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Catching Up, again from caledonia quilter

I seem to have put my blog posting on the same schedule as my house cleaning...pretty darned infrequently! My new system for cleaning is to keep an eye on a couple of the pictures hanging on the wall - if I notice gooey, stringy cobwebs hanging off them I make myself vacuum some time in the following week.

I'm just going to give you some pics of a few quilts that I've completed for customers over the last couple of months, ok? OK.

This quilt came with a special request to add a couple of hearts in the ...

added by helen-mary 3 years, 5 months ago. under beach girls , bitchin' , christmas , covid-19 , custom quilting , donation , embroidery , garden , goodwill quilting , longarm quilting , marriage , rant , scrappy

Let's Get Caught Up, Shall We? from caledonia quilter

Oh, fer crying out loud. Now Blogger has gone and changed the posting format. I hope this all comes out the way it usually does...

This started out as a bunch of butterfly blocks from a guild Block Of The Month. Whoever won the blocks donated them back to the guild. I thought (?) I had given all the guild donation quilt stuff to the new chair of those projects, but apparently my organizational skills are not what they should be.

I had a cute lilac print in my stash that worked well with the blocks. I needed to add some ...

added by helen-mary 3 years, 11 months ago. under commentary , covid-19 , garden , goodwill quilting , guild , guild program , longarm quilting , politics , quilt , quilting

Jelly Roll Heart Quilt & New Year's Happenings (1 UFO down...) from caledonia quilter

This is a lovely, modern Jelly Roll quilt.

I really like the way the pantograph echoes the heart shape.

On New Years Day I stuck with my traditional activity - a friend came over, we stitched the afternoon away, then had Chinese Food for supper.
I started the year off by putting these UFO blocks together - this was a Block of the Month project at the Caledonia guild in 2016/2017. After I completed the blocks I decided I was tired of the colours - I think I have too much red/yellow/blue in my house these days.

I completed the ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 3 months ago. under challenge , donation , fitness , goodwill quilting , guild , guild program , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , resolution , sewing , ufo

Hong Kong Nights Quilt & Donation Quilts (2019 personal challenge) from caledonia quilter

This quilt is realllly big. I had to tip the tablet cattywampus to get a pic.

The maker used a beautiful collection of Asian prints for the blocks.

And I absolutely love the corner triangle she added. That provides such an interesting touch.

Oddly enough, those print blocks are all cut on the bias. I was really impressed that they were not stretched out of square when the 3-d flange was added to them, and then additional sashing too. She's a really, really good piecer. ⭐
The setting triangles were a design challenge for me. When you actually LOOK at ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 4 months ago. under backing , challenge , christmas , custom quilting , destash , donation , fabric , goodwill quilting , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , stash

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