Throwback Thursday -- Tobacco Road

This was a HUGE bed quilt that I made for one of our sons. It is about a queen sized quilts and is done in 3 different versions of black and brown -- Tobacco colors.

The colors were definitely manly which is what I was going for.

This quilt was completed in 2008 and the pictures were taken with an old camera, so it was hard to get good definition.

The piecing was a real bear and seemed to take forever. My DD spent a lot of time with the rotary cutter helping me get it done.

Happy memories!

Throwback Thursday -- Unfinished Star

Here's an oldie but a goodie. This is an unfinished project on which I was last working in the summer of 2006. My original plan had been to make this into a large wall hanging. It is in a bin with all the fabrics that I was using. The paper pieced pattern has a flying geese border which I have not yet begun. I am trying to decide if I want to finish this one now; and if I do, should I just put a simple border on it with left over olive green or go ahead and do the paper pieced flying geese. If I go simple - it will be done fast. . .otherwise, check back in 2022.

What to do, what to do?

Happy thinking!

Throwback Thursday - Triplet, A study in pears.

This is an art quilt that I did a number of years ago in June of 2006. It is called "Triplet, A study in pears" obviously my attempt at a pun. The 27 X 12.5 panel features three pears which are all done with different techniques.

The pear on the left is done with melting crayon into fabric.

The center panel is hand appliqued with an embroidered leaf.

The right panel is a pear in fabric paint and a leaf painted on a piece of green fabric fused to the background.












I quilted this myself on my home machine, a Bernina Activa 220. The little workhorse on which I sewed DD's wedding dress. I had fun adding a couple of words - "Ripe" and "Pears".



I even had a lot of fun making the label -- which was almost as big as the quilt itself.

Happy quilting!