Tag Archives: Quilters Common

Aunt Lucy’s Medallion Quilt

I have a soft spot in my heart for reproduction fabrics and patterns. I love old quilts and enjoy reading about them and have a few old tops that I treasure.

I could not resist Collette’s block of the month at Quilter’s Common for this pattern. I got a bit behind on finishing it but here is the top ready for quilting. I was inspired by Collette to add the striped border. I love how the Green jumps out now. The picture before the outer blocks and border were added highlights the reds. My blue/green border gives it another look altogether.

Piecing this top was a bit of a challenge and I feel that I have really improved my skills quite a bit. So, I am glad I spent the time to fuss with all of these blocks.

Autumn Splendor

Well, the splendor of autumn has past, and now we are faced with bare trees until Spring. I really did enjoy the change of the season this year and was inspired by all of the bright autumn colors in the trees. Also, one of my Block of the Month projects fit right in, because I chose the Harvest Road color scheme for my BOM that I am doing at Quilter’s Common.

So, for one last bit of autumn inspiration in my quilting I put this table runner together for my friends who were kind enough to invite my husband, his Mom and I for Thanksgiving Dinner. I picked three of the block patterns from the BOM and stayed close to the colors that Antoinette chose for two of them, but decided to go with green instead of yellow for the center block.

Now I am going to have to be inspired by the colors of the Holiday and also the ice blue skies of winter.

Kerryn Bag Class

Yesterday I taught the Kerryn Tote Bag class at Quilter’s Common in Wakefield, MA.

I had two students and Colette also joined us to work on a shop sample.

Joyce and Nancy finished their bags, and Colette almost finished hers. I have to thank Colette for a couple of great ideas …

1. Add fusible interfacing to one of the lining pocket pieces to add more stability to the inside pocket section.

2. To shape the bottom of the bag: After sewing the pocket sectioning seams from “pocket top” to “pocket top”, sew two seams from one side to the other of the 36″ x 21″ bag and lining pieces. The seams should be 3″ apart in the center of the bag and lining pieces.

It was great fun spending the day sewing with the ladies at the shop. I may be teaching the class again sometime in the future and will post when that is scheduled. In the mean time the pattern is for sale as a downloadable file in my Craftsy Shop.

Midnight in Bali BOM

I am working on finishing a Block of the Month quilt from last year. This one was with Quilters Common in Wakefield, MA. I have finally gotten the blocks and center medallion sewn together and now all I have to do is add the borders. The pattern is from Beyond Tradition by Pamela Culo.

Here is the top with the Borders waiting to be added. I think the finished top will look spectacular.

This was one of those BOMs where you would get the kit free each month IF you completed last month’s BOM … which motivated me to get them done. I also made a commitment to make a second block each month using reproduction fabric. My motivation for this was all the ewws and ahhs that I got from my fellow BOMers each month!