilt that finished a 42 x 42 inch square with 36 blocks. 

Well now grand daughter wanted a cover/quilt for her new bed-twin sized. This layout is 10x10 blocks so far,which should result in a 60 x60 top. So I think I need 40 more blocks to make it the right size for her bed.

Oh and I need to finish it by Friday our Christmas Day with them. :0).

I am so glad to have found that little ruler (Folded Corner Clipper) that helps me get the snowball blocks made accurately. Because I not only have the 100 snowball blocks here. I also have 200 small half square triangle blocks made from the corners that were cut off in making the blocks seen here.

More than half way finished. I can make this. I can, I can.

Paisley and pink quilt

Pattern is a mountainpeak creations, Five and Dime. So much fun to do. Quilt for a customer. Just love the rainbow colors in the paisley.

Also loved that I was able to download the pattern as I needed to get the project done and local shops were out of stock.

Turned Spiral Runner

Several have asked about turning the spiral runner rather than using binding. By the way the pattern is written for the turning method. So I have finished this one with the turn method. Love it. Very fast.

Mill Race Center Craft Fair

Here was the set up early on Saturday morning. I arrived at 8 and they opened at 10. I was ready. Mill Race Center Columbus, IN. Great facility. Nice craft fair.

Purple and black Spicy Spiral Table Runner

These runners are so much fun.  Calm or wild they all turn out beautifully.  Well at least I think so.

This beauty is made of eight fat quarters that were bundled together in the store and the floral black, grey, and purples are always a weakness.  So home it came with me.  Then I ironed those fat quarters and I was a bit leary of how the runner would turn out.  But I like this one nearly had to keep it our table.  But no, I am offering it to my readers.  A link is provided below.

I used more of the eight fabrics from the center of the runner to make the scrappy binding.  With all the designs on the front of the runner the mixture of the same fabrics on the edges works well.  The backing is a quiet natural cotton muslin.  The batting is a Warm'n Natural thin cotton batting so you can easily adorn your table with a centerpiece atop this runner.

The runner is approximately 24 inches by 44 inches at it's widest and longest points.

All cotton fabrics, cotton batting, and made in our smoke-free home.  

Machine washable.  

Made using the Spicy Spiral Table Runner pattern by School House Quilts.

If you are interested in purchasing the purple spiral runner.

Folded corner clipper to the rescue

While we were at Lake Monroe I tried my hand at snowball blocks that were to finish at 6 1/2 inches before being sewn. Well have I mentioned that folding over corners in either a snowball or a flying geese block is some of my worst piecing nightmares? Well they are.

After trimming all 36 blocks for the quilt to much less than 6 1/2 inches and trimming the pieces I cut off 72 blocks down to 2 1/2 inches I was more than ready to try a new tool. Rotary templates are my heroes.

I researched the Webb and watched videos on You Tube. Ordered this one off eBay because I was not ready to order from my distributor.

The folder corner clipper has allowed me to make my first four blocks all just a shade larger than 6 1/2 inches (do not mind trimming a bit to get to the block size and I have eight HST blocks that I believe are all the same size. Dog ear trimming may be all I need to do. And I believe they are 3 1/2 inches square.

Yippie!!!!!!!

Halloween Table Runner-White, Orange, and Black

Halloween Table Runner.  Not scary!  Just black, orange, and white.

16 3/4 inches by 41 inches.

Pieced and quilted in my non-smoking home.  Center pattern from Forest City, Iowa, Pieced Tree Patterns:  Just a Dash.

Interested in purchasing? Go here.

Back side of Halloween Table Runner showing quilting and natural muslin fabric.  Batting used is a Warm and Natural cotton batting.  

 

Paisley, Red, and Purple quilt

Here is the start of a new quilt. Using Fons and Porter. Fall 2011 quilt pattern designed by Linda Carlson.

Fabrics here are from Hobby Lobby. The paisley caught my eye as I walked through and then my friend Jean C. and I found the coordinating purple and red.

Going to love it.

Blue spiral runner

Here is a partial runner that I will use in a class tomorrow. I am not a blue person but my husband and I both like how this one is turning out.

Scarves, scarves, scarves

I am either preparing for sales at a craft bazaar or getting an early start for Christmas presents. 13 scarves made yesterday and that was just part of the day.

I used Nancy Zieman's barber pole scarf tutorial found on You Tube.

Should be a color for everyone that wears a scarf. Alas that is not me.

Happy Day!