More Double Wedding Ring Rows

More rows done!

I figure at this rate I should get this top pieced in another couple of weeks. I'm usually so fast, that I'm having trouble believing how long this one is taking me! That's okay... it's still going faster than the hand stitched Grandmother's Flower Garden is!! That one might take me a year! LOL!

Work in progress...

In Progress.....

 

I usually tend to stick to one project and get it finished, but lately that hasn't been happening as much. Oh, I'm sticking to them.. just not getting them finished as fast as I would like. Of course, it would help if I weren't working on two of the most time consuming patterns! LOL! So, when you don't see me posting finishes, it doesn't mean I'm not sewing at all.

 

The first quilt I'm working on is a Double Wedding Ring done all in brown scrappy style.

 

I have two rows put together, and all the "arcs" sewn for the remaining rows. It's all about assembly at this point, which of course is the most difficult and time consuming step.

 

The other quilt I'm working on is a hand sewn Grandmother's Flower Garden, done all in 30s prints. I'm doing this one in the totally traditional manner, as I have wanted one since I was a little girl and am determined to get this one done "the hard way". I'm doing English paper piecing, so where you see that one set of white hexes (around that blue flower), that look gray, it's because I've removed the paper from those. (I didn't trust that paper, and was afraid it might stain after being in there a long time.) The rest of the paper is white, so I figure it shouldn't present a problem.

I figure this one will take me a year, doing the hand sewing in the evenings. Basting the hexes goes fast, but again, it's the assembly that takes all the time.

 

Happy Quilting!

Jean MaDan



Batik Buckeye Beauty

Batik Buckeye Beauty

 

I've always loved the Buckeye Beauty pattern, and I especially like it with these bright batiks against a black batik background!

 

 

Happy Quilting!

Jean MaDan

30's Hodge Podge

30's Hodge Podge

 

Okay.... so, every once in a while, I get carried away and find myself going too far (or at least too far astray), and suddenly it's a Hodge Podge of design elements that might not play well together. That's kind of what happened here. It's an "okay" quilt, but would have been much better if I had just decided on something and stuck to it.

 

 

I've already started over on the Grandma's Flower Garden parts, to do one in a more traditional fashion, which I think I'll like better. In the meantime, I have a potential Christmas gift done for a family member next December!

 

Happy Quilting!

Jean MaDan



Christmas Seattle Streets 2

Christmas Seattle Streets 2

Quilted and bound at last!

Happy Quilting!

Jean MaDan

Reassembled top

Finished another one. This was made from parts of a quilt top that was sent to me. I ripped it apart and retrimmed the parts so they were accurate, and put it back together adding in some dark sage green for accents. I finished the flimsie months ago, but just now got it quilted and the binding done.

 

 

Happy Quilting!

Jean MaDan

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Grandmother's Flower Garden parts

See.... I really AM working on a GFG quilt! These still have the paper and basting stitches. I'll leave those in place until I have at least a row done.