Lori Holt Boards

 Have you ever had an occasion where you got all done with the block you were working on and when you got done ironing it found out one of the pieces was backwards or upside down? Well, to solve that problem, a lady by the name of Lori Holt came up with an idea of a board to put all your pieces on to take to your machine, stitch them in the proper order, an then take them to the ironing station.  She calls them Design Boards & they're so cute! And so easy to make! I've just make 18 of the 10" ones & 2 of the 14" ones for me. She also says she makes them as large as 18", but I don't really see a need for that size for me, personally.  Here's a link to her YouTube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO-fosn6Yfs

And a picture a one of my 10" Design Boards:

Jesse's Gems Cover

 The other day, when I started posting again, I told you about the other project I'm currently working on. It's called Jesse's Gems. The original pattern was first published in "Piecing It All Together" by JoAnne Louis and Chris Moline and was inspired by an unnamed block in an old newspaper column. It was the first first quilt that JoAnne's daughter wanted to assist with, so she named it after her.  I saw the email the end of April & immediately ordered the pattern. My start date on it became 5/2/2020. My intention is to show it. Here is the pattern:

 

Double 9 Patch

 I've managed to get out to the studio & get some sewing time in & work on the double 9 patch blocks. There will be 64 in total in the quilt. Each block consists of 5 - 9 patch blocks equaling 320 each of which is only 2 3/4"  square. The Double 9 block, when finished, measures 7 1/4" before it's sewn into the quilt.

Here's one:

 Well, it's been a couple of days & I've got a few more blocks painted & I'm almost caught up with everyone that's doing Afternoon Delight. Or at least I think so at least. When I've caught up in a few days. I'll take pics of the blocks & post them for all to see. But what I can share is a picture of the shoo fly block. I've got all of them done. HOORAY! Here's one:

 It's been a very long time since I've been on my blog. with the pandemic having hit this world, more and more people have taken to the internet to learning things. I have been thinking that it's high time I resurrect my blog & start interacting with the quilting world that I love and maybe share some of my knowledge with you of what I'm doing, how I'm accomplishing it or how I did it (if it was past tense), etc.

So, where to start? Well, first of all, I'm working on two projects. 1) Afternoon Delight. This quilt is a Sue Garman pattern that she designed.  Totally scrappy, it's a Block of the Month being done by the Quilt Show and headed up by Barbara Black. If you've never taken a class from her, please do, you'll learn a lot, she's an awesome teacher! 2) Jesse's Gem. This is an English Paper Pieced project. One that I can take with me to the Dr.'s office waiting room, etc.

Afternoon Delight has 64 double 9-patch blocks, 9 Shoo Fly blocks and 40 applique blocks. Well, that's what the pattern calls for anyway. If anyone knows me, they know that I'm not one to follow ALL the directions! I'm painting my applique blocks. That's right, I said painting my block. In the coming days I'll show you another of my quilts that I took liberty on the pattern that turned out different from the original.

I'm still longarming. I love custom work, but simple works for every day quilts too. As I go along I'll catch you up on some of the quilts that you've missed since I've not been posting.

Stay tuned! I'll be back shortly! 

Summer Sale

                                    Summer Sale!

                                            Now thru Labor Day (Sept. 2nd)

Longarm Quilting Prices have been reduced!

                        (approximate size)                            Price List*

• Crib Size (36 X 54)                                            $40
• Lap Size  (52 X 72)                                            $50
• Twin Size(54 X 90)                                            $73
• Full size (72 X 90)                                             $97
• Queen Size (90 X 108)                                      $145
• King Size (108 X 108)                                       $175

                                   *Sizes and prices are approximate

               This is for Meandering ONLY!

Top Preparation:

• Should be pressed
• Should be squared
• Watch for fullness to avoid puckering
• Backing shall be 6" larger than quilt top all around.
• Backing shall be sewn, if needed. If not, customer will be charged $15 per seam for sewing together.
• Quilts will be returned untrimmed. Add an additional $20 for trimming.

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    Last post Sept. 2017? Boy, am I lousy in keeping people informed or what!

    It took a lot of Physical Therapy, attention from a home health nurse, and overseeing from a bunch of Doctors, but I'm back to a somewhat normal self. I'll never be 100% of what I was, but I'm almost 70 years old too, so what do I expect? Right? I'm back to quilting, am President of Texas Association of Quilt Guilds & active in the American Legion Auxiliary. What more can I do?

    Through the process of getting well, I lost all my longarm business. My best customer actually passed away just a few months after I got out of the hospital, but the rest just found other longarmers or bought their own machines. Now I'm starting over again. So, look for a sale coming soon!