Archive for the Category ◊ Fat Quarter Quilts ◊

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• Friday, August 20th, 2010

Well our last full day on the Cape was Tuesday- and didn’t it have to rain!.  As a matter of fact we had quite a thunder and lightning storm during the night.  So we spent a quiet day getting the camper ready for the trip home on Wednesday.

We decided to treat ourselves to one more dinner out at a restaurant in town, Winslow’s Tavern.  We enjoyed dining outside on the terrace  (thankfully the weather cleared up after 4pm).  Our  delicious meal began with appetizers of Gorgonzola stuffed figs for me and Wellfleet oysters for Tom.  We don’t normally have an appetizer, but this just seemed the thing to do to end our vacation.  For our entrees I had baked cod and Tom had lobster.  To end the meal,  we shared an apple tart with vanilla ice cream.

On the way home we stopped by Sturbridge Village and toured the houses in the center of the complex that we hadn’t seen on our first visit the week before.   We saw some more handiwork.

Whole Cloth Quilt

Needlework Sampler

In addition, I was able to finish my  Tumbling Leaves quilt top.  This is  the third in the series of Fat Quarter Quilts that we’re working on as a guild project.  Luckily I’m able to needle-turn applique while riding in the car.  It certainly makes the drive  seem to go a lot faster.

Now I’m trying to decide just how to quilt it.

There's always time to quilt!
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• Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Well its almost here.  Thumbstall Biennial  Quilt Show.  I was pretty productive last year, finishing a queen size quilt for my daughter’s wedding and a king size quilt for my son at Christmas.  Unfortunately since both of my children live out of town I won’t be able to display them at our quilt show in July.

Additionally, I was able to finish two quilts for our guild’s Fat Quarter project and

Simply Charming (quilt fat quarter quilt project)

Delectable Mountains (guild fat quarter quilt project)

a second Fat Quarter quilt to be used in the Silent Auction at the quilt show,

Seasons - Silent Auction

a challenge quilt using a unique focus fabric, and

Quilt Show Challenge

the quilt Seasons – My Favorite Things.

Seasons - My Favorite Things

I particularly enjoyed working on this project.  It not only depicts the seasons by month but I was able to find quilting stencils to use in the borders that are specific to each season.

Quilt patterns for Seasons border

Actual borders on the quilt:

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

There's always time to quilt!