Traditions Matter* by Rockester I am but a leaf and our past is the tree that nurtures me.... |
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Quilting : a warm legacy I have always enjoyed the texture and pattern on fabric. I watched my mother, grandmother and great grandmother sew. From a young age I designed and sewed (roughly) little clothing for my Barbie dolls. Mom started me on the Singer sewing machine about age 7, I think. By middle school, it was my favorite hobby. I made my first rough quilt in 8th grade. By high school, sewing in Home Ec was my favorite elective class. As a newlywed, a sewing machine of my own was the first object I requested from my new husband as a gift. Can you see a trend here? For me sewing was a creative outlet long before I discovered Scrapbooking. Below are a few pics of my projects from approximately the last 2 years. Free Quilt Patterns: I love the internet! There are so many free quilt patterns! I have been sewing with JUST free online quilt patterns now for two years and love it that I can find what I want fast and FREE! Here are some of my favorite places to find my patterns. I just right click to save the diagrams, retrieve and resize them in a print shop program and print as many as I need! A-OK Quilt Corral Free Projects Here are some of my own works. This is a classic scrappy Bulls eye style pattern. I used up almost a whole laundry basket of loose scraps making it and it is beautiful! I made it for my son John in the winter of 2002. The pattern for it is at http://members.aol.com/blondberry/bullseye.html I made this one shortly after I made John's quilt above. It is for my daughter Jenny. This Bulls eye quilt turned into almost a scrappy drunkard path variation. 2002 The great aspect of these Bulls Eye quilts is the speed, the colorful scrappiness, and the warm cuddly fringy effect! A Victorian Fan wall quilt I put together from antique wool blocks, 2002. An older Victorian Log Cabin table runner I put together from some even older silk and velvet antique blocks, 2002 Meandering the Lone Star State chair throw- a slash and sew star pattern found online. Created while I was on a weekend trip to where else? Texas! 2002 Instructions for this kind of star quilt are given here http://quilting.about.com/library/0lib/bl0_slashstars2.htm Mary Engelbreit wall quilt of my own design using a variety of patterns together. I created the design from an assortment of online bird, birdhouse, Scottie dog, house, and flower paper piecing designs. 2001-2002 Many of these patterns were found at Quilters Cache. The center panel was an appliqué pattern from a friend. This is the Byte by Byte quilt designed by Patti R. Anderson that 8 of us quilters online are doing in a round robin style. We started in February 2001 and are almost finished! We estimate I will get mine back in about a month or two. (by Feb 2003) the whole pattern can be found here on Patchpieces.com http://www.patchpieces.com/bytefinale.html This is a baby girl's quilt in bright solids that I did for a friend. It is paper pieced from a pattern found here at Quilter's Cache. I cannot recall the name of the star but it is paper pieced.
On Finishing an Old Quilt Top off Quiltnet.com
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