Sunday, June 19, 2011

Quilt Top New Definition

For anyone who has ever googled "Quilt Top" and produced guitars, you may know there is something unique about the term. I decided early on in the year that I needed to make a Guitar Quilt for our wildly successful choir director at Stanwood High. Since I adore www.RobbiEcklow.com I used her pattern.

Let's Play!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

David's Wedding

 Howard's good friend invited him to be his best man at his wedding. We enjoyed the afternoon in Seattle with many of Howard's friends and some great music.








Monday, June 6, 2011

Remember Stack 'n Whack?

Bethany Reynolds' Stack 'n Whack book was first published when I was a beginner quilter. I ran to Fabricland and picked up the cheapest cotton I could buy. This had beans of all shapes and sizes and was $1.67/yard. I couldn't imagine a more hideous fabric!



I think I made 2 or 3 of these before running out of fabric. Stack 'n Whack only uses half of the lengthwise fabric. One of my friends loved it so much, I made her one. This one ended up in the Quilt Shop Magazine a few years ago!



One Block Wonder is a type of Stack 'n Whack. I used this fabric and cut out matching triangles to create kaleidoscope blocks.  

Measuring the fabric repeat is the same. It's important to have a sharp blade so you can cut through 6 or 8 layers at once.


For fun I bought Sara Nephew's book and added a few hollow blocks since they are based on 6 diamonds. With the blocks all together without sashing, it can be overwhelming visually.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Little Gift Idea

After seeing this cute Baby Jar Pincushion Tutorial on this page I decided to make gifts for all my supportive board. The Camano Island Quilt Guild consists of 150 women and 1 man. It takes a lot of people to create a successful year.

I didn't have enough buttons to fill 15 jars, so I resorted to candy! Then I added a little thank you tag.


I love seeing them all stacked up together!