On the last post, Tina W. asked to see my blue ribbon quilts from the Western Michigan Fair, so here they are:
Section: Bed-Sized Quilts
Class: "Any Other"
I entered it in this class because it was a combination of classes (appliqued, and hand embroidered) The blocks are 16 inches square and there are 20 of them. The pieces are appliqued down with edges turned under, and then also buttonhole stitched around the edge because I liked the look of buttonhole stitching, but didn't want any frayed edges later anywhere. The long arm machine quilter was Joyce Brenner of Manistee.
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| 16 INCHES BY 16 INCHES |
Picture of the whole quilt, which is 68" by 85".
The Day Lily quilt was the winner of the building - "Best of Fine Arts". They liked all the hand embroidery work on it.
Section: Bed-Sized Quilts
Class: Machine Quilted
The other large quilt entered was my Flag House Quilt, named God Bless America. This is the first quilt I ever finished, and I learned a lot while making it. It's a Fons and Porter pattern.
The quilt measures 79" by 84". I had fun selecting fabrics for the blocks. Here's a close-up of a block where there are fireworks in the sky, and a door with a flag and a "doorknob" on it. I machine pieced and quilted it on my home sewing machine, and hand quilted stars in the cornerstones. The binding is fabric with the pledge of allegiance on it. Lots of details because at the time, I didn't know if I would be a quilter or not, and thought - this may be my only quilt, so let's pull out all the stops!
This patriotic quilt won the "Best of Sewn Goods" category.
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| 7 INCH BY 8 INCH BLOCK |
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| GOD BLESS AMERICA |
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| THE EDGE WITH THE PLEDGE |
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| QUILT LABEL FOR GOD BLESS AMERICA |
Class: Wall Hangings
This little wall hanging is 12.25" by 12.25" and the hsts are 1" square.
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| CHRISTMAS WALL HANGING |
Class: Any Other
I didn't see any other place where a doll quilt would be entered, so I entered it under baby quilts. The bear claw blocks are paper pieced and are 2" by 2". The little hsts are about 5/8" square.
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| AUTUMN LEAF DOLL QUILT |
Class: Hand Embroidered
This was on the blog earlier and is 29.5 " by 35.5 ", with squares around the edge that are 1.5 inch square. I hand embroidered it with red pearl cotton thread, machine pieced and machine quilted it.
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| CHILDREN'S PARADE BABY QUILT Today is Design Wall Monday, so I'm signing off, and going over to Judy Laquidara's blog to see what other quilters are doing today. (Here) |
