44sunrise

I have loved making table runners for all the holiday's . It helps me practice my binding. Makes a great gift too.

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This was my first string quilt. The tutorial from MSQC made it so easy. I save all my little scrap pieces for projects like this one.

By QuiltsByJo

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Lilacs Wedding Quilt

The last few yards of Fresh Lilacs by Debbie Beaves of Maywood Studios remained in my favorite quilting shop. The shop also offered a Missouri Quilt Block Class, Goodnight Irene, from Missouri Quilt Magazine Book (Spring 2015 Vol. 2, issue 2) and I knew it was a match. Jennie's video tutorial helped a lot. It was a challenge to figure out what quilting design to use. Using my walking foot, I finally settled on straight line stitching in the "X" sections, free motion quilting in the squares and border. It's my first wedding quilt and I was so pleased with how it turned out.

By JewelMagic

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Cherry Blossom Disappearing Hourglass

I had a cherry blossom fabric languishing in my fabric closet which my daughter, Amy, spotted while visiting. When I saw the pattern in Missouri Quilt Block magazine (Winter 2015, Volume 2, Issue 1, pg. 16), watched Jennie's tutorial on the Disappearing Hourglass 2, and took a Block class at a quilting shop, the result is the fabric disappearing from the closet to a finished quilt for Amy. I used black Kona fabric and bordered the quilt with red and black. I practiced some free motion designs, added decorative stitching and "stitched in the ditch" on my domestic sewing machine. Although I was skeptical about making it because the pattern looked complex, it was surprisingly not difficult to complete and I learned a lot by sewing and quilting it. The quilt now happily resides in her home and not in my closet.

By JewelMagic

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Peggy's Quilt #4 - Simon's Halloween Quilt

This is my fourth quilt. My son and daughter-in-law moved to California and took my 2 grandkids with them. ;{ So I made them each a Halloween Quilt. This one is for 6-year-old Simon. The machine piecing on this one didn't take long (May 18-21, 2015), using the MSQC Four Patch Frenzy tutorial. The fabric is Cheeky Pumpkins by DT-K Signature (1 layer cake) plus half of one black jelly roll and half of one white jelly roll. The back is orange flannel. It was long arm free-motion quilted by Lyn Durbin at Camlyn Quilts. Lyn put spider webs in the corners as well as Simon's name and 2015. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Rebecca's Frozen Quilt

My eight year old granddaughter wanted a quilt with the "Disney Frozen" theme. I purchased the large Frozen sisters panel and designed it by piecing squares in the corners and complementary fabrics bordered the quilt top. For the backing, I used pink flannel Frozen fabric, then used straight line and serpentine stitches on my domestic machine. I used the free motion feature to outline the panel figures. Taking a class at a nearby quilting shop, watching several videos on-line, and practicing helped. It was my first large quilt that I attempted to quilt myself. She was thrilled with her very own Elsa and Anna Christmas quilt.

By JewelMagic

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Patchwork Sewing Machine Cover

I made a customized sewing machine cover while taking a quilting class. The pattern we used was quick and easy. In fact, I made two -- one to give away and the other to brighten up my sewing room while also protecting my machine.

By JewelMagic

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Sunlit Applique Orange Peel Quilt

This orange peel quilt brightens a winter day. Made from an assortment of orange, yellow and black fabrics, I used white solid yardage, fusible interfacing and Jenny Doan's football template from her tutorial on 2/11/2015. Her applique technique was one I had been planning to try. It's a great pattern for putting together because you don't need sashing strips between blocks. You can also experiment with different layouts. I chose to anchor the dark peels in the corners and selected points. With the leftover fabrics, I fashioned a pieced backing. Lastly, I sewed decorative stitches in the corners, then quilted ruffled flowers in the white spaces and leafy vines in the border. It was a fun and satisfying project to complete.

By JewelMagic

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Birthday Ribbon Stars

My BFF's 50th birthday is this year, and I just HAD to make her a quilt! This is my first quilt using a jelly roll, and it was so fun and easy...I obsessed about this pattern after I saw Jenny's tutorial, so I had to make it!

By chicksryd2

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Mad Rush Christmas Gifts Sewing Frenzy

I bought a couple of center pieces for Christmas gifts and before I realized it, the time had slipped away and now it was a rush job to complete 2 table runners by December 14th. I thought I would pick some easy patterns but interesting. THE DISAPPEARING 4 PATCH Artisan Batiks: Concerto 3 @ Lunn Studios with Kona Cotton White. The four patches went together very easy, but the disappearing part was time consuming. I had to go slow to avoid any errors. A very beautiful outcome and my friend loved it as her Christmas gift. Now with one day left I'll make another table runner that is even more simpler than my first attempt. LOVE NOTES STAR Brights by Benartex and Kona Cotton White. I sewed all of my squares together, cut my squares into triangles, chain stitched my triangle together, sewed 4 love notes together to complete my blocks, but it was 3:30 am and I almost fell asleep ironing my seams open. Needles to say, I didn't finish my table runner in time for lunch but it is finished now, and I'll give it to my friend this week. I learned, do not try a new block on a deadline. While I was sewing, I was thinking that we are crazy, to sew fabric together to cut it up and sew it together again. Once I saw the results, I would do it all over again. Merry Christmas my Friends.

By MegaPurplette

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