Orca Bay Mystery Quilt

Last fall I decided to join Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay Mystery Quilt project.This is my first mystery quilt. It did use of up some of my scrap stash. I was ever so glad when it was finished, soo many little pieces and soo busy. I eliminated the flying geese borders and added solid black and a black print border to make it fit a full sized bed. 

The quilt inspector doing her work.

Summer Bright Quilt

This quilt started out as a test block. The motif fabric was a sheet purchased from my favorite thrift store. I used every scrap of the motif fabric to complete the last block on the bottom left. It is the second quilt free motion quilted on my HQ Sweet Sixteen quilting machine.

Close up of the meander quilting 

The backing is a bright striped sheet from Walmart

Meet the Queen!

This sewing machine was produced sometime about 1900 by the Davis Sewing Machine Company for A.G. Mason.The treadle irons resemble the Davis irons. From what information I can find on the Internet (not much!) the Davis Company was purchased by White Sewing Machine Company. So most references for this sewing machine are for a "White Queen Sewing Machine".

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 Above are the before cleaning pictures. I only used sewing machine oil to clean the machine head as the decals are very fragile. I sprayed the treadle irons with Triflow oil then wiped them down. I then used Hornsby Neutral Furniture Restore on the cabinet. The veneer needs some TLC on the top but that is a future project. 

Here are the pictures after an oil spa bath. I hooked up the old treadle belt that came with her (needs a new one) and all systems are functioning. In the future I may gently apply a light coat of new shellac over the decals to protect them. 

A Rock Concert T-Shirt Quilt

This is a commissioned quilt made by Krista

The quilting design is large and small guitars and was quilted on our HQ Sweet Sixteen. The owner of the quilt chose the colors for the sashing between the blocks.