The Great Pumpkin

Dear Readers,

Here is the second finish... I named it the Great Pumpkin as it made me think of Charlie Brown and the annual Halloween kids movie where he was waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive.  I custom quilted this with a leafy meander in the green area and some straight lined quilting on the pumpkin.  

 Sew on,

Terry

Butterfly In the Sky

 Dear Readers, 

A couple of weeks ago I went on a quilt retreat.  So over the next few days I will be showing some of finishes since I have finished quilting them.  

This first item is a table runner.  I made it because I need to make some Sew Kind of Wonderful examples if I am going to teach the patterns.  A lot of these patterns could be a wall hanging or table runner or you could make more blocks and make a full sized quilt.  

I custom quilted this Item with a different pattern on each butterfly and antennas coming out of the top of each butterfly and straight lines in the other negative space.  

So this is the first of a series of 3 posts on my finishes.  

Sew on,

Terry

Shine Like Stars

 Dear Readers,

This is a year of UFO's.  Finished another Northwind blocks quilt.  Now I have used all of my blocks, as I put the remaining blocks on the back.  

Celeste and her friend Kiwi helped me lay out these blocks.  I really like how it came out.  

And of course we need a photo of the back and the label.  I love a pieced back!

Sew on,

Terry

Bethlehem

 Dear Readers,

I had another finish this week.  This is the smallest version of a nativity quilt from Sew Kind of Wonderful.  It is about 42 X 40.  I found the custom quilting to be very challenging as the pieces are so small.  But I got it done.  

The quilting rulers made by Sew Kind of Wonderful made the quilting easier than the ones, I did without them.  Se here are close ups of each of the elements.  

And of course we need a photo of the back and the label.   

Sew on,

Terry

Darkest Night, Brightest Day

 Dear Readers, 

         Eons ago I took a class on the Northwind block from Dorinda Evans.  I used some of those to make a jacket for my daughter and now I have used these for another quilt.  I have enough for one more quilt.  I will do that when I get the next two in line off the long arm.  I donated this to QOV.  It is a little narrow for a QOV, but they can use it for a veteran who is in a wheelchair.   To see the actual requirements of a quilts of valor go to the website and before you make your quilt for them, you check the preferred sizes. 

 Sew on,

Terry

Hello Spring

 Dear Readers,

About 2 years ago I bought the program to become a certified Sew Kind of Wonderful instructor, and then let it sit untouched for a long time.  You needed to make a quilt using 4 of the rulers from Sew Kind of Wonderful.  

I don't know why I was worried about this.  But I put it off for a while, then when I finally made it, it wasn't a big deal and it went together so easily.  So after you do the quilt, you need to fill out a one page questionnaire and shoot a video showing you make one block.  I did the video and Celeste edited it and cleaned it up for me.  I sent it in a month ago and nothing.  So I resubmitted it last week and yesterday I heard back.  I was approved.  

I am so excited to share these patterns and techniques with my friends.  So here is to new endeavors.  Click here to visit their website.   

Oh, let me include pictures of the back and label too.  

Oh, and check out my listing as an instructor on the SewKind of Wonderful site:

Sew on,

Terry

The First Noel

 Dear Readers,

I finished another one of the Sew Kind of Wonderful nativity quilts.  This is the medium sized quilt, that they offer called Noel and is around 60 inches square.  I really struggled with the color choices in this one as the medium dark blue made most dark colors disappear.  They had to be pretty saturated to work.  It was fun too, so you need to try them if you get a chance.  

Here is how I quilted each element.  

And of course you need to see the back and the label.  I love the nativity fabric I found for this one.  

Sew on,

Terry