Someone had the idea on a quilt thread on Mamatron for us to pool a bunch of blocks and make a quilt for a raffle fundraiser for the website. I've never done this before, but it was such a good exercise, because I could try out different techniques without committing to a whole quilt. With these three I did paper piecing, the heart and the pineapple were started in a paper piecing class I took last winter:
This one has mitered borders on the colored part - it was really hard, but the pattern matched up in such a fantastic way that I felt like it had to be done. It had been sewn and resewn a hundred times and the seam allowances are all funky on it. Also, I didn't really want to put the outer black border on it, but when it was all done it came out a little too small. The colors much more beautiful than this picture shows:
And a lone star block! I've been wanting to try this, a million little pieces, partially quick pieced. A mathmatical challenge - I drafted it and made my own template. It is highly imperfect, but I am very happy with it nonetheless:
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I love the Lone Star block. I know how hard that is to do and it looks great!Love, Mom
I also think the Lone Star block is my favorite! (Now, that's two Lone Star Mama's talking). I uses to piece quilt blocks with my Grandmother Palmer and assorted cousins when we would visit her in Oklahoma. When you are next here remind me to show you some of the quilts. Yours are beautiful! Love, Kay
HI MOMMA, HI KAY, HI CHRIS!that's all. I like the one with the black border.
Christy, they are beautiful! Are you sewing these by hand, or on a machine? Super, either way.A few years back, when the kids were kids, they made three or four baby quilts together; one went to a kid born in our Quaker meeting, the others went to AIDS babies. Those were rough jobs, but made with real love, too. Our friend, Janet, who is an avid quilter, assembled the kids' squares, and the effect of the sum totally surpassed the parts!
Cool quilt blocks! I have a bunch of quilts that my mom made, some traditional patterns and some original... maybe I'll get ambitious enough to get pictures of them on my blog. I think you'd like them!
HI Alexa!I temporarily don't have internet access at my house so I'm just coming in here to say hi.hope all is well...
Ohmigosh, those are BEAUTIFUL!!! I especially like the first one.So, how much would, say, a whole quilt go for?
christy, those blocks are just gorgeous! i have not even considered attempting a lonestar and i'm a quilting fool!
CM - I have no idea what I'd charge for a quilt, but sometimes having a baby will get ya one ;)I'm so glad you commented PPP! I've been meaning to link to your blog and it's a perfect reminder. Thanks so much for the compliment.
I like the first one the best. Which one is the pineapple? The one with the black border?
No, it's the one on the top right.http://www.geocities.com/pcpiecers/pineapple.html