Lots of Friday quilty fun was going on at The Golden Gese Quilt Shop at 22 Liberty Street in Concord, New Hampshire.
Maureen, seen below, was sewing large pieces of a Red, White, & Blue themed fabric together for her backing.
Also, Maureen had made some stunning embroidered panels to go into Darlene's memorial quilt.
They are just lovely.
Sue, below, was making great pillowcases for Christmas presents. I have a tutorial page on these if you need it.
Claire, below, had finished her Summer In The Park top that is all done in 1930's reproduction fabrics.
Here's a peek at the fabrics closer up.
Soft and happy-looking!
Claire's daughter, Lil' Claire, seen below, also had a fun finish based on these antique trucks. What a clever setting for these printed panels. Love those perky pinwheels!
She also has been working on an adorable penguin quilt top.
This block, below, has its eyes all finished with machine embroidery in black thread. So cute!
But I confess that the quilt that was so impressive was one that Marianne had rescued from a local antique shop, all HAND QUILTED!
It has beautiful Courthouse Steps blocks with an appliqued star in each center and is full sized.
Although it's hard to date things exactly, we figure that this was made in the late 1970's or early 1980's. It has a plain muslin backing and it's all cotton. It might even have been made to celebrate 1976, the year of our country's bicentennial.
We all died when we heard that Marianne had paid $18.00 total for it!! Wow! Great rescue!
Back at home, I had worked on preparing and cutting my binding for my Summer Poppies quilt. Here you see it spread out after quilting and ready to trim.
I used my new kneeling pillow and got it all neatly trimmed up as you can see in the next picture below.
This quilt is 85" by 85" and I just love it!
I know, it's not Civil War era reproductions like I always love, but it is so happy and bright!
When I was home, I worked along on my Starstruck units and got another ten done, with a pinwheel block on the side done, too.
But thanks to Stacey's gift of those 20+ Split 9-Patch blocks, I'm itchin' to be stitchin' on those blocks! They are such fun to see going together.
My goal is to do a couple of the Split 9-Patches a day but to stay current with the Starstruck production, too. We'll see, and that's final!
Lastly, although I don't have it sewn onto the quilt yet, I was able to finish preparing the binding, all starched, pressed in half, and ready to go.
And a HUGE "THANK YOU" is going out to Matthew, for swinging by here on his way home from work to remove the two window unit Air Conditioners!
Now my Christmas Cacti are back where they belong!!! Whoohoo! They've spent the whole summer in a shady area of the deck outdoors, but now that frost is threatening to arrive, so I'm glad that they are safe indoors again.
Linking up to Oh Scrap! Link.
Linking up to Love Laugh Quilt. Link.
Linking up to Em's Scrapbag. Link.
Happy sewing!
Maureen, seen below, was sewing large pieces of a Red, White, & Blue themed fabric together for her backing.
Also, Maureen had made some stunning embroidered panels to go into Darlene's memorial quilt.
They are just lovely.
Sue, below, was making great pillowcases for Christmas presents. I have a tutorial page on these if you need it.
Claire, below, had finished her Summer In The Park top that is all done in 1930's reproduction fabrics.
Here's a peek at the fabrics closer up.
Soft and happy-looking!
Claire's daughter, Lil' Claire, seen below, also had a fun finish based on these antique trucks. What a clever setting for these printed panels. Love those perky pinwheels!
She also has been working on an adorable penguin quilt top.
This block, below, has its eyes all finished with machine embroidery in black thread. So cute!
But I confess that the quilt that was so impressive was one that Marianne had rescued from a local antique shop, all HAND QUILTED!
It has beautiful Courthouse Steps blocks with an appliqued star in each center and is full sized.
Although it's hard to date things exactly, we figure that this was made in the late 1970's or early 1980's. It has a plain muslin backing and it's all cotton. It might even have been made to celebrate 1976, the year of our country's bicentennial.
We all died when we heard that Marianne had paid $18.00 total for it!! Wow! Great rescue!
Back at home, I had worked on preparing and cutting my binding for my Summer Poppies quilt. Here you see it spread out after quilting and ready to trim.
I used my new kneeling pillow and got it all neatly trimmed up as you can see in the next picture below.
I know, it's not Civil War era reproductions like I always love, but it is so happy and bright!
When I was home, I worked along on my Starstruck units and got another ten done, with a pinwheel block on the side done, too.
But thanks to Stacey's gift of those 20+ Split 9-Patch blocks, I'm itchin' to be stitchin' on those blocks! They are such fun to see going together.
My goal is to do a couple of the Split 9-Patches a day but to stay current with the Starstruck production, too. We'll see, and that's final!
Lastly, although I don't have it sewn onto the quilt yet, I was able to finish preparing the binding, all starched, pressed in half, and ready to go.
And a HUGE "THANK YOU" is going out to Matthew, for swinging by here on his way home from work to remove the two window unit Air Conditioners!
Now my Christmas Cacti are back where they belong!!! Whoohoo! They've spent the whole summer in a shady area of the deck outdoors, but now that frost is threatening to arrive, so I'm glad that they are safe indoors again.
Linking up to Oh Scrap! Link.
Linking up to Love Laugh Quilt. Link.
Linking up to Em's Scrapbag. Link.
Happy sewing!
