Scoobatee | Quiltsby.me

My first quilt! I started collecting Civil War reproduction fabric in August 2014, and finished piecing the quilt top by the middle of December 2014. The pattern is 'Fourth of July' published in the book "Charm Quilts" (1997) by Beth Donaldson. The long-arm free motion quilting was done by Lyn Durbin (Camlyn Quilts). Finished size: 93.5" long x 103" wide. It's a King size quilt on a Double bed, making for a nice drop. With some of the leftover fabric, I made a set of 4 pillow cases with nice big cuffs. Some of the other leftover fabric was used to practice paper piecing and for the top of my second quilt. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Peggy's Quilt #2 - Card Trick

This is my second quilt. It's my 'practice quilt' because I was using "Quilter's Academy - Sophomore Year" by Harriet Hargrave and Carrie Hargrave, to try out piecing techniques (side set triangles, card trick blocks, etc.) using leftover Civil War reproduction fabric from my first quilt. The quilt top was machine-pieced in February and March 2015, using the Card Trick block (Class 240, page 51). For the backside of this lap quilt, I also used leftover Civil War reproduction fabric and sewed together various practice paper-pieced blocks. The finished size is 43"x57". Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts did the long arm free-motion quilting. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Peggy's Quilt #3 - Double Aster

This is my 3rd quilt. I count it as #3 because I did actually sew most of it! The story: a friend had been suggesting for years that she make a quilt for me. All I had to do was buy the fabric and find a pattern. She would do the piecing. Early in 2014, she started the piecing using Double Aster and Ohio Star blocks. Then in August 2014, I 'discovered' quilting for myself, After I finished 2 quilts, she said that if I didn't mind, now that I knew how to quilt, would I take over and finish the quilt she had started for me so she could move on to make quilts for family members who don't know how to quilt. I said sure (of course). The fabric collection is 'Wingin' It' by The Buggy Barn for Henry Glass Fabrics, plus there were other prints pulled in to blend. My friend pieced eight 12" Red, Pink and Turquoise Double Aster blocks and eight 6" Ohio Star blocks. I sewed all of the rest of the blocks, sashing and borders, and finished piecing in April 2015. The finished size is 88.5" x 88.5". The batting is Hobbs Heirloom 100% Wool. The long arm free-motion quilting was done by Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts, completed May 30, 2015. Using leftover fabric, I made a set of 4 pillow cases. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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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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Peggy's Quilt #5 - Bennett Rose's Halloween Quilt

This is my fifth quilt! I decided to make a Halloween Quilt for each of my two grandkids - this one is for 3-year-old Bennett Rose. I used the MSQC Four Patch Frenzy tutorial, and the piecing didn't take very long (May 19-22, 2015). The fabric is Riley Blake's Halloween Magic layer cake, plus half of one black jelly roll and half of one white jelly roll. The back is orange flannel. Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts did the free-motion long arm quilting and finished on July 4th. This is a Twin size quilt measuring 70"x78". I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Peggy's Quilt #6 - Curved Log Cabin

This is my sixth quilt. I wanted to make a traditional log cabin quilt but was seduced by Jenny Doan's tutorial on the curved log cabin layout. For this one, piecing started on June 10th and finished on July 24th, 2015. I used selected prints from the Evening Mist collection by Moda to make 36 curved log cabin blocks. The backing is Michele's Rose (gray) by Benartex. The finished size is 80.5" x 80.5". Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts finished the free-motion long arm quilting on September 11th, and I finished the binding on September 27, 2015. The updated photo showing it on my bed was posted here on October 8th. I have also made a matching set of 4 pillow cases, using leftover fabric for the cuffs. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Peggy's Quilt #7 - Chickadee Window

