Showing posts with label snowball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowball. Show all posts

Thursday, February 14, 2013

The two year finish(:

 I know that you all thought that I had finished this in 2010 when I posted the top...but oh, no...you would have been wrong.  I finished it today....Our quilt show is coming up..they were short on quilts so in this one goes.  The quilt is tied and big stitched and of not sufficient stitching quality for a quilt show...However, I do love this quilt and feel like sharing it anyway.  I am glad that the upcoming show gave me the push that I needed to finally be done with it.  Looking forward to a cuddle with it in front of the fireplace after the show on March 9.
The back used the secondary HST's from the snowball corners!!  Yup frugal even before Lent:)

I visited my mother today.  I told her about my Lent commitment...no more buying of new fabric.  She said...Oh, my Dear, that sounds sooo religious..!! 

 That mother of mine was resting in bed eating the rest of her lunch at 4 pm.  She had gone on the wheelchair bus to a fancy restaurant where she had ordered Eggs Benedict, Creme Brulee and a glass of French wine.  I was a bit taken back at this telling of the story.  But, she soon added that the French wine was not good and her caregiver said that she could send it back and not pay for it...TBTG.....Oh, Mother!!!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

"Grandma and Me", snowball quilt finished

Finally, my snowball is finished.  It has mostly reproduction 30's fabric with a few funky fabrics thrown in for good measure.  It has Grandma's original doilies from that era, napkins from her canasta games and tea towels.  Grandma Edith Karlson Franzen, 1896 to 1996, clear minded and sewing to the end.  I love you Grandma.

 The airplane block is a piece I bought in Japan 25 years ago.  I love the backing fabric.
 A piece of a canasta napkin.
 The doilies in the border.
 A piece from a pillow, "Good Night" in Swedish.
 Her initials she embroidered on a tea towel.
Process!  I put the blue painter's tape on the quilt to mark the lattice quilting.  This quilt was machine quilted at my retreat.  I tacked down the binding by hand when I got home.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Moonlit Path



This quilt was started in a class at Mardelle Smith's Beach Party one year. I was working on snowballs and loving using the blues and peaches from my stash. Patti Cline saw the star potential!!