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Peggy's Quilt #22 - Scandinavian Tomte Quilt

I decided to get an early start on the grandson's Christmas quilt, so I started this project in February 2018 and finished it on May 2. The Scandinavian Tomte pattern is by Sherri Noel for RebeccaMaeDesigns.com. The pattern size was 54x62", but I added a piano key border and a white outside border to make it 64x72". The pattern also called for quilting cotton, but I used flannel for the front, back AND batting. It's really cozy and flexible but a bit heavy. Next time I'll use a lightweight cotton batting with a flannel front and back. The trees were supposed to be a solid red, but I strip-pieced several red flannels to make them a bit more interesting. I bought a white king-size flannel sheet set on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond for about $30.00, and it was more than enough for all of the background, backside and batting, plus a pillowcase. The free-motion long-arm quilting pattern is called Pearls & Curls, and is edge to edge. The long-arm quilter also wrote in my grandson's name and the year, so he'll never forget his Nana gave it to him when he was 9 years old. This was a really fun pattern - using flannel was a learning process, but I like learning something new with each project. Posted by Peggy at Bothtwins on July 10, 2018. (Put up a new picture on Dec 5/18 of the little heart on the hat. Sent the quilt and a bunch of other kid stuff to Grandson Simon in California today, too.)

By Bothtwins

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School colors Binding Tool Star

I saw Jenny's tutorial and wanted to make one to fit my room. This block goes together very quickly and easily. I pressed the block after it was all sewed up. It didn't "stretch" as much when I did it that way. The blocks have so many possibilities or looks. I laid mine on the floor in different ways, took pictures with my camera phone so I could remember what they all looked like, then picked the one I thought was best for me. So, have fun playing! I also laid the color placement different than the tutorial.

By Calicosnowman

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Dragon Hearts Wedding Quilt

Long Story, Daughter's best friend. I asked her Mother if she was going to make her daughter a quilt for wedding, said she didn't have time. I asked to make one, but wanted to include her in the project. She sent me a 8.5 by 11.5 picture of what she "was" going to make. Oh Boy! Had to somehow blow the image up to a size to put on a quilt. Went to husbands work and put freezer paper up on wall and used a projector to enlarge the image. I had to do it at least twice to make a perfect mirror image because of the detail on the tail area. Her wedding was a Peacock theme and decided to use those colors in the piece. I wasn't quite sure how to quilt the negative space, but since they were going to change their last name to Dragonheart, I echo quilted a large heart in that space. I used a font on computer to "write" their names on and used wonder under to stick long enough for me to satin stitch around each letter. I used that same process for the dragons as well. I think the satin stitching took the longest.

By Calicosnowman

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Peggy's Quilt #24 - Grand Adventure

This is my 24th quilt. The pattern is by Jenny Doan in Block Magazine, Vol. 4, Issue 5 (2017), Pages 16-23, plus there is an online tutorial. Linda, a friend of ours, decided to make this as her very first quilt, and asked for help with it. She tried cutting and sewing the blocks, but it wasn't working for her... We ordered more fabric, and I ended up sewing the majority of it, and really enjoyed the process. We used the RJR Wildwood Way fabric collection, with Kona Cotton White for the background. The backside is Kona Cotton Aqua, and the batting is Hobbs Tuscany Silk. Linda started the quilt in May 2018, and not too long after, I took over and finished the frontside piecing in June 2018. We sent it off for long-arm quilting on July 28th, and it came back only 5+ weeks later on September 8th! It took a couple of days for me to sew the binding onto this gigantic 93"x96" quilt. I made two white-with-aqua-cuff pillowcases and two aqua-with-white-cuff pillowcases to match, and later will make a throw pillow with left-over blocks. Linda loves her quilt and reports back that sleeping under a quilt with a silk batt is 'fabulous'. Posted by Peggy at Bothtwins 09/12/18

By Bothtwins

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Leaves are Falling

A scrappy quilt for my fall room. My favorite time of year. Had lots and lots of scraps and this quilt wanted to be "born" I found a maple leaf pattern in size I was needing. Copied and pasted onto a cereal box, cut it out. Used this as my template to cut 100 leaves out of my leftovers. I spray basted the back of each leaf and put it on a square. I then edged stitched all around the outside, and then did some veining to hold it down. I quilted each square first then added the sashing strips to complete the top. Each block is a 20 inch square.

By Calicosnowman

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Future Wedding Quilt

Two- tone brown with blue Turquoise in a pattern I designed? My niece will receive this one day when she marries. It's not quilted yet, as the quilting will be inspired by her wedding. Names, dates and so on will be a part of the quilting process. Update: just finished quilting this Feb. 6th, 2021. Really struggled with my thread tension on this one. My juki sitdown longarm is very fussy about thread. The other update is, my husband gave impression that he wanted it. So it's on our bed. I will give my niece the leaf quilt I just made. Her and fiance separated months ago.

By Calicosnowman

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Dream Big by Hoffman panel

I fell in love with this panel and just had to free motion quilt it. It took me about a week and I used 3 different thread colors. I just love how it turned out. I think I will hang it on the wall above my sewing area.

By rrplank

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Pecking Order

Super cute, quick and easy quilt ... after making the courthouse steps, I just needed an easy one ... and it was easy ... but the quilt wall was a must on this one ... or a lot of floor space. ... I got it done though ... and the top stitching is super cute

By kimberwdld

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Happy Halloween

I bought this as a kit, and had it a while as I was totally overwhelmed with trying to figure it out. Then I realized I had done this fusible Technique in a class and I was off and running! This was one of the funnest projects I’ve ever done...I loved cutting out shapes and fusing them to create these fun silly faces!

By GoGirl99

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North-woods Bears

I love nature and I love to quilt. Wildlife panels are a favorite of mine. This panel is Naturescapes Black Bear Adventure by Kevin Daniel for Northcott, I cut my leaves, paw prints & bears out of batiks and raw edge appliqued them onto the background. I have a relative who is a professional long arm quilter quilt my project. She did 9 designs (hand guided); 6 colors of thread. There is a sleeve on the back for hanging.

By SHARE

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Just for fun! (and to practice on the new long arm

Fun fabrics from MSQC!

By AnnieO

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Grandson Quilt

My grandson saw some dinosaur fabric I had and asked for a quilt. I used a panel and the disappearing nine patch block. The quilt is 80 by 70. Not my best work but I think he will love it anyway. I also made him a pillowcase and a little pillow. Used Jenny’s tutorial on the pillowcase. And I tried out the chenille on the pillow.

By Aileron18

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