Just a little over a month ago, I was working on finishing the projects that I had committed to show in my quilt guild's biennial Stitches in Time Quilt Show. In February I wrote about my quest to work on my UFOs. You can read about it here:
http://studioemmy.blogspot.com/2016/03/about-those-ufos.html
Determined to make a dent in them, I set out to work on one of my oldest quilt tops. It was a pink and red Jacob's Ladder pattern, which is an old quilt design that has been around for years. I started making it about 20 years ago. Over the years, at different times, I pulled it off the shelf and made blocks, and eventually had enough blocks made to sew them into rows. So, when I pulled it out this spring, I needed to sew the rows together and then add a couple borders. Having decided that I would use only fabrics from my stash of the original pinks and reds I had used in the blocks, I auditioned several different ones for the inner and outer borders. When I found what I liked, I had barely enough to reach around the quilt, but in Tim Gunn fashion , I made it work by adding 4-patch blocks to the corners.
http://studioemmy.blogspot.com/2016/03/about-those-ufos.html
Determined to make a dent in them, I set out to work on one of my oldest quilt tops. It was a pink and red Jacob's Ladder pattern, which is an old quilt design that has been around for years. I started making it about 20 years ago. Over the years, at different times, I pulled it off the shelf and made blocks, and eventually had enough blocks made to sew them into rows. So, when I pulled it out this spring, I needed to sew the rows together and then add a couple borders. Having decided that I would use only fabrics from my stash of the original pinks and reds I had used in the blocks, I auditioned several different ones for the inner and outer borders. When I found what I liked, I had barely enough to reach around the quilt, but in Tim Gunn fashion , I made it work by adding 4-patch blocks to the corners.
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| "Picnic" 64" x 76" Machine Pieced Machine Quilted by Mt. Pleasant Quilting Company |
I named this quilt "Picnic" because it reminded me of a picnic table cloth. This is the first of six quilts I put in the show. I plan to post the other five here on my blog this week.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed reading this post.
And until we meet again, may the Lord hold you in the hollow of His hand.
Emmy
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