Fun at the Fair

I placed four items in the Quilted items section of

the local Fall Fair.  Four items took four prizes.  It was a lot of 

fun to see the wonderful things at the Fair. I was sadden to see how poor participation was, especially so of  the school age categories.

Possibly because it rained, seriously rained, the fair was well attended.

These are the four items I placed. 

First is a (large) Panel, called Dahlia Dazzle, this was micro quilted.

It is mostly freehand, there are several computer generated butterflies and several C-generated small circle medallions. It has a

previously loved cotton sheet as batt.

 

This one is called Whiskers and is machine appliqued and 

Trapuntoed.

This is a small panel suitable for a child, trapuntoed and free motioned quilted.

A Christmas cushion from a pack of

2 1/2" charm squares.

Sew that was our September 2024 Fall Fair.

 

Woodland Creatures Quilt

I found this Woodland Creature Panel. .

I do not remember how long it has been hanging about.  It is now a quilt.

I put extra batting in the creatures bodies and quilted

close to the bodies creating a bit

of a trapunto style out line.

And a bright strippy binding to a pine cone backing.

It turned out quite lovely.

Gudrun

 

Owls in the Bed Room

     I spent a lovely couple of mornings making Owl panels into pillow covers.  They fit an average size bed pillow.
Around here we have numerous pillows that are no longer in circulation so this was a nice revival for them, well, two of them. The other two covers will reside in my gift bin.
      I used decorative stitches on the edges of the openings, and made them with enclosed seams. Because I can and because I am learning about decorative stitches and stabalizers. I used well aged office paper, a little heavier than  printer paper.  Remember typewriters? The paper tore away readily, and was readily available two important reasons for using it and not buying another product to do the job.

Happy Saturday,
Gudrun