Serving Plates

 Dear Readers,

This year I am on the program committee for the Jackson Quilters.  So this month we were doing the history of quilt blocks and I was going to do the Irish Chain.  About 3 weeks before the meeting, Linda, also on the committee, texted and said she wasn't going to make it as her family was coming into town and would only be there a day and she could not make it.  She was going to do the Dresden Plate.  So I said I would do hers and thought, oh my I don't have a Dresden plate quilt.  

I knew I had a stack of 8 Dresden Plates that were done by some quilter that Lauren had picked up and asked me if I wanted them, and I said yes!  So I was trying to come up with a layout for eight blocks and decided I would put each one on a different neutral and offset the center row so that it would be big enough but it would be square, so I added a 2.5 in strip on top and bottom and made the top and bottom borders a bit wider so it would be rectangular and a bit more usable for a throw.   

The backing was some fabric I bought on a whim from the sale table at Delta Threadz in Cleveland, MS.  It turned out to be just exactly the amount I needed.  I quilted it with a modern take on the Baptist Fan and bound it with some binding I had made for a different quilt, but decided it did not look good with that quilt after all.  It was a bit off with the backing but it was great with the front.  

Sew on,

Terry

Handiwork and Refuge

 Dear Readers,

I have still been quilting, but I have neglected my blog.  I have finished two quilts I haven't blogged about.  This will be about both of these, as these two are not super creative.  I used the Kimberly blocks that I used to make the quilt for Julie at Christmas time.  The pattern is in the Stripology Mixology 3 book.  I had made too many for that quilt, as I decided that they needed sashing.  So I ordered more of the sashing fabric and made two quilts.  The first one I finished is called Handiwork and is for Rochelle Armstrongs new granddaughter.  Her mom is an artist and I thought she would enjoy the Tula Pink fabrics as Tula is a wonderful illustrator.  

Saw this fabric on sale at Main Street Fabrics in Ackerman so I picked it up for the back.

And the label....

The second quilt, I donated to Jackson Quilters for their charity quilt drive.  I used the last of the leftover blocks.  Will and I named it Refuge as it will go to the Claire Batson Children's hospital.  

I used a lot of scraps to make this back the lady bugs were trimmed off a wide back and the narrow strips were left over from the pineapple quilt.  The solid I have had forever so it need to be used too.  

and the label for this quilt.

Both have been given away!

Sew on,

Terry