Author Archives: Cherie

QOV Group Quilt Finish!

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After seeing the quilt below at an antique shop while in Paducah for the spring AQS quilt show a few years ago, it stayed with me. I even inquired about the purchase price but alas it wasn’t for sale.

My friend Jan who blogs at The Colorful Fabriholic, drafted the pattern for me and that somehow lead to a group collaboration QOV quilt. Being a QOV quilt set the color scheme and Jan, Kevin (the quilter), Dar & I all dug into our stashes. We all worked on cutting and paper piecing the arcs and Jan helped us all sew the curves…..not as bad as I anticipated!

Kevin the Quilter showing he can sew curves too 🙂
Looking Good on Kevin’s quilt cave design wall.

We got the blocks done and it was amazing how well the blocks went together…..AMAZINGLY well. Four different quilters, four different machines and it went together perfectly (well, maybe not perfectly, but pretty darn close).

I took the top for quilting and somehow it took a wrong turn in Albuquerque. Suffice it to say my husband saved the day by locating the top in my sewing room and the whole sordid event lead to the start of a big sewing room tidy. With the perfect backing Jan found, Sophie, my longarm, and I finally got it quilted. Jan finished it off and check it out!

Pictures don’t do this quilt justice, it is amazing in person IMHO. Really I’m so proud to have worked with this group of friends to make this challenging QOV and it’s an honor to have it go to a veteran.

Jan did a fabulous job on the label and she’ll get the pleasure of presenting it to a family Navy veteran. Check out Jan’s post about this quilt here.

Happy Quilting, Cherie

Goodwill Hunting

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I visited the Goodwill Clearance center after our Alternate First Saturday quilters gathering (alternate because most of us no longer participate in the LQS’s First Saturday program after accumulating several years worth of blocks and not finishing them). I found some great shirts, including three grey, one brown and a RWB shirt.

I also snagged a 2 1/2 yard piece of an old Peter Pan print that I love and think I’ll use for setting some crumb blocks I made ages ago. All for $11 and priceless amounts of fun 🙂

Happy Quilting, Cherie

Inspiration

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I’ve saved this from the St Louis Art Museum because I’m drawn to the is piece by James Little called Double Exposure. I thought I’d look for some fabrics while in Paducah for the Spring AQS show that would give me the feel of this work. Image is blown up from the picture in the catalog and has some bleed through from printing on the back side but you get the gist, right?

Cherrywood fabrics had just the bundles! Thanks for the heads up, Kathy. I have some grey coming as they didn’t have the right shade at the show.

Happy Quilting, Cherie

Humble Quilts Doll Quilt Swap 2019

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I participated in Humble Quilts 6th annual doll quilt swap for the first time this year. After seeing the wonderful quilts being swapped over the past five years I decided to jump in. So glad I did!!! Thank you, Lori, for hosting this fun swap 🙂 I received a beautiful and wonderfully made carpenter’s star doll quilt from Judith Baker. It’s amazing! Check out all the swap quilts on Lori’s link up here.

I made Mountain Trails from the 2012 quiltalong by Lori at Humble Quilts. I got it in the mail to Vicki Bartels on the deadline, April 30, whew!!

Houses a la Lois

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A wonderful friend passed on a boat load of fabrics to me.  I could keep what I wanted and pass the rest on.  It was also perfectly fine if I kept all the fabric and so I have!!  I have plans for two quilts exclusively from Lois’ fabrics.  I’ve been cutting a bit here and there and finally sewed up the first block for Vintage Village by AQS.  With Lois’ fabrics, the village will definitely not be vintage 😉  This is a 9 1/2″ block.