New Quilt Formats

Inspired by @AngieQuilts :)
Once upon a time...my first FB friend sent me this WOW! thread painted postcard!!
I had never seen anything like it! I believe Angie pioneered thread-painting in this new medium.

[No worries, you too can get one of Angie's amazing creations in Angie's Textile Art Etsy Shop]

 

While I still haven't quite got the hang of thread painting and fabric printing like Angie does,

I have been playing with the magic postcard interfacing

 

and..........

 

its perfect for quilted jewelry!

 

It took many tries to work out the finishing details over the years since I received Angie's lovely Sunflower Postcard all the way from Cheadle, UK,

but here at last is Hexagon Cuff

Thank you, Angela:)



Home on the Range

Alex Golf Coach/School Librarian has been so wonderful - to our whole family.

 So I especially wanted to do something extra to remember her this Teacher Appreciation Week.

Where I come from, that means something homemade. Found a yard of cowgirl fabric in a vintage shop, and as I was musing about "Home on the Range..."

I decided QUILT MY GOLF CLUBS was a good idea.

You know, create something quilty,

like those ridiculous stuffed animal head golf club covers you've seen?

 It started out well enough.

Alex did some stitchery, of course:)
Decided homespun was the best choice for lining.

  

I quilted the cowgirl fabric.
1/8" zig-zag edge to make sure all layers got covered in seams.

All done! Early!! But it doesn't fit. Fun, but not functional. So...

Recut, refit, redesigned.....I lost track of how many times.
Only one "D" shaped seam, you wouldn't have thunk it so complicated.

Velcro Dot closure.

Far from the corset stay ties I had originally planned.



This adorable crochet edged bias binding is from Etsy,

Holland Fabric House

 



Done. Wrapped at 5:00AM.

Will leave it to Coach to tell us if it is functional or fail:)

Remember this? Rainbow on the Ninth Hole.

Thanks my Twitter friends who always stayed with me
while driving the golf cart at Alex's matches.

Was fun chatting with you!

Strong Stitches

Alex stitched this for Grandpa's birthday.

Lazlo the Strongman by Gina Matarrazo

Did I ever tell you, our Grandpa is a real weightlifter? Yes, since he was 14 years old.
Here are some of his early trophies from the 1950s:

This week is Dad's 74th birthday = 60 years of weightlifting!

Dad hurt his back earlier this year, and now he has a walker.
So I made Ale's stitchery into a patch pocket for a walker tote.
Just what every weightlifter needs:)

 

More Trick Triangles

Inspired by Sew Excited Quilts
Headed East & West

Thanks to @SewExcitedQuilts, this is the perfect block I've been hunting for my new

Half-Triangle-Rectangles.

 

To make Headed East & West with Triangles-On-A-Roll paper, you will need:

• 9 spaces of 60 degree triangle roll paper
• 4 color 6.5" triangles
• 5 background 6.5" triangles
• 4 background blocks, 6.5" square (for corners)
• 1 color 7.25" square
• 1 background 7.25" square

The 7.25" squares are for the center patch Quarter-Square-Triangles, and yes this will make two center patches.  Do you know a more economical method for QST that is just as fast and accurate?

 

After cutting the triangles in half, you will also have two half-triangle background pieces left over. Again, all in the name of speed.

 

Pearl says, assemble as a 9 patch.

This block trims to a giant 18.5".

 

Thanks for introducing me to this fun block, Jackie!

Can't wait to make some more:)