Thread Thursday

My love affair with Superior Threads continues.

This month I got some new great colors of So Fine! and a new cone of Omni.  I couldn't resist the Omni because it was on sale.  Omni is great for all kinds of sewing and quilting.

I'll be ready for even more great quilting with these!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - a charity quilt

Many months ago I ordered a grab bag (box) of remnants from the Fat Quarter Shop.  In that box was this panel and the fabric I used for the binding.

I finally got around to picking a backing and getting it quilted.  I didn't do anything really fancy, but it is now quilted.  Long arm quilted with Magnifico from Superior Threads.

All it needs now is a label and a home.  This one is destined for Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

Modern Quilting Mania

As you may know, I am a member of the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild.  You may have also noticed that I'm not an overly modern quilter; nor do I identify myself as a traditional quilter.  I like to say that if you need to give me a title, an arbitrary label (that is as unnecessary as any other label that our society places on the humans that reside within our society) I would like you to use quilter.  That's what I am.

At a guild meeting I was the lucky winner of a stack of charm squares in Modern Neutrals by Amy Ellis for Moda Fabrics.  (You can pick up your own charm pack from the Fat Quarter Shop.)  I grabbed some coordinating solids and started working on some improvisation.  I didn't have a plan.  I just started working to see how big I could get the piece with the fabrics I had at hand.  There was much rearranging of blocks before a final layout was determined.  I would even build the blocks to fit where I wanted them.

I pieced the blocks together in to units that were then sewn into the top.  I managed to make it so I only had to sew one partial seam.  If I had planned a little better I wouldn't have had to sew any partial seams.  This isn't the kind of quilt that wants a border, so it didn't get one.

I don't often piece backings to this level.  This is the kind of quilt that sort of asked for this kind of backing.  I embroidered the label into that little 5" charm before sewing it into the backing.

Once I got it loaded onto the frame I needed to pick the right thread.

I ended up using the So Fine from Superior Threads.  This is a great thread for blending work.  I wanted to use the gray, but it just didn't seem like the right answer.  The resulting texture really shows.

I decided to quilt it with this wood grain motif.
I think this gave the quilt just the right amount of movement.

The backing shows the quilting really well in some spots.

I used more strips from the stack of fabrics for the binding.  Scrappy bindings are the best!

This is a pretty modern quilt.  But I'm still just a quilter.

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Charity Quilting: Puppy Love

I know it has been a few days since I last posted.  I've been rather busy.  I've been getting sewing and quilting done when I'm not working but the blogging was set aside for other things.

I finished up the quilting on this fun disappearing nine-patch.  This is a charity quilt made by another member of my local chapter of Quilts for Kids.  

I did a simple meander on this quilt.  This has definitely become my go-to for charity quilts. 

All folded up and ready for the next meeting.  I have a couple more to quilt up before then.

Last month I dropped off all of these.