Patriotic Quilt
71 x 86
I have put the last stitches in my latest community service quilts. I basically make 2 kinds of service quilts. I make quilts for our local veteran's hospital. That project is coordinated through my quilt club. I also make Quilts of Valor and I send mine to Alycia in Colorado. I try plan my project so that I can work on one of each at a time. In this case I had a lot of fabrics left over from a Patriot fabric palette last year.
I have put the last stitches in my latest community service quilts. I basically make 2 kinds of service quilts. I make quilts for our local veteran's hospital. That project is coordinated through my quilt club. I also make Quilts of Valor and I send mine to Alycia in Colorado. I try plan my project so that I can work on one of each at a time. In this case I had a lot of fabrics left over from a Patriot fabric palette last year.
Quilt of Valor
63 x 81
If you've been reading my blog for at least a year you will recognize this one. I made one almost identical to it last year for myself that I eventually gave to a neighbor.
63 x 81
If you've been reading my blog for at least a year you will recognize this one. I made one almost identical to it last year for myself that I eventually gave to a neighbor.
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I quilted this with the Star Swirl pantograph in a light blue color. I even have a hand dyed backing.
This next quilt proves that sometimes we are at our most creative when we have limited resources. When I started these project I knew there was enough fabric for 2 quilts but it was an assortment of fabrics. I didn't know if I'd have enough to do what I wanted. I made the QOV top first and then had a look at the leftovers and came up with this.
This next quilt proves that sometimes we are at our most creative when we have limited resources. When I started these project I knew there was enough fabric for 2 quilts but it was an assortment of fabrics. I didn't know if I'd have enough to do what I wanted. I made the QOV top first and then had a look at the leftovers and came up with this.
Veteran's Quilt
48 x 60
48 x 60
This one started with the 3 orphan blocks. The turquoise frames and the stripe frame are made from only what was left. The red and blue were the remains of a length of Patriot gradient. I really love this quilt and enjoyed the process of making everything work together.
Because it was exhibited at the Montpelier Center for a month I spent a little more time quilting it. I started with SID. I know that a lot of people don't like SID but I feel like it's really necessary.
In the side panels I did streamers of stars. Some swirls and ribbons in the 2 borders.
The 3 blocks have nothing in common except for the fabrics used to make them. They were samples that I made that I never intended to be together in 1 quilt. I needed a way to tie them together. I used continuous curve techniques for the quilting and put the ribbon curl in the corners of every block to tie them all together.
Because it was exhibited at the Montpelier Center for a month I spent a little more time quilting it. I started with SID. I know that a lot of people don't like SID but I feel like it's really necessary.
In the side panels I did streamers of stars. Some swirls and ribbons in the 2 borders.
The 3 blocks have nothing in common except for the fabrics used to make them. They were samples that I made that I never intended to be together in 1 quilt. I needed a way to tie them together. I used continuous curve techniques for the quilting and put the ribbon curl in the corners of every block to tie them all together.
