2018 Finishes - TB Frizzle Frazzle - #46

This is a quilt top that I finished all except the borders, back in 2006 or 2007.  My memory gets a little fuzzy about projects, mostly because I didn't start tracking in writing about what I was working on until around 2012 when I started this blog.

This is another yearly program, where you get a kit a month, by Thimbleberries called, "You're Invited", and this kit is for June, 2006.

This quilt is made with flannels and homespun plaids.  The two plaid prints that are the square in a square sewn on top of the flannel square.  I used a zig zag to stitch on these squares leaving the raw edges exposed. All I had to do to finish it this year was to add the borders, find a close matching backing, get it quilted, and get it bound.

I gave this quilt to my husband to use in the mornings during the winter, while the house is warming up.  He drinks coffee and has a bite of breakfast before going to work and wanted something that was warm but not heavy.  This quilt is only the flannel top and a flannel back, with no batting in the middle.  He said it works perfect for him.  It is also long enough for his 6'1" frame, so his feet are covered too!

Here is a close up of the homespun square in a square patches on the flannel blocks.  

This is a close up of the flannel borders used in this quilt, and I used the backing flannel for the binding.

Here is a better picture of the binding of the backing that was used for this quilt.  This is the quilt that I wanted to use #45's quilt top for it's backing, but the #45 quilt was way smaller, and ended up not working as a backing, so that is why I went ahead and made #45 "Campfire".  The backing is by Wool & Needle Flannels by Primative Gatherings, as I had to get a close matching backing, as it is 12 years later that I get this one out to finish.  

My long arm quilter used an all over stipple to do this quilt, and she stippled over the appliquéd square in a square blocks, which will help with the fraying and holding it down better.

Warmest

Size: 68" x 81"

Fabric Lines Used:  Thimbleberries Flannel

Colors:  Red, Green Gold, Brown

Pattern:  Frizzle Frazzle (Lynette"s "You're Invited" 05/06)

Designer:  Lynette Jensen

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Nelson

Year Began: 2006

Year Completed: 2018

2018 Finishes - Campfire - #45

This is a quilt kit from the yearly program that Main Street Cotton Shoppe (no longer open). This program ran during the year 2007.  The program was called Lynette's Favorites, and this kit was for the month of June, 2007.  There were at least two programs that ran that year by this quilt shop, as the shop was Lynette Jensen's home base promoting her many lines of Thimbleberries fabrics.

I have to be honest, I tore into this quilt kit to use the flannel fabric or the completed quilt top for a backing on another flannel quilt kit I finished (See the next blog post for #46).   But, alas, this quilt kit had too little fabric to fit the other quilt, so I ended up going ahead and making this quilt and getting flannel backing for each one.  

The fabrics used in this quilt were all flannels, with the center piece being sorta a panel depicting a winter town scene.  True to Lynette's design, she has a tree block in the bottom row of this quilt.  She uses this design in many of her quilt patterns.

This was a simple and fairly easy quilt to sew together.  It went together fast, with little to no fitting of blocks.  Quality flannel is a dream to sew on, I just don't to chose to buy it or use it on a regular basis.

This is a close up of the winter scene in the middle of the quilt.  

I didn't opt to buy the backing of this program kits, so I had to sorta improvise, and I ended up using a red on red flannel by Maywood Studios.  

Because flannel is warm and heavier than cotton, I did not use any batting, and had it just quilted together.  Feels wonderful in the weight of the quilt.

Finally, this is a close up of the borders, quilting, and binding.

Warmest...

Size: 55" x 76 "

Fabric Lines Used:  Thimbleberries Flannel

Colors:  Red, Green Gold

Pattern:  Campfire (Lynette"s Favorites 06/07)

Designer:  Lynette Jensen

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Nelson

Year Began: 2018

Year Completed: 2018

2018 Finishes - Oregon Trail - #43

This quilt is a block of the month from a local quilt shop, done back in 2007. The quilt shop that did this program did it in two color ways, and I chose the 30's prints.   I have had the blocks done for ten years, and decided to get it done last year.  I had to find some sashing, corner stone stars, and border fabrics before I could get it done.  

I finished the blocks before I started the blog, so you will just have to look at them below.

I used several pastel colors for the sashing, borders, and the corner point stars.  

The backing is similar to pillow ticking used in the 30's, and I felt it fit the quilt to a tee.

Size: 58" x 75"

Fabric Lines Used:  Various 30's Reproduction Prints

Colors:  pink, orange, green, yellow, blue

Pattern: Oregon Trail

Designer:  Grandms's Attic Quilt Shop, Dallas, OR

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Logan Nelson

Year Began: 2007

Year Completed: 05/18 

2018 Finishes - To Grandma's House - #44

Another local quilt shop block of the month program and the color way I chose 30's reproduction prints.   I got the blocks done during the 2011 year of the program, and then laid it on a shelf until this year.

