ETownsend Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Good Morning to all. I wanted to share some photos of two swap quilts that I made and quilted on my Millie. Two of my friends and I swapped quilt blocks for about four years, four times a year. We made a block for each other and one for ourselves. Some themes were seasonal, some were holidays, others were just anything we wanted. The first quilt is made up of blocks that were irregularly shaped. I attached them to a wholecloth with bias binding to give some uniformity to the quilt. I quilted a 1" diagonal grid in the background and filled alternate diamonds with a flower pattern. I quilted each block as it suggested itself to me, often with different colored threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETownsend Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Sorry. I posted before I attached a photo of the second quilt. The second quilt is made of 12" blocks. The pattern in the sashing and border was quilted first and then hand painted. Again, each block was quilted differently, depending on the design of the block. Without the Millie, I'm not sure the two quilts would have ever been completed! Pictures of each block are on my webshots page: http://community.webshots.com/user/QuiltEve Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltlover03 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Your Quilts are beautiful, love the blocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Cute qilts! Love the idea of framing with bias singing and then mounting on the bacground. Did they go onto the frame okay that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckeindl Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Just Beautiful! Love the way the yellow/gold brings the blocks together - on the 2nd one is that design painted? Great ideas for the individual blocks! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETownsend Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Kenna, The bias binding was a bit challenging when loaded the top, but in the end, it turned out ok. Cathy, Yes the design is painted. I drew the design on the border and sashings with a washable pen. Then I quilted the designs. After I bound the quilt, I washed it to remove the markings and then hand painted with fabric paints that do not require heat setting. Evelyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Evelyn, What beautiful work you did! I can't imagine how long it took you to do all that hand painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETownsend Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Heidi, I think it took over a month working in the evenings mostly. But I do love painting on quilts! Evelyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 They are both very special and very beautiful. Your creativity and skills are to be praised. Thank you for sharing the pictures and the descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 BEAUTIFUL!!! What kind of paints did you do the outside blocks with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renae Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 The quilts are beautiful and your painting is very artistic and awesome. You all are very creative and work well together, I think they are winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merelling Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Beautiful quilts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerstin Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I've just looked at your pics at webshots. Lovely blocks and nice quilting! I take my hat off to your creativity and work ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Ellen, great work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Fun & interesting quilts! Lots of creativity in the quilting, too! Thanks for sharing! Pat AZ:cool: Mille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Very pretty! I love yellow and orange. Mmmmm yumm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltjunkie Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 How fun are those blocks from all your friends, and how unique the painted quilt is. I love that, but will never do it, but I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakquilter Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Swap quilts I do not usually post but wanted to say what beautiful work you do Evelyn. What type of paints do you use.Love the creativness and hope to try someday. Pat K GC+ Wisconsin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybugquilting Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 awesome and beautiful quilts, love swapping blocks I use to do it years ago and have some from all over the world its amazing what one can come up with.. you did wonderful!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screate Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Evelyn, Beautiful, fun, quilts! You are so creative and talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnott Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Evelyn, On the first quilt you said, "I attached them to a wholecloth with bias binding". Can you elaborate on this a bit? I have bits & pieces of DH's Grandmother's life on my design wall; appliqued & embroidered day of the week dishcloths, pieces of fabric from clothing she made for herself and some of her 8:o children, photos, 3 of those paint on fabric thingies we were chatting about the other day, lots of embelishments including pins from about 55 yrs of 'Eagle' member pins. We got the pins because DH is oldest (favorite) GC. She was quite a woman, raised those 8 children alone. (People ask 'how'd she get 8 if she was alone?' He only came to pay child support about once a year, go figure?) Anyway, I'm still trying to 'warp my mind around how to bring all these different things together. Did you attach the binding to the pieces and then applique or applique both? I was thinking of framing each one, maybe attic window type blocks? I''m open to ideas from everyone. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnott Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 'wrap my warped mind' is what I meant to say:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Beautiful quilts. And what a fun thing to do with your quilty friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberta Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Oooooh, very pretty! You did a fantastic job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETownsend Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Wanda, I placed the block on the whole cloth and used glue (Elmers) to keep them from moving after I placed them. I spread the whole cloth on the floor and then placed the blocks where I wanted to and tried to keep them in a straight line. Once the clue dried, I attached the bias binding to the outside of the block. Next time I would use a wider binding, like 3/8 or 1/2" rather than 1/4". I sewed a double seam along each edge of the binding to make sure that I attached the edgle of the block under the binding. I think a quilt made of memories from your husband's grandmother would be a wonderful project. Projects like these are almost like "scrapebook" quilts. It would be quite special. Evelyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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