nancileigh | Quiltsby.me

I saw Jenny's tutorial and decided to try making a Bargello quilt. It was pretty simple using the tube method. It did take some time to match the seams, but other than that, it was an easy teachnique for a stunning result.

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Hazel the Hedgehog

I purchased a kit and immediately put this together. With big blocks, this really was a quick pattern (by Elizabeth Hartman). I quilted it with a zig zag pattern, to echo the hedgehog spikes. My great nephew claimed it when he saw it.

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Little Ruby

I had a quilt kit for a large ruby red quilt that I finished off. When I was done, I had a lot of fabric scraps leftover. I wanted to keep the scraps together, at least for one more quilt. I took some foundation paper squares I had left from a different project and randomly placed fabric on them. I put a strip of black down the long side of the triangle and paired them up. I then sashed each square and put it within a border. Even the backing fabric for this quilt is left over from the original! It's a throw size, but looks pretty good.

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Oh My Stars 1 & 2

My local quilt guild invited Pat Sloan to come talk in March. We were challenged at the February meeting to make one of these quilts by the time she came. I pulled charm packs and yardage from my stash, and couldn't decide which to make, so I made both. Both were quilted and bound in time for Pat's visit. The red charm pack was Hot Chilies Batiks by Island batik The blue charm pack was Clear Skies/ Fusions Bloom by Studio RK

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Midnight Bloom

I've loved this pattern for a while, so I had all my supplies ready when a handy snow day last January gave me the opportunity to sew. It was a paper piecing project that came together very easily. I had my local longarm shop take it on as a custom quilting project. I was thrilled with how it turned out! Pattern: Midnight Bloom from Pieceful Expressions

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Twilight lake

I purchased a set of Jinny Beyer fabrics, with the accompanying pattern "Lake to Lodge". Prior to cutting anything, I tried to figure out a good flow of color from blue to red and back again. Once I was satisfied with that, I could start cutting and piecing. It came together really quickly. I did some simple quilting to emphasize the blue. I was pleased with how it turned out.

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Carolina Pride

After realizing I hadn't made a wedding quilt for a niece, I found a bit of Carolina Panthers fabric on sale at the quilt shop. I picked up some white, turquoise and black to go with it and set off to find a pattern. I ended up using the "Hugs & Kisses" pattern from Connecting Threads - 52 weeks of free. It allowed me to fussy cut the panther faces for the cornerstones. This quilt also reinforce a hard lesson about measuring the borders. I had the quilt on the quilt frame, and it wouldn't lay flat. I ended up taking it off the frame, ripping out the bottom borders and taking out about 2 1/2 to 3 inches out of all three. I'll still shake my head whenever I see it, but my niece and her husband, the diehard Panthers fans, just love it.

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Qbert - Arcade Game

I attended a class on this pattern (Arcade Game by Jaybird Quilts) on Saturday, July 23. I left with the sidekick ruler, fabric (a pre-packaged set of Kona solids) and pattern. I cut it out that evening and put it together on Sunday, July 24. I found the backing fabric at the quilt shop the following Tuesday, and ended up dropping the quilt off at my favorite long armer in early August. They used a different quilting motif for each color block, repeating it throughout the quilt. It’s great!

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Brick by Brick

I found a quilt kit on sale during the Christmas 2015 holidays. It was to create a quilt using alternating size strips to create a brick pattern. I liked the fabrics so I thought I'd give it a try. After creating the different sizes of blocks and sewing together the strips, I used my design floor to arrange them so that pieces were strewn throughout the quilt in an apparent random fashion. Once it was pieced, I practiced my longarm skills to get it quilted. I finished it up in February 2016.

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Step by Step

In December 2015, I came across some sales for quilt kits using Tonga Batiks. This one used a set of 2 1/2 in precut strips. I tried to make sure I had light and darks separated as I pieced, and arranged the pieces to flow diagonally. I also added a border. I then practiced my long arm skills to quilt it in February. Bound, labeled and completed by the end of February 2016.

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BOM Mystery Sampler

I participated in a Block of the Month mystery sampler with my local quilt shop. Each month, there was a different technique, and different colors, resulting in twelve beautiful blocks. I used a pale green sashing to unite the blocks and custom quilted it on a longarm machine.

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Sea Turtle Challenge

My local quilt guild had a President's Challenge last year - a mystery quilt that started with two contrasting fabrics and created an interesting interwoven effect. I chose a turquoise batik with a turtle pattern, and a gold batik for contrast. Once it was pieced, it looked to me like turtles swimming under a woven reed netting. I quilted on my DSM, outlining the turtle shapes and making watery swirls between.

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