One more charity quilt and August blocks

16 years ago

Here are the August block of the month blocks - ice cream was made with texture fabric such as minky, etc. They had a choice of making the paper pieced pattern or applique.

And here my latest charity quilt - have another one ready to bind.

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love2sew
16 years ago
Those ice cream cones just make you drool...did you win these...they are great. I absolutely love your charity quilt...I've been wanting to do something with funky houses...yours is just so cute. Great job.
Jean
gerizone5
16 years ago
Ok, those ice cream cones are making me want to go out and get one. Chocolate's my favorite. Yum. Love your charity quilt--don't know if I could give it away.

Geri
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I'm curious about the trapunto. I've heard of it, but never looked into it. But I don't think that's what I'm after here. Nanajayne, I think you are referring to the QAYG technique. Amy, I think your interpretation of what I wrote (or meant!) was more like it. I was wondering how a quilt would look if each block was quilted/appliqued with the sandwich of batting & muslin BEFORE assembling the whole quilt. I've always done it the trad. way. I did not want the QAYG where you have to sandwich in (somehow) some batting in the sashing strips or hand sew anything in the back. I just wanted to quilt the blocks down like they were mini quilts before it turned into a large(er) quilt & hard to maneuver. Figured I could kill 2 birds with this technique & make the finishing quilting simpler by S.I.D. but still have each block "quilted". "I've been working on the Stroll the Block but haven't stitched the pieces down yet. Thought that maybe I could sandwich each square with batting & muslin & then quilt/stitch the applique." What I meant by this was quilting each individual block freemotion, not the tiny pieces by themselves. I guess I shouldn't leave messages so late. LOL Thanks Amy for being able to read between my Zzzz lines. :)
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Rosa, The original yellow & blue is called Striped Stars and is from the book 101 made-to-fit quilts for your home. I kept all of the left over parts in a ziplock back and knew I needed to use them. I had to supplement the yellow with other from my stash to finish it. Kiendu, yes, I am doing the FMQ on my machine. I have a Pfaff 7570. I can't do a large pattern, but to meander is okay. It does take practice and I have take one class. I usually manage to tug all of my quilts - up to queen size - through this machine. I have only sent one quilt out to a long arm quilter. I am working on another one from a "baggie" full of triangles left over but it will probably need to go to a nursing home - the colors don't really look like kids. Sue
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Rebecca, I think your block is cute, and I like the sailboats for windows. When cutting fabric I added about an inch to each of the pieced strips, and it gave me plenty of room to square up (I think my strips were all 14" wide, too). I hate having stuff come out too short! You certainly can make this into something else, or maybe just do sashing squares around your blocks, making this one a little bigger so they all end up the same in the end. --Amy
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sew_self-taught
16 years ago
Hey Allie Â Everyone did a great job on those ice-cream cone blocks. They are too fun. I especially like that everyone used textured fabric, great idea. I LOVE your charity quilt!! Gee, I wonder where you got the inspiration?? Looks just like some streets we know. LOL!

Nina
scraphappy
16 years ago
Love those funky houses! Are those Piece-O'-Cake designs? Those ice cream cones look like fun - Did you teach a class in that?
laurainsdca
16 years ago
Those are great. Love the charity quilt. Those houses are too cute and what great colors.
fran1523
16 years ago
They are both really cute. I love those funky houses and think I'd want to keep it for myself.
crafteedee
16 years ago
The ice cream just looks yummy! And why couldn't I be involved in this BOM??? ;) My DD would drool over that.

The house quilt is very cute. Puts my charity quilts to shame...
allycaz9
Original Author
16 years ago
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond! Time's a flying!
Jean - no, I didn't win, seems I never do! I'm the "Block of the Month" chairman this year for my guild, so it's up to me to pick a block, make a sample and hand out the instructions.
Nina - yeah I know which streets! LOL
Sharon - the pattern is by OCaroldesigns (Carol Morrissey). I picked up the pattern half price at Fabric Depot last year.
Crafteedee - Not all my charity quilts look like this. I do like to use "panels" a lot because they are so quick. I did this one to practice paper piecing!

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