My Girls - The Finishers

Hello Everyone,

 

I offered my Sew'n Wild Oaks class a week early this month on Tuesday, and now I'm a day late posting the pictures!  You can see that my girls have been very, very busy and productive.  Another Harvest of Hope will be done soon.

 

 

Melody found a great piece of fabric and fussy cut the flowers for her flower basket.  This is a great idea.  She plans to machine applique the flowers in place.

Another barn has been raised with a cute and colorful roof.

Love the use of plaids in this block!

Barbara is testing my pattern directions for Emilie Elizabeth.  I'm loving the 1930's fabrics.  This pattern lends itself so well to that style.  Knowing Barbara, she will have this finished by next Tuesday!

Kathy's Toyland Tree is officially a flimsy and on the way to the machine quilter.  The details in the following two quilts are quite amazing.  Both Kathy and Judy created a family heirloom.

 Judy also finished her Toyland Tree and it is at the quilters!  (The background fabric is black with white polka dots and sometimes it just doesn't photograph well at an angle.)

I tell you, my girls are amazing!  I have lots more pictures of the blocks the rest of the group made for the online quilt-a-long beginning in June.  I will post them as the time gets a bit closer to the rollout of the online block of the month in June.

I'm on the road again.  I'm speaking at the Sierra Quilt Guild in Sonora on Monday.  I'll be teaching my Patchwork Math Workshop on Tuesday.  If any of you are in the area, I would love to meet you.

Have a wonderful, and creative day.

Soon,
Lynn

The Patriotic Puzzle



Hello Everyone,

 

It's looking very patriotic here at Sew'n Wild Oaks.  The red, white and blue is all over my quilting space at the cabin.  I don't know the names of most of these blocks.  I don't know if they have names. 

 



I keep making quilting components, then arrange them and rearrange them into a block.  The following block has the most components.

I'm not too sure I like the corners.......they may have to go.  If something bothers me in a quilt before I sew it together, my eye will automatically go right to the trouble spot every time.

This block has the least number of components.

 

This is my version of the Christmas Star block.  It looks like it's all triangles, but there are only four around the center in the square in a square component.

I've found that my blocks are "spot on" while making this little sampler quilt.  All of the components are measured for accuracy before I stitch them together. So if I have an issue, I know it's in the final stitching.

No more raking for me today, it's my day to quilt the entire day!  I have many more ideas for blocks using additional components in the book.  It's like putting a puzzle together.  Which piece goes where and how many times do I rotate the piece to make it fit into the scheme of the block.  Can you tell I'm easily amused? 

Many thanks to our friends Jim and Teri for the wonderful dinner at your home last night.  It was such a treat to sit out on your deck and enjoy the beautiful weather, wonderful food, but best of all the good companionship.  Quilting friends are the best!

Soon,
Lynn

Emilie Elizabeth is Officially a Flimsy

Hello Everyone,

 

It took me awhile to get to this flimsy point.  The basket of flowers came together quickly.

 

I knew exactly what fabrics I wanted to use.  I also knew that I wanted some nice open space for machine quilting.

I got out my Patchwork Math book and calculated the size I needed to make the flying geese and the rick rack looking parallel geese, and liked the end result.

The baskets came together quickly and I was happy with them. The square in a square fit right in the mix.  But I became obsessed and stumped with the final borders.

I started to make lots of blocks that looked like this.  I made 10 of them.

 

I tested them out as the final border and they seemed to overwhelm the quilt.....and me.

 



After setting the quilt aside for weeks, this idea occurred to me.  A much simpler border that frames the quilt and sets the inside of the quilt off nicely.....I think.  Now it is ready for my Handi Quilter and it will be prominently featured on The Quilt Show.com during the taping of my episode next month.

I'm happy with my first medallion quilt, Emilie Elizabeth, named in tribute to my maternal Grandmother Emilie Elizabeth Ross.  Grandma introduced me to quilting when I was very little.  She sparked a passion in me and I'm forever grateful to her.

This quilt is also going to be a Block of the Month offered through In Between Stitches.  If you are interested in signing up for the BOM, go HERE and let the shop know.  The finished size is 78" x 78". I'll also let you know when the pattern is ready.  My friend and pattern tester Barbara is making her quilt in 1930's fabrics.  I can't wait to see what she does with it! 

Other than working on borders, I've been raking pine needles.  It is going to be a brutal fire season in California, and we want to have our lot slick as a whistle!  The cabin is located on a beautiful lot, but it is all downhill.....or uphill when you are behind the wheelbarrow.  I actually don't mind doing yard work, but this hill is providing waaaayyyy tooooo much exercise!  Maybe today I'll do less raking and more quilting......oh that sounds so good.

Soon,
Lynn