My daughter set this blog up for me so I would have an outlet to share the current projects I am working on with friends, family, clients and potential clients.
The greater portion of my business is just doing the quilting for clients. Though, at the moment I have several clients that I'm piecing the quilt tops for them. One of the quilts is a "Turtle Quilt". My client and her mother purchased fabric in Hawaii, but unfortunately the mother passed away before piecing the quilt. So I am making the quilt top for the daughter.
The second project is a "string" quilt top. Again, it was a daughter bringing me pieces that her mother had stared back in 1940 but never finished. There are 20 blocks that I'll piece together and then quilt. The blocks where strip pieced on newspaper. One of them was the front page of a Texas newspaper dated March, 1940. My client, managed to remove the newspaper in tack and is hoping to get an archive of the full headline. All she has is "Italy takes Greece"....
It is fascinating to see all the old fabrics and hear the stories of these older quilts. Which brings be to a very important subject.... All you quilters out there need to label your quilts. Someday someone will look at your beautiful work of art and wonder who was this person that made it; where did she live, when did she make it, what's the story behind it. If you do nothing else, put your name (plus maiden name), city and state, and the date it was completed. I find the easiest way to make a label is to iron a piece of freezer paper on to the back of a piece of fabric (it stabilizes the fabric). If you are like me and can't write in a straight line, draw lines on the paper, heavy enough to see through to the fabric side. Write your information with a permanent pen, i.e. a fine Sharpie. Peel off the freezer paper, press the fabric to set the writing. Turn under the raw edges of the "label" and whip stitch to the back of your quilt. If you plan ahead, you can piece the label into the backing fabric; then it's permanently attached and quilted into the quilt. If you are taking your quilt top to a Professional quilter, make sure the label is positioned well into the backing fabric.
Also here is a picture of the "Turtle" quilt that I am making for another client. It's all paper pieced. Each turtle takes an hour to do. There are a lot of little pieces. They will be laid out with print squares of fish blocks. When it's finished and quilted, I will post the picture.
Also here is a picture of the "Turtle" quilt that I am making for another client. It's all paper pieced. Each turtle takes an hour to do. There are a lot of little pieces. They will be laid out with print squares of fish blocks. When it's finished and quilted, I will post the picture.
