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A MIX BREED, OOPS - A MIX QUILT, "GoodNight Irene"

My nephew, Luke and soon to be niece, Becka are getting married. For Becka's shower I wanted to make them a quilt. We had a craft night in painting her seating arrangement birds. She had all fall colors. When I came across Moda, Tiger Lily Batiks, I knew this was going to be the colors of her quilt. I finally decided on the pattern to be the "Goodnight Irene Quilt" because of the lovely story behind it. {{MSQC Block Magazine Spring Vol 2. Issue 2}} The deadline date to complete this quilt was coming closer than comfort. All the blocks are made, money was short, experience shorter, therefore, A Mix Quilt was born. The blocks were sewn as a Quilt as You Go. {{ When sewing them together didn't work. }} I decided to sew them together as a Fun & Done Pattern with a little adjustment. This adjustment was sewing the sashing to the back of the quilt not the front. (( I wanted to cover the least amount of the Batik fabric.)) I did use the Fun & Done Technique to do the binding. I am now going to wrap this special gift.

By MegaPurplette

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Baby girl quilt

This was a pattern from a Cons and Porter magazine. I wish I could tell you which one. Sorry about that.

By suellensews

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Anne's quilt

Our best friends are moving across the country to Kelowna, BC. I decided to make them a quilt using Jenny Doan's Half Square Triangle Around the World quilt. They are/were extensive travellers so it was perfect. I was able to use an old quilt frame that was left on my front porch by someone, no idea who, once my son and husband found the hardware that was missing. (It came from the Frank A. Edmunds & Co. Inc and was sold by Sears in the '70s) It was definitely easier than using the hoop I had used for all the other "pre-printed top" quilts I've made. I purchased a layer cake in the colours that Anne loves, and used a matching flannel for the backing. I decided on flannel, because Anne has recently been diagnosed with MS and I thought the quilt would be warmer and cosier on her legs when she rests. My son helped me figure out the marking for the quilting pattern, and my 5 year old granddaughter thought I should use "crowns" in the corners of the black border. My husband couldn't believe I would be able to finish "all that stitching"! So now it's done, washed and ready to be delivered this Easter weekend when we visit. (They live 2 1/2 hours away!) I hope they both enjoy it.

By Suzanne_S

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Improv tote

I love making these totes after having watched Vanessa and Jenny in their two part tutorial about a year ago. I enjoy doing all the quilting on it to make it unique. I have given away several and have sold a couple to people who had to have one and insisted on paying me for it.

By AnnSewOn

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Peggy's Quilt #11 - Periwinkle

This is my 11th quilt, which I call my Periwinkle Quilt. It's 90"x84" and I worked on it between October 2015 and May 2016. This quilt used the Periwinkle pattern from MSQC, and a fabric collection by Kaffe Fasset. It's a different sort of quilt in that I used lightweight 'Lawn' fabric for the background and backside fabrics, and silk/polyester (90/10%) batting. It was a long haul to cut and paper-piece 210 blocks and then sew them together, and then sew on 3 borders. I sent it off to Lyn Durbin at Camlyn Quilts for custom long-arm quilting on April 2, 2016, and picked it up on May 17th. The hand-sewn binding was finished on May 19th. There are 4 pillowcases (sewn in March 2016) that complete the set. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Postcard to Mom

I made this quilt to wrap my mom up in riotous warm color as a thank you for everything she has done for me. I kept the quilting a simple 1/4" from the seam line because that's how she has quilted all the quilts she has made for my kids and grandkids through the years.

By Nana24

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fun and happy

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