Please vote for Garfield and Stars and Stripes Allover

Voting is open now for the Quilting Gallery's Weekly Themed Quilt Contest please vote!!

Check out my post at Garfield and Stars and Stripes Allover.

Darlene's Quilt Show Day 1

Last Friday I had my friend Leita over for lunch and to show her the quilts I have worked on in the last 3.5 years since I started quilting again.  I'm going to have a number of posts that tell the story behind the 20 quilts that I have had longarmed and the quilt tops that are waiting to be quilted.  

Leita helped me to get started quilting 20 years ago by opening The Country Hutch on Main Street in Geneva, Ohio.  I was working 4 - 10 hour days at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant at the time, so I was able to join the Lake Shore Quilters which met at the Country Hutch on Mondays.  

I was one of the younger members, so it was a great learning experience.  The quilts and projects that those ladies made and are still making really impressed me.

One of the quilts that I have worked is the Friendship Block quilt that these ladies helped me make.  The setting I choose ended up making the quilt 108" by 108".  It will take a while for me to get the binding done on this one!

Doris and Norma were nice enough hold up the quilt top so I could get a picture.  I'm glad I have this picture because Doris passed away this summer.

After I picked up the quilt from Jennifer McCann, another friend named Doris let me spread it out on her King size bed.  I'm going to need a big wall to display this one when it's done!!!

I hope you will enjoy reading about the quilts in Darlene's Quilt Show!!

Quilitng Gallery's Weekly Themed Quilt Contest - Pets

I just entered a quilt at Quilting Gallery's Weekly Themed Quilt Contest . Voting starts Friday November 12th and runs through Sunday November 14th. Please vote for the quilt below.  This Garfield posing in front of my Stars and Strips Allover quilt.

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2010

This is the second time I have entered Amy's Creative Side Bloggers Quilt Festival.

I haved decided to submit the first quilt I designed in EQ7 back in June. It took me about 4 hours and I only had to contact technical support once.  I had used a different quilt design software before, but decided to purchase EQ7.  My quilt "Stars and Stripes Allover" is inspired by a quilt called Stars Galore by Sally Murray which is published in the Quilts on American Barns book by Eleanor Burns.  This is also the first patriotic quilt I have made.

To piece this quilt I used three of the Quilt in A Day Flying Geese rulers.  This was the first time I had used them.  I enjoyed working with them and liked the outcome.

 

I really loved the fabric I selected for this quilt.  I see another quilt using these fabrics in the future.

I had never made a ribbon border before.  I found directions on the web and used those to complete the border.

If you have read my blog before, you have met Garfield and Nermal.  They like having their picture taken with my quilts.

Garfield posed really nice for this picture.

 I have finished the quilt and it is at Jennifer McCann's being quilted.  I was pressed for time and didn't get to take a final picture with the white and ribbon border attached.

I can't wait to see what the quilt looks like quilted.  I have to decide if the binding will be the Red or Blue paisley fabric.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about this quilt and will visit my blog to check out my other quilt projects.