Dresden Update

I finished the quilt this afternoon!! I decided on the butter yellow for the binding. I rounded the corners and it turned out beautifully!

Next!....

The Quilt Lady
~Deb~

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Butterfly Quilt

I made this for my middle daughter, since she was going through a tough teenage life, I thought bright colors may cheer her up.

I saw this miniture version in a magazine and didn't want hers to be that small! So I made my own version of the quilt. I don't know about anyone else, but there is something about butterflies and flowers that really brings light to my life!

Since then I have made more changes to this quilt and added a different border. I will be posting it in a later blog here.

This quilt, since it was appliqued was easy to take anywhere I went, including to Branson!!! Yes, I took it on our week at the timeshare!

Can you tell how much I love to quilt?! It brings out my creative side.

Deb

The Quilt Lady

Nine Patch Snowball Quilt

I saw this quilt in a magazine and since there was no pattern to be found, I drafted my own pattern.

I made this for my oldest daughter. In the "snowball", in the cream fabric I did a "dogwood". I was real happy with how it turned out

Most of my quilts are machine pieced and handquilted. Some are all handpieced and quilted. I don't like thimbles and my fingers are proof of that fact. In fact they were bleeding last night, because I was pushing myself to complete the Dresden quilt. No worry, because they are all healed this morning!

Deb

Dresden Plate Update

The top has been finished; handquilting is complete!
I took it off the frame this morning and did an inspection of the quilting.
Today, I will trim the edges to prepare for the binding. The decision is what I will use for the binding, sew one edge with the machine and finish with basting the other side.

Next will be deciding the next quit to go on the frame and marking it for handquilting!

Deb

Star Baby Quilt

When my oldest daughter was expecting her first child, I found this pattern in a quilt magazine. You are unable to view the back, but it is done in a fabric that has butterflies and flowers. That was 4 years ago!

Trip Around The World

Some years back I purchased a quilt in Branson at a quilt store down by the trout farm in a log cabin. It is falling apart and well worn, and I loved the darn thing. So I decided to make one myself one to replace the one I bought.I tried my best to match the fabrics in the one I bought and this was the best I could do.

Vintage Stars

This is a quilt from a pattern I bought in a Metamora Quilt Shop. The center was going great and I was careful to follow the directions, but, something went wrong...I was constantly taking it apart and creating new pieces. I finally gave up and skipped doing one of the borders, just so I could finish that darn quilt!I must have done something wrong. Oh well, not every quilt comes together as it should.

I do have to say one thing, during this quilt I was taught many techniques which I needed to learn for future quilting, so all was not lost! In the end, it didn't turn out too bad, and hopefully I can "quilt out" some of the other things that turned up during the quilting process.

Deb