February 4, 2013
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Myrtle Beach part 2
I had to get a picture of Sheila's adorable white featherweight sewing machine!
And, on to the quilts I worked on. The first is one for my grandson John, when he moves into a big bed, which will be soon. It is a train fabric grouping called "Riding the Rails" and is so cute! The pattern I chose took some careful cutting and measuring and piecing, so it took me a good bit of 4 of our days to get the top pieced, and the back pieced as well. These pictures are not all that good because you can't see the outer border, but the good news is that I gave it to my quilter friend last week, and she told me today that she has it finished! So, I will get it from her this week, put the binding and label on, and take some better pictures before I give it to Amanda for John!
The second project I worked on took a couple of days too, but it is a gift, so I am not going to show pictures right now! Then, I brought the blocks I put together at quilt camp in November, of what will be a lap-sized quilt for our living room. I got the inside part of the top put together, but I forgot to bring the border fabric with me, so I will need to finish that later. But here are the blocks as I was laying them out to decide what went where.
I worked on parts of other projects, and I finished another flower of my Grandmother's Flower Garden while we were sitting and doing some handwork, and I finished 3 ruffly scarves on the car ride.
Next time - some of the restaurants we went to!
Comments (10)
I love the train tracks quilt -- what fun your grandson will have with it!
Is the brown quilt one of the Turning Twenty series?
I love the quilts - the train one is adorable. My older sister is a quilter, and just got back from a quilting retreat. I love to see her work! You quilters amaze me!!
@TheSunnyC - It is a very similar pattern, called Yellow Brick Road, using fat quarters and making the three sized cuts and turning them different ways. I have made a few other quilts using the Turning Twenty Again pattern.
I enjoyed seeing your quilts.
I love the quilts! So talented!
I LOVE your quilts. That train one is just wonderful!
Love your quilts
Donna, I've enjoyed reading about your retreat -- what a great way to bring your blood pressure down! Perhaps the doctor needs to prescribe this more often.
I have a friend with a white featherweight, and she told me they were made specifically for nurses. Has your friend ever heard that? I haven't researched it so don't know if that is true, but it's an interesting idea.
@AmericanJanet - That's interesting, because my friend Sheila IS a nurse! I'll ask her if she has ever heard that about the white featherweights. I can't remember where she said she got hers, but it is soooo cute, isn't it?
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