Blue Diamonds Lap Quilt, Scrappy

 This is a 48" x 58" lap quilt made from left over 4.5" squares left over from previous projects. The backing is a thrift store sheet, batting is cotton.  The squares are set on point and then framed with 2 borders. The quilt is free motion quilted.

Dusky Grouse Quilt, aka Prairie Chicken. The pattern was designed by Nancy Harcourt of Prairie Queen Pattern Company. It is a "scrappy" quilt made completely from my fabric stash. The backing fabric is good Portuguese flannel sheets purchased from Goodwill. The batting is cotton. I used the Quilt As You Go method to construct the blocks. The quilting is Free Motion Quilting using my Singer 15-91, HQ Sweet Sixteen quilting machine and Elna 7300 Quilting Queen Pro. I relied on Leah Day's book, 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, for quilting inspiration.

This quilt ended up being 120"x108", an extra large queen sized as I added a plain black pillow tuck at the top because I did not want to make 5 more Grouse blocks. It was not a good day for outdoor pictures. And it was difficult to find a place to hang such a large quilt. The arbor in front of the green house was pressed into service.

 
                                         The Quilt Inspector approves of the quilt on the bed.

                                       
                                         Another close up of a quilted block. The quilting design
                                         in the body of the Grouse I designed myself by making
                                         a cardboard template and marking the flannel backing
                                         with a washable marker.                                        

                                          The back of the pillow tuck showing the quilting

Overall this is one of my favorite quilts to complete. The QAYG method was a challenge because it was the first time I had used it and I chose to use cornerstones in the sashings.

Magic Squares quilt top made with Batik fabrics for my son Kurt in March of 2011. It has since been quilted and sent to him. The pattern was designed by Helen Knott.

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.