Category Archives: quilts

Beginning Quilting Weekend Workshop

Posted on October 29, 2012 by ginabean • 1 Comment

Hello All- I just wanted to announce that yours truly will be teaching a Weekend Workshop for those interested in learning to quilt.  The workshop will be November 17 & 18 at The Little General in Reynolda Village. In one short weekend, you will learn everything you need to know to make your very own 9-patch quilt top. Pretty awesome, huh.  
Filed Under: classes, quilts, sewing

Feeling Fall-like

Posted on October 24, 2012 by ginabean • 1 Comment

I thought I would share Linda’s quilt with you today. This is the third beautiful quilt like this I have gotten to quilt lately. Linda was part of a class that made them. I unfortunately didn’t take pictures of the others. (I told you I’m trying to be better about that.) Each quilt was a little different from the last and it was fun quilting them. I think Linda and the other ladies did such a great job!
Filed Under: longarm quilting, quilts

The Calm Before The Storm

Posted on September 23, 2012 by ginabean • 3 Comments
Carrie’s Quilt
I am designing a showroom at the High Point International Home Furnishings Market this fall and tomorrow starts the three full weeks I have to get the showroom completed. During the next three weeks, everything that occurs in my usual life will be put on hold while I try to wade thru containers of furniture and accessories and creatively design a showroom on a non-existent budget. 

Close up of Carrie’s Quilt
 In the days leading up to tomorrow, I have been busily making my way thru many of the beautiful quilts that are temporarily residing at my home. I feel so fortunate to have as many quilts as I do on my waiting list. Quilting them really does put me in a relaxed state and has allowed me to forget about the stresses of the looming market. Each quilt is just as beautiful as the last. I have tried to remember to take pictures as I get each one done, but I am pretty forgetful.
 
Amy Jo’s Quilt
 Here are just a few of the ones I’ve finished up in the last few days. I wasn’t kidding about them being amazing, was I!?!
 
Kathleen’s Quilt
Well, that’s the low down on why I have been absent from my blog and sewing and why it will be about a month before I will probably have time to stop back by. I wish I had taken more pictures of things I have quilted, but I promise to be better about showing them to you. I can’t wait for market to be over and life to come back to normal! See you soon. 
Filed Under: longarm quilting, quilts

Dreamweaver

Posted on August 23, 2012 by ginabean • 2 Comments
 Gina, from The Little General fabric shop, put together this beautiful Dreamweaver Quilt, a pattern from the book, “Quilts From the House of Tula Pink”
She used fabric from Tula’s new line, “the birds and the bees”. She has put together some kits in her shop with all you need to make this beautiful quilt. She said it went together so quickly. I loved quilting it for her and I love her bright pink thread choice. 
Filed Under: fabric, patterns, quilts

Sewing Sunday

Posted on August 19, 2012 by ginabean • 4 Comments
As soon as I saw this quilt, I wanted to make it.

It looks like my featherweight just threw up a rainbow doesn’t it! 

I got half pieced together today, but I think I am going to save the rest for next Sunday. It is made using this free pattern. 
Filed Under: fabric, jelly roll, patterns, quilts, Sewing Sunday

Doing Cartwheels

Posted on August 17, 2012 by ginabean • 2 Comments
 I put together the first block of the Cartwheel Quilt.
The templates I had made really did make the whole process so much easier. I went to my local glass shop and they cut them out of some plexi-glass. I highly recommend it. There are a few other quilts that I would like to make that require templates and I will definitely be getting them made. I went to Pfaff’s, if you are local and interested in have some made for yourself. 
Filed Under: patterns, quilts, sewing

Urban Candy

Posted on August 13, 2012 by ginabean • 2 Comments
I got the last four rows put on the Urban Candy quilt top last week. Now I just have to squeeze in some time to quilt it. 
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Sunday Sewing

Posted on August 12, 2012 by ginabean • 8 Comments
 I finished putting this Patchwork Chevron Quilt together today. I made it following this tutorial from Moda Bake Shop. I added a few blocks to it so that it would fit on a king-size bed.
I am getting some acrylic templates cut for the Cartwheel Quilt (see previous post) and they will not be ready until Monday. I thought maybe I should try to get this quilt completed while I waited for the templates. This quilt uses fabric from Denyse Schmidt’s Hope Valley and Flea Market Fancy. It is going to go on my bed. I think I am just going to add one more row to the side to make it a tad bit wider. If I get really ambitious, I think I should make some matching pillow shams.
Filed Under: fabric, patterns, quilts, sewing, Sewing Sunday

Do You Smell That?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by ginabean • 1 Comment
Yup, another quilt is in the air. Chicopee + Tula. If this is wrong, then I don’t wanna be right. 
Filed Under: fabric, patterns, quilts

Sunday Sewing

Posted on August 5, 2012 by ginabean • 1 Comment
 I have been working on this Urban Candy pattern for the last couple of Sundays and sneaking in a few stitches here and there while watching the Olympics this past week.
I was hoping to wrap up making the top today, but no such luck. I have 4 more columns to go. Hopefully it will be completed by next Sunday. I am really getting the hang of these curves. The Quick Curve Ruler is so much fun once you get the hang of it. Believe it or not, this sews up pretty quickly.
Filed Under: patterns, quilts