Bee Challenge

My Bee had as a challenge for 2020 to make the beautiful Afternoon Delight quilt  designed by Sue Garman and provided as a block of the month by  The Quilt Show website.

I always loved this pattern and wanted to make it. 

I used the opportunity to try new techniques that I have been watching on Youtube. I have to say that some will be put to the "tried and not to be done again". I don't like the binding on this quilt. I will reverse to may previous binding ways.

Now to make the label and take better pictures.

 

I have finally finished my Allietare quilt. The top has been finished since 2017; but only now it was quilted. 

It was a mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter in 2017!!! I only made about 1/2 of the blocks from her instructions. I did not want to make a large quilt from the start. 

I recently read about making single fold binding for wall hangers, placemats, and other table top quilts. The binding sits flatter and keeps stem glasses safely on the table. 

I have to say, I love it. 

The binding for this quilt was cut 1.5 inches wide; and attached the same way the double binding is attached with a 1/4 inch seam allowance and so on and so forth. 

I will use this more often on my quilts where I want the biding to be flatter and not so bulky.

I machine quilted it on a Bernina 780 using the embroidery module and a quilt design by Amelie Scott.

Allietare, a mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter - 2017 


 

 My blocks for The Quilt Show BOM for 2021. These are parts 1 to 3, from January to March 2021. Quilt design by Wendy Williams. 

I am using hand dyed fabrics. Colors not too realistic in this photo.🙎

 

Algorithm Quilt

I made this quilt top a couple of years ago using the GE Designs "Algorithm Quilt" pattern.

I used 1 layer cake (10" bundle), and a couple of fat quarters to complete the top. The binding is from a Moda dots fabric that was leftover from another project. 

The quilt was finished with a quilt on my embroidery machine. The pattern has ribbon bolls and came from Amelie Scott Jumbo pack 1.

It will be a donation to the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston.

Algorithm Quit 52" by 75" approximately 

 

Happy Valentine's Day 2021

Quilt 57" by 60"

Happy Valentine's Day.

This quilt top is inspired by J Michelle Watts pattern. I draft it to make it to a size that fits my wall; and to match the number of strips I had. They are all Asian inspired fabrics, also from a Bee friend.

This quilt was quilted with hearts from an edge to edge pattern for embroidery machines by Amelie Scott found on  Expansion pack 8

Quilt top before quilting

 

February 1st 2021

Tops finished in January with 1.5" wide Asian fabric strips given to me by a Bee friend.

I added another row to the right side of the green and pink top.

Quilt size 45" by 60"

Quilt size 54" by 72"

 I will use my embroidery machine to quilt both tops with an edge to edge pattern. 

Riley Blake BOM

 

The Riley Blake designers are starting a free Block of the Month on February 2nd. It will be going until June 22 with a new block every Tuesday.  The blocks are 10 inches finished.

There will be no new block instruction on the last Tuesday of every  month. So, it will be good to catch up in case one gets behind. 

I think I will get the 16 blocks and decide later if I want to make the quilt. I am not in the Mystery quilt mood lately.

A view from a window

 "Fall colors" don't come around here until January. 

Is it me or it feels just like month 13 for 2020? 

But there is light at the other side of the window. Cheers.