Antique Inspiration

      For the GCQ program yesterday, June Fish presented a program on appraising quilts.  As part of her very informative presentation, she displayed several antique and vintage quilts.  Two of my favorite are displayed below. 

      Most of the vintage quilts in my family are very well loved utilitarian quilts made by my maternal grandmother; the latest finished about 1939.  Most of her quilts have been loved and used to pieces.  They were needed in her home to keep warm.  Today we use our quilts more for decoration and comfort.   I am thankful I am able to create quilts for my family and friends to enjoy.

Proud Mother and Teacher

    I arrived home today after a wonderful celebration for my older son who graduated Friday magna cum laude from GSU law school.  Here he is with his wife and 2 daughters.  We are all proud of him.

 
Tuesday at SQG Martha turned in her second quilt.  She made a mistake when cutting her strip sets but the mistake created a wonderful design. She took my Free-Motion Quilting class at Midlands Tech and has been practicing.  This is her first big project with FMQ.

    Now that I have celebrated with family and am back home, I can get back to my normal routine and more quilting.

Comfort Quilt Finished

     I have been spending many hours working in my yard.  Most often I work in the yard in the morning until it gets too hot and I’m worn out.  Then I shower and start sewing.   Today I finished quilting a child’s comfort quilt for GCQ. 

It started with an unusual panel.   I added several borders.  Yesterday I sandwiched and started quilting.  I used a dark gray thread and first quilted in the ditch with the walking foot.  Today I started the FMQ outlining the animals and quilting the borders.  I used several designs with a different one in each border.

     Last summer guild member Lari taught an After-after workshop on the Twist block technique.  I finished one.  I decided not to make more because I did not like dealing with the bias edges.  I gave the block and extra fabric to my sister Irene and she made it into a table topper.  She did a great job!