Big Quilts

Quilts are getting larger. Perhaps it is the pillow top mattresses, whatever the cause I just finished quilting
a 115 X 97 in. panel quilt. Client said to do as I liked but to keep it in the basic panto budget. I was unable to come up with a pantograph that I thought  would do the panels justice.  So the end result was more custom quilting...SID (stitch in the ditch) using the panel frames. I made templates of two different eagles and added those with an open meander in the open spaces.  It took a long time :)) Not in the basic panto budget but that's my problem.

Back showing the outline of one of the eagle silhouettes.

This quilt measures 100X100 inches.  It was a kit, I purchased in 2006 while visiting my Mom and Dad.

I will never purchase a full quilt kit again...I have no idea what I was thinking. I hope I can sell this one.
The purchaser will need a fondness for green.

Preferably, a fondness for Bright green!  I had to use the flash for the  quilting close up, making an
incredible difference in the pictures.  However,
it's still green.
Happy quilting
gudrun

Scrap Happy

Yesterday, I  mailed a quilt to my Mom's friend Alex. This gentleman is truly
 a gentleman, he treats my Mom with respect and kindness and jumps
to assist in any way he can.  I recently took on the maintenance of her home.
She does not care to move but does want to deal with all the problems
associated with homeownership.  In a nutshell, I am the new landlady,
 she calls me with problems.  So far all is fine, I am about 4000 kilometers
 away but hey that is just a detail.
Gentlemen are disgusted when you offer payment for work, and I am
talking plumbing...a necessary.  So I made him a quilt as I noticed

he has a threadbare old blanket on his lazy boy. Since I know him to be one of the original
recyclers, I know he will appreciate that this only cost me the postage to send it.
Sew....  made from scraps, quilted with random spirals and circles.

Backed with a flannel back(note to self            directional patterns are not a lot of fun on the back)

from LQS where I had a coupon.  And a pieced wool batt.

Once again the pictures don't do it justice even if I say so myself :))    I hope he likes it.
gudrun

Post Office Quilt

This quilt is called "Post Office" I am guessing that the blocks
represent mailboxes and stamps.  This is the second one of these
I have had the pleasure of quilting, the first piecer said it reminded her
of tissue boxes. Both quilts were made from batiks, too busy to see

much of the quilting except of course on the back.  This was quilted using a medium
browns variegated thread and an oak leaf panto,  the thread looks very light here
 but that is just the effect of a bright sunny day and an unskilled photographer.

Two post in one day what's with that eh?
gudrun

New York Beauty

It never fails to amaze me how many days slip by between blogs.
I am sure you've all heard that line before. (smile)
I have quilted three of this style "New York Beauty" quilts,
where the points are created by folding the fabric.  Because of
this construct method the points do not lie flat and

care has to be taken quilting around them.  It was a windy day which
should explain this strange picture of the entire quilt.

Happy Monday!
gudrun

Was it a Vacation?

I have been visiting with my mother, in northwest B. C. for the past couple of weeks, which is (mostly) why the blog has been quiet.
 The last two years my mom has been struggling with the loss of her husband and the maintenance of her home.  This past visit she acknowledged what she does and doesn't want, to make a long story short, I am now her property manager.  The past two weeks were spent

working on her back yard.  The edges and  the 'wayback' have been sadly neglected for a long time. Also my father was a 'saver' he brought back as much from the dump as he took to it. :))

His daughter sends her apologizes for getting rid of the collections, but she has absolutely no idea what to do with them...happily she found others that did have uses for some treasures, the rest went to the landfill.
The before and after pictures tell the story. What several able bodied people with shovels and rakes could do in a few days was done by one able bodied man and his landscaping machines did in a day and half.
Sort of like hand quilting and machine quilting eh!
Even though it is early to be planting I threw in a wack of grass, clover and wild flower seeds...it will be what it will be.  I am positive it will be a lot better then what was there. Devil clubs are not a good landscaping choice.  The next project is the new water line for township water (which came to the street last fall)....wahoo no more pump/well and water pressure issues.
Happy hump day folks!
gudrun