quiltissimo Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 This is a quilt I made with my niece Carla, who's only 11. She chose the solids, the pattern, and did the basic block sewing. I squared the blocks up and put them together. Then I was lucky to take Myrna's workshop in Germany, and that boosted my imagination in creating flowers and leaves of all sorts. Thanks Myrna! Enjoy, Marie-Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltissimo Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 ...and here's a detail. You can see more detail photos in the gallery on my website Marie-Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltissimo Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 ...and here's one of the back. The variegated thread shows better Have a nice day, Marie-Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tymless1 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 WOW! Beautiful composition, she can be very proud of her quilt. I love her colors. My granddaughters are nine years old & I have taught them how to quilt. Now they go to the quilt show with me and we study the quilts together. I have a Classic Plus also and they are learning how to use the machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca Cottage Quilter Rockton, Illinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Great job...I bet your niece is proud of her - and your - work...maybe she is an up and coming quilter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonjaHammond Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 I love the bright colors and your quilting. Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingbykc Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 What a cute quilt. What was the pattern? I love your flower quilting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingupastorm Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 What a fun quilt. I love your flowes and leaves you quilted into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Marie - Christine, it looks like you had a bunch of fun doing this quilt - very nice! Thanks for sharing the photos! I would love to have a class with Myrna - lucky you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixieqwv Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Marie-Christine that is adorable. What is the pattern? I've been working with my 2 GDs and each have a quilt in progress. I hope during Spring Break that we can finish their quilts. Thanks for sharing her work and yours too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltissimo Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Thank you very much! It was a lot of fun indeed to make this quilt with my niece. I guess I learned as much as she did! like ignoring rules a little bit and not being too picky about accuracy I don't know a name for this pattern. It's a technique that's described in many patchwork books and magazines: take a number of squares, stack them, cut them twice across freehand, switch the colors and put the squares together again, you get the basic block. With Carla, we took four 12"squares. I wish those of you who are quilting with children as much happiness and fun as I had! Have a nice day, Marie-Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajab Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Marie-Christine- Great quilt!!! Love the pattern. I wonder if thats not the stack and wack method. Sounds so simple. My son who is nine just recently finished his first quilt. We just used scraps of every color and sewed them into strips. He wanted to quilt it with the LA but I was afraid that the top wasn't flat. I meandered over the whole thing and it turned out great. Maybe he could have done it himself. He has since started a new one and designed one for the future. The first one took almost two years to finish and would probably still be folded up in the corner if I hadn't gotten the LA. Now he wants to know about every show in the state and if we can go to them. Have only found a couple for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Thiesssen Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 This is so much fun! Funky and contemporary. Great use of colour. She will certainly treasure it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Marie-Christine You and Carla did a fantastic job you both should be proud:) Thank you for sharing it with us. Tell Carla to keep piecing with you. Is she using your machine? Please post more photos as you do them keep up the good work. Myrna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltissimo Posted March 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Thanks a lot for the compliments! Carla finally got her quilt and is as proud as could be. And asks when she can visit me to start the next one She does use my machine when she's here. She loves to have a piece of muslin or other plain fabric on the machine and "paints" pictures: faces, animals or whatever she thinks of. That's fun! Concerning the pattern again: I found two books on amazon describing this technique, "Stack the Deck" by Karla Alexander (she wrote a few more on this topic) and "Cut-loose Quilts" by Jan Mullen; there certainly are many more. So just keep cool and don't forget to breathe while piecing and quilting Have a nice day, Marie-Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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