This is my seventh quilt and first kit. I bought the kit because it was so darned cute and I wanted to try the flying geese and other interesting borders. The quilt was designed by Jackie Robinson (Jackie's Animas Quilts) using the Chickadees & Berries fabric collection by Jackie Robinson and Benartex. I started machine-piecing the top on August 11, 2015 and finished the kit on September 1st. Then I realized that 63"x63" is not large enough for a full-sized bed quilt. I went back to Gossypium Quilt Shop and bought enough additional yardage for 3 more borders, so now it's 80x80". Lyn Durbin did the FMLAQ, and I finished the binding on November 12, 2015. I also made a set of 4 pillow cases to match. I love quilting! Peggy

By Bothtwins

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Peggy's Quilt #8 - I Spy Cutiepie

My granddaughter, Bennett Rose, will be 4 on February 27, 2016. This quilt is her birthday gift, along with a sweet pillowcase. I used Jenny Doan's 'Adorable I Spy Jar Quilt' tutorial and the I Spy Cutie Pie 10" Squares by Michael Miller Fabrics for Michael Miller. I cut the left-over 10" squares into 2.5" pieces and used them for the borders. The backside is flannel. The edge-to-edge long arm quilting was done by Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts.

By Bothtwins

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Peggy's Quilt #9 - Simon's Construction Illusion

My grandson, Simon, will be 7 on February 20, 2016. This quilt and a matching pillowcase are his birthday gifts. Some kids are into dinosaurs when they're this age. Not Simon. He's into gigantic mining equipment. Thankfully, Caterpillar has licensed their products for fabric. What luck! I used Jenny Doan's Illusion tutorial, and made Simon a twin-sized quilt. The binding is grass green, and the backside is green flannel. Lyn Durbin at Camlyn Quilts did the edge-to-edge long arm quilting.

By Bothtwins

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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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Peggy's Quilt #12 - Cottage Romance

This is a story of loving a fabulous fabric line (Larkspur by 3 Sisters for Moda) and loving a pattern (Cottage Romance in Better Homes & Gardens "Scrappy Quilts" pages 38-41) but not really loving the two put together. I think the problem is that the beautiful fabric was not highlighted enough by the blocky simplistic pattern. However, I do like the feel of the quilt - the fabric is smooth and lovely and drapes beautifully on my bed. I used a 90/10% silk/poly batting which probably helps with the drape, and found extra-wide backing from the fabric line (Feather Garden Bloom in the Larkspur collection). I cut the fabric and set up the pieces for each block before going to a quilting retreat in April 2016. Cutting took 3 days and piecing the quilt together took 2 days (very simplistic). The long-arm free-motion quilting was done by Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts in June 2016. I also made 4 pillowcases to match the quilt, using the four paisley prints in the fabric collection for the cuffs. Regardless of this not being my favorite quilt, I do like how it will brighten up my bedroom during the winter. I love quilting! Peggy 091116

By Bothtwins

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Summer Tumbling Blocks

**update: I first put this quilt on Bothtwins, before I made my own page, so apologies for the duplicate entry. Haven't figured out how to delete it there.) My first quilt. 08-2014 started cutting, 02-15-2015 finished piecing. This pattern by Liza Prior Lucy is in Kaffe Fassetts' book "Quilt Romance". In retrospect, I wouldn't recommend this pattern, as it calls for paper templates and scissors (techniques have improved) but it's lovely. I collected sale fabric for months before deciding on the pattern, Tumbling Blocks, which I always wanted to knit but just couldn't face 9 colors per row Fair-Isle, and if you've ever seen Kaffe's knit sweater patterns you know what I mean. Fast forward 25 years and here's my chance at Tumbling Blocks! I sent it off for top-stitching at Pacific Fabrics, a locally-owned small chain store and chose Hobbs poly-blend batt. Finished the binding on 04-24-2015. Queen size 94" x 98". I had enough leftovers to make a bolster cover and 4 pillowcases. I have to say that, at the time, I thought I had only one quilt in me (other hobbies, right?) but that is not how it turned out. Stay tuned.

By ArDeGar

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