Tablecloth to Quilt Treasure Challenge

So Here is the finished Quilt.

Quilt of Valor

 The lady who designed this quilt top did an amazing job. Everything was beautifully square. Trimed and pressed beautifully. THankyou. Made it easy to quilt..
Loving ruler work. I preceded to stitch in the ditch and add the patterns.  Love how it came out.
I hope the veteran enjoys their wonderful quilt.

Over all view of the quilt. Love the yellow gold with the red and blue. Really enjoyed quilting this one.

Tablecloth to Quilt. A "treasure" challenge.

I belong to a wonderful longarm group called, INMQ. Stands for Inland Northwest Machine Quilters.
The group purchased antique and old unfinished quilt tops from many sources. Included were two tablecloths. Of which one I recieved. (Yea!) The challenge was to transform our tops to hopefully quilting masterpieces.  The only thing allowed was actually quilting. No other embellishments allowed. Because of the lace inserts,  a lining was allowed under the top.
After auditioning several colors, I decided on pink. Since the top was feminine anyway might as well go with it!
This is a close up of one side of tablecloth on top of pink fabric.

 After pinning the entire top to the underlay and making sure everything was laying smoothly, it was off to the sewing machine to stitch it all together. This was a very time consuming project!
It took lots of pins!

Falling in  Love with this fabric!
When It was purchased, I didn't know if the colors would match well or if I was adding 7 yards to my stash! I just knew I had to have it.   You know how that goes. Thought it would make a pretty backing for the tablecloth quilt. Then a person could always flip the quilt over for a different look.











 So, after drawing up a few ideas, it was time to load this project onto my wonderful A1 premium elite long arm.
I rolled to the center and quilted away. Using Glide thread in a pale pink.











 I preceded to quilt the beginnings of a lot of curved crosshatching. And I do mean a lot. Using my new rulers from "The Quilted Pineapple". The idea was to give the quilt a more "Victorian" Feel.




So much space to cover. What to do next? I know, I'll make some more feathers! ha.

QOV Washington

Used a red Glide thread front and back. 

Pineapple Log Cabin Finished.

Seems awhile since last posting anything. It's been busy around here with spring in the air. Lots of gardening going on. But the Pineapple log cabin is finished. Just have to sew on the binding. The entire
quilt was all ruler work. I am pleased how it turned out. Also the drape and feel of the quilt is wonderful. I used a bottom layer of Hobbs 80/20 with a top layer of Hobbs Tuscany Wool.  If anything it will be cozy warm!

 I took a picture of the upper corner border so when it came to the bottom corners they would be the same.

 All the stitch in ditch work used a black sew fine thread on top. The borders used purple glide thread.
The backside was a cream Glide throughout. No tension problems at all. Yea.

 Love the back too!. So spring looking. It's a Hoffman fabric. Makes for a quick change on the bed just by turning the quilt to the back side. Looking at this picture you would never guess this was a printed panel!! Awesome.

What was i thinking? Not!

Day before yesterday the morning was spent putting together a quilt top that I purchased the fabric for close to twenty-five years ago. My how time flys.
So yesterday, a road trip to town was in order. It takes me 45 minutes to drive into town. Remember, I live in the forest!

Almost three hours in two stores, were spent trying to find backing fabric to co-ordinate with this top before giving up!

So this morning I made another trip. This time to the local quilt shop. Now It is a very beautiful store with quality fabrics. But the prices are up there. So I found a very pretty print that is in the same color ways as the front. Just a little different. But I figured it is going on my bed and it would be fun to have a different look by just flipping the quilt. So I purchased my fabric (ouch!) and drove home.

Just as I'm ready to turn onto my road it hits me, Oh no, my quilt is 98" wide and my fabric is only 44" wide, times 2 = 88" wide. Dang!! Talk about being disgusted with myself.

So it's been figured out I need another 1.33 yards at $19.00. Which means it will be pieced / patched on the back. Bummer. Otherwise it is another $42.00 and that is just way to much for backing.

Maybe the quilting will hide it. Let's hope.

I will show the quilt in a few days.

Remember When?

Do you remember in the 90"s when Burgundy was all the rage for bedroom decor?
Well my sister made the top over 20 years ago at a Mystery Retreat, then put it away! I used Hobbs 80/20 with a top layer of Hobbs 8.8 poly batt to give it a very puffy look she likes. Every piece was stitched in the ditch with sew fine thread. the decorative stitches were done with Glide in an aqua color. Now at least she will be able to enjoy her creation. Only 20 years later!
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Finished with a 1/2" binding

Center Medallion

It looks pretty layer out on my cutting table.

The back