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Stitching & Crafting Room: Some quilt tops I made |
sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:21:25 PM
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Here are a few flapping in the breeze
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:23:40 PM
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I do these "mystery quilts" at my friend's quilt shop every other month. We pick fabrics that represent different countries and we make blocks without knowing what they will look like until we are done. Then we don't know how the entire quilt will look until we leave the class. It's always fun. This one is Mexico. The little one is from a swap from MJF!
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:24:51 PM
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This is my version of Grandmother's flower garden. I did not do this in a class though.
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:25:54 PM
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France! I love FRANCE!! I went there a few years back and want to go again! Ooohh la la!
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:27:19 PM
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Love the quilts on the line, I have 16 quilt tops done just waiting for me to get backings and quilting. Some day.... They are beautiful, great job.
Enjoying the moments. |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:27:44 PM
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China! Have never been there, but want to. Oh, those are two of my "girls" on the previous post. Millie is the Yellow and Penny (we call her Penny the Punisher!) is the black one! She is a good girl, but her energy level is amazing sometimes!
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:29:01 PM
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Sweden. I am Swedish and Polish. And no, I do not make Swedish meatballs for dinner! :)
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:30:36 PM
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Thanks Carol Sue! I love to make tops! Quilting them...?? Not so much. I machine quilt, but I would rather make the tops and that's good enough until I need to give one away, then I will quilt the one they want. |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:35:15 PM
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HOly smokes...you are a quilt top machine...jeez...they all look so great!! I just love them and all the color!!! Love the little topper you made out our swap squares!! I am so glad you figured out how to post pics!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! Keep sewing and posting pics for us...jess |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:39:56 PM
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I am getting carried away with this camera though! I have so many quilt tops in my attic it is not funny! :) These are my most recent ones though. Thanks for looking at them. Glad you liked the colors. I love color. Especially in the winter when everything is all gray and white an brown, working on colorful quilts makes my eyes and brain happy. |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 2:47:05 PM
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I plan to quilt them eventually I think. This is a good collection for when my kids marry, have kids, etc. then I am ready! LOL Otherwise, someday when I am dead and my poor kids have to clean out my house, they will curse me and know where all the money for their inheritance went. |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 3:43:45 PM
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ha! |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9438 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9438 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 5:47:02 PM
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Sheryl-lyn, So beautiful! I just love the log cabin and the grandmothers flower garden. They are all beautiful though. They will make great gifts to pass down when you get them quilted. My mil has done a quilt for each of her children and most of her grandchildren. She now has two great grand children but lots of time yet to do some more.
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
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Cindy Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Cindy
Sparks
Nevada
USA
510 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 5:51:11 PM
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Sheryl-lyn, Nothing says we actually have to FINISH a quilt! I like to think that there will be someone in the future that will LOVE to complete some of my quilt tops!
If life gives you scraps, make quilts! |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2007 : 6:14:31 PM
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I'll go along with that thought Cindy Lee!
Denise: I still have to put the border on the log cabin, and the grandmother's flower garden is one I have wanted to make forever, so I will finish that one and keep it. I did not want to do a million of the flowers though and attach them all. Wanted each one to stand on its own.
Sunshine: The black and white one was a color choice I thought would be interesting since I never go that bold and I really like it too. Even my husband likes that one and he thought he wouldn't. |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 12:02:49 PM
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Great looking tops and love the Labs too. My yellow girl, Babe, is getting old and crippled and I love her so much. Always wanted a Lab and she's my first. Ronna |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl
919 Posts
Cheryl
Magalia
CA
USA
919 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 1:37:31 PM
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They are beautiful! I really like Grandmothers Garden & I love France. I enjoy making the tops but I have not mastered the quilting part just yet.
Cheryl :) |
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Kati
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Kati
North Pole
AK
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 3:04:19 PM
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Those are beautiful!!! I love the blue & yellow Log Cabin quilt-top!!! What georgeous work you do!!! |
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
922 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 3:13:50 PM
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Just beautiful! How long does it make you to make one?? I also love your models! Your pups are sure sweet!
-- May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. http://luzy.etsy.com- My etsy store! |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 5:46:16 PM
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Thanks for the good thoughts and words, you are such good friends!! A quilt top can take me anywhere from a few days to a few months depending on what's going on in my life or how many other projects I have tackled! Often I have a bunch going at one time, so when I get bored with one, I just move on. I have another dog who is REALLY old (Chubby) and she will be in the next pictures since she is my little follower who cannot stand for me to be out of her sight. She was next to me during the other pictures and since I fear this is her last summer on this earth with us :( I will show her off with her bad haircut that I gave her a few weeks ago. |
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 8:27:07 PM
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Oh .. My .. God...
How Gorgeous..
You know..
I REALLY Used to ADORE you!!
I REALLY Can't stand you now!!!!
Um.. You know.. I think there should be a rule as to just how much talent one person should be allowed to have!!!
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
Edited by - Kathie on Jul 14 2007 8:29:36 PM |
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Corinnelouise
True Blue Farmgirl
957 Posts
Corinne
France
957 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 8:37:35 PM
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Sheryl-lyn your quilt tops are gorgeous. thanks for sharing them with us. i do admire all the wrk that went into each of them, they are truly an ispiration. And the one you made from the quilt block swap is lovely. This might push me to enter a swap one time. Corinne |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Carrie
Canada
1682 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 11:22:59 PM
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Very nice and yes one day you will make them into quilts you are a true quilter. Sew many projects so little time. You go girl!! |
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