33.7 2013 Quilts in Review

A little late, but better late than never.

Trying to organize & figure out what quilts are done when, started when. Trying to get things updated in some places & others.

Here are the finished projects for 2013. All done with these. This year.

1. Teal Cathedral binding left, 2. biscornu pincushion and removable thread catcher, 3. quilt show auction quilt, 4. irregular ice at the show, 5. little star with beads, 6. needle felted book, 7. star struck baby quilt, 8. strip twist completed, 9. scrappy jewel tone quilt

These are the quilt tops that I have completed in the year 2013 with or without borders

 

 
1. black embroidery bordered, 2. kings puzzle top outside, 3. Hexadaisy ringed, 4. samurai sudoku quilt with borders, 5. gemini sky borders started6. Not available
 

And I am checking other finishes & celebrating other finishes on other years.

2012 finishes – the year of small quilt finishes with one big double quilt finish at the end

 

1. fibonacci feathers at the show, 2. fibonacci minimalist, 3. Black Baltimore Beauty at Show, 4. Dancing Ribbons at the Show, 5. exothermic wonders front shown at the show, 6. exothermic wonders back shown at the show, 7. dont panic final8. Not available9. Not available

2011 finishes – more small quilt finishes

1. mis top cover, 2. yellow quilt finished, 3. quilt completed, 4. quiltshowauctiontweetingthecrimsonsunrise, 5. completed sunflower patio quilt, 6. DSC07624, 7. aproncompleted8. Not available9. Not available

2010 finishes – the year of the bag & first full quilt finish

1. totebagswapoutside, 2. totebag 2 outside, 3. camera bag, 4. purse completed, 5. My finished nametag for guild, 6. ribbonsquiltonthewall

17.0 Meet my Quilts

The following quilts are going into the show this weekend titled with the following names:

Quilt #1:

Challenged by Yellow

28 X 14

I found Judy L’s (Patchwork Times online) monochromatic challenge for the month of January intriguing – Yellow!  Yellow!  Who makes a full yellow quilt?

Challenge is on!

Using Bonnie Hunters (Quiltville) Strip Twist pattern as inspiration, I made the 2 blocks (limited in size by my lack of yellow fabrics) and then found a black and yellow butterfly on my calendar, so I traced and appliqued it onto the top.

Quilt #2:

Make it Sew

6 X 17 X 12

I was inspired to make the style of cover by flossie blossom (on flickr) but wanted a machine cover that had the words “make it sew”.  Make it sew is a play on Start Terk Next Generation Captain Piccard’s famous line “Make it so”  So I added the Star Trek emblem to the front.

I had wanted to complete a spectrum quilt, and on Star Trek they refer to ‘dilithium’ a lot, so the embroidery on the front and back is dilithium – 2 lithium spectra.

The hole in the back is perfect fit for my machine.

Quilt #3:

Homeless Escher Steps in 3D

18 X 16

Pattern from paperpieces.com

This is the first quitl I hand pieced which was a breeze.  1-2 sides a day every day after lunch, this took a while to piece, but I enjoyed doing it.

Pattern was absolutely perfect for my round table and then I got rid of the table 2 months after completing this quilt.

Named by blog readers.

Quilt #4:

Tilted Online Friendship (With Tribbles)

37 x 37

This was a swapped block from quilterscache.com as the first swap of a group of Quilting podcasters and listeners.  Sandi (Colwell) pieced the tilted 4 patch blocks and I sashed the blocks and added the applique which I designed.

This quilt is my first attempt at quilt-as-you-go technique which caused some issues.

The gold hexagons I call ‘tribbles’ because they were multiplying like crazy for another project.  Even they could not stay away from this quilt.

Quilt #5:

Sunflower Patio Dreams

37 X 39

The leaves and the flower petals were from a pattern called “Delightful Daisies” by Bee Creative Studio which I muiltiplied, created a bud that was opened.

I designed the two flowerpots myself, using one of my flower pots as inspiration.

The birds are from ‘Award Winning Applique Birds’ by Panela Humphries and I envisioned this (quilt scene) as if I was looking out the window on a patio.

After searching online the daisies I made were way more like sunflowers which caused some confusion for a while on the title.

Quilt Auction Quilt:

Tweeting in the Crimson Sunrise

21 x 21

Pattern from Quilters cache.com

Otherwise known as “Ouch this hurts my eyes”

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Will try to get a podcast around the ‘behind the scenes of a quilt show” by podcasting a little each day the next few days.  The Quilt Show starts Friday at Eudora Middle School and goes through Saturday afternoon.