I picked up the finishing fabric for sashing, corner posts, and borders late last year and finished it for the longarmer this spring.

Close up of the blocks.

Close up of the sashing, corner stones, and borders.

I found a really nice pink backing that looks real nice with the prints on the front.

Size: 64" x 77"

Fabric Lines Used:  Various 30's prints

Colors:  Sherbert pale pink, orange, green, yellow, blue

Pattern: To Grandma's House

Designer:  Grandma's Attic, Dallas, Oregon

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Logan Nelson

Year Began: 2011

Year Completed: 07/18 

2018 Finishes - On Ringo Lake - #42

This quilt is another Bonnie Hunter annual mystery quilt.  This is the fourth year that I have participated in her mystery quilt programs.  They are free and happen every year between Thanksgiving and New Year's.

This is the second mystery quilt that I did in fabric lines from Fig Tree Quilts by Moda.  I have quite a collection of her lines, so I was able to have enough to do this mystery quilt again for the 2017 Mystery Quilt.  Progress posts of this quilt can be found here.

Every one of her quilts are quite large, this one is no exception at 75" X 90".  

Close up of the block and quilting.  Notice the binding, I had to use both yellow and backing fabric in order to have enough to do the binding, just like the backing.

I did not have enough of the yellow to do the whole backing, so I included another color (background) as part of the backing.  I sewed it as opposite pieces and this is what it looks like.

Size: 75" x 90"

Fabric Lines Used:  Various Lines from Fig Tree Quilts by Moda

Colors:  pale yellow, red, pink and background

Batting:

Pattern: On Ringo Lake

Designer:  Bonnie Hunter, Quiltville

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Logan Nelson

Year Began: 11/2017

Year Completed: 06/18

2018 Finishes - Medallion Star - #41

Back in 2007, 2008, and 2009, I was participating in block of the months with two local quilt shops.  This is one from the other quilt shop, called Medallion Star.   All the fabric in this quilt is muted fall colored solids, no prints.   I got this started back in 2008, and because I really did not like it, I put it aside, and dug it out to finish this year.  After it was done, I liked it more than I originally thought.   

This one is another square quilt, measuring 67"x67".  It has the medallion in the middle and falling oak leaves circling the star.   I posted a picture of this quilt in a comment line on Facebook where the person was asking for ideas for quilts that looked fall in color and design.  Someone else like it so much, she asked for the pattern.  Since I knew I would not be making it again, I stuck it in the mail for her to enjoy.

Close up of the center pattern.

Border, very subtle.

To bring in some prints in this top, I chose a very pretty floral that has all the colors from the front.

While I was binding this quilt at a trade show, a friend of ours asked if it was for sale.  I told her no, that I don't sell any of my quilts.  As soon as I finished this quilt, I packaged it up and gave it to her the next time I saw her at the trade show.  

Size: 67" x 67"

Fabric Lines Used:  Shadow Play, Various Tone on Tone Solids (Maywood Studios)

Colors:  Fall colors, red, gold, green, bronze, brown

Pattern: Cotton Patch Medallion Star

Designer:  Diane Bowden

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Logan Nelson

Year Began: 2008

Year Completed: 06/18

2018 Finishes - Alphabet Quilt - #40

This was an "extra" project that one could do while doing a block of the month with a local quilt shop.  This is called the Alphabet Quilt.   Inside the cover of the book the following is what this pattern is all about, it reads as follows:

"This book presents the appliqué patterns for the ALPHABET QUILT, by Florence LaGrande, published in the newspapers in 1929 and 1930 under the title of Nancy Page Quilt Club.

These ALPHABET Quilt patterns and the antiques crib quilt top were furnished by Cacilie Daily, owner of MISCELLANY (antique quilts and quilted gifts), Houston, Texas."

Phyllis Adkins Baxter has re-printed and packaged these designs under the "pan designs" label in 1988.

This is my version of the quilt pattern.  I chose 30's reproduction prints for the appliqué pictures, and a solid 30's yellow (Moda Bella Solid) for the sashing.  

The next four pictures are of each quadrant, showing a close up of each block.

This is a close up of the cornerstones and sashing.

I found this wide backing, that was a tone on tone yellow perfect for this quilt.

Size: 52" x 75"

Fabric Lines Used:  Various 30's reproduction prints

Colors:   pale pink, orange, green, yellow, blue, purple

Batting:  Warm & Natural

Pattern: Alphabet Quilt

Designer:  Florence LaGrande

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Logan Nelson

Year Began: 2010

Year Completed: 5/17