I finished the quilt tops (yes, two identical quilt tops). Yipee!
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| one of the quilt tops |
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| see, there really are two quilt tops |
I've been marathon sewing, trying to get these done, so that I can get them to the long arm quilter.
I changed my mind on the backing fabric, so, I've already headed to my local quilt shop ( I love Sewing, Etc, in Yorkville, IL). I'm pre-washing the backing fabric as I type this.
I almost forgot to add the thimbles to this quilt. Thimbles are 'kisses' in Peter Pan (if you don't remember, you'll just have to watch the movie again). I didn't make the thimbles until Thursday, and finished appliqueing them on Friday morning. I also finished the embroidery on the 2nd Peter Pan block on Friday.
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| thimbles |
I loved making the crocodile. I got the pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts. I used her method of making the flying geese, so, since I'd used a directional fabric for the crocodile's spikes, one crocodile had them going up/down, and the other crocodile has them going side to side. That is the only difference between the quilts.
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| Crocodile Rock pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts |
I fussy cut Tinkerbells, from some of my Tinkerbell stash (I had more Tinkerbell fabric than I thought I did, thank goodness). Those Tinkerbell's are the cornerstones in the center of the quilt.
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| showing Tinkerbell cornerstones |
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| more Tinkerbell cornerstones |
Every stitch on this quilt, that isn't done by hand, has been stitched on a hand crank sewing machine. I started the paper pieced blocks (Tiger Lily and Wendy) on 'Tinkerbell', my 1925 Singer 99 (3/4 size) hand crank, and finished the rest of the piecing on my 1927 Singer 15 hand crank.
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| stitching the last seams on 1937 Singer 15 hand crank |
I've been so busy trying to finish these quilt tops, that I haven't had time to show any of the great quilting packages I've received the past few weeks.
First, I won a lovely fabric postcard from Beth, at
I Have a Notion.
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| post card from Beth |
Then Jeanette, over at
Inch Worm fabrics, sent me this great batik fabric bundle, from her giveaway.
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| batiks from Jeanette |
Next, Tricia from
Quilt With a View, told me that I'd won 2 of her Rose Card patterns.
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| from Tricia |
Lastly, I received my exchange blocks from my latest Treadle On block exchange. Here are my 4 different sets of blocks (sorry, my design board was full of Peter Pan blocks, so, I don't have a picture of them spread out).
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| 4 sets of blocks |
Here are the blocks that I made for this exchange. They all have to be made on a treadle or a hand crank. I used the hand crank shown above. All blocks are 'signed' before mailing. These are some of my 'extra' blocks.
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| blocks I made for the Treadle On exchange |
All in all, it's been pretty nice around here lately. Of course, I haven't made my project for my quilt guild exchange (due Monday night). I'd better get started on that one pretty quick. I'm going to use my modern Janome for that project. I think it is feeling a bit neglected lately.
