monte's window

I love a masculine looking quilt.  It's not easy finding quilting fabric that doesn't have flowers or bright girly colors. 

That's why I adore carolyn friedlander's fabrics.  This line is called architextures.  It came out several years ago, and I went on a hunt.  

You will also find some "sphere" by brigitte heitland for Zen Chic.

quilt stats:

55 x 78 (washed)

batting - 80/20% comfort blend by winline

fabric is -  architecture by carolyn friedlander for robert kaufman

                  sphere by brigitte heitland for Zen Chic, moda

negative fabric is kona graphite

binding is - from sphere

quilting is crosshatch

pattern is "open your window" by brigitte heitland for Zen Chic

I've just started using this 80/20 comfort blend batting (see stats).  The 20 poly gives the quilting a nice lift.  Though I never thought I'd use anything polyester, I think I like it.

 backed with flannel for the winter . . . so cozy!!

By the time I had finished the top, I had a nice collection of these triangles left over for the back which I played around with until I came up with this flying geese design.   I try to work on the idea of the back with left overs from the front WHILE I'm sewing the front, otherwise, I'm too lazy to put something together if I've waited till the end to create the back. (wow, I think my English teacher would call that a run-on sentence).

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confessions of a fabric addict

wip

works in progress you ask?  

. . .  spending a chili day, maybe the last of the season, binding under a new quilt.

  

I've decided we need some special quilts here at home for those few wintery days, so I've backed a few in flannel.  

Almost done quilting "Milli's piano keys" on the lovely hq sweet sixteen

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sew cute tuesday

freshly pieced

NAM Quilting Bee

The annual Northwest Assistance Ministries Quilting Bee was held today.  11 congregations turned in 337 quilts for families who have gone through a homeless recovery program.


The best part of this annual bee is to see the displays of beautiful quilts, some very old.  Our congregation was in charge of decorating the gym this year:

I'm simply amazed at work that went into the hand made quilts before rulers, rotary cutters,  and sewing machines.  Though the finished products are the same, quilting surely is different from what it was 80 - 100 years ago.  

After the donated quilts were logged in, they were hung over the pews.  

lunch time:

the quilt we tied:

stats:

Klein turned in 17 quilts

total turned in 337

aprox. 150 in attendance at the bee