My estate sale friend came to me at church Sunday and handed me a sack with a couple of surprises, left over from the estate sale I had helped her with. She also brought me a 3" tumbler template I had bought, but she had failed to get it in my sack.
I had not even looked at clothes at the sale, but I'll enjoy this tee-shirt!
This was the only quilt top that caught my interest, and it was the only one left after the sale.
Since I had helped her and had also bought so much, she thought I should have the little Texas quilt top. Notice in the second picture that the top was pieced together in strips about 2.5"! Notice how the "Texas maps" Panhandles fit together, upright and then upside down, on the diagonal. (That explanation is so those not familiar with the shape of Texas will see it better; I had to look twice the first time I saw the quilt.) I could hardly believe the construction technique! I washed and pressed the top; I hope you can see the seams well. I don't know who designed the pattern; I think it was in the pattern rack, but I didn't get it. It was quite an accomplishment!
I don't know when I'll get it quilted, but I may try to quilt stars on it when I get better at free-motion quilting. That may be a while!
Saturday I finished this little church quilt; that makes six completed by me! The print has books and letters on it. It (the fabric) is really quite nice, but my pictures don't show it very well.
I didn't have enough of any of the fabrics, so I had to piece the backing.
Sunday I got a patriotic rail fence top about half completed, and Monday I finished it. It has a plain muslin backing, turned to the front and top stitched for the wide binding! (Both No. 6 and 7 are 48" x 36".)
Don't look very closely at the little bit of quilting on either quilt. They both need more, but there's still lots of quilts to make before spending more time at this point! *frown*
I am so very grateful for the 4.7"+ rain that fell on my yard Saturday night! That means I'll have to mow this week I guess! At least it will save lots of sick trees around town I hope!
This is going to be a good week! Hope it will be for all of you too!
One more thing: Go, Texas Rangers! We want that pennant!
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Love the T-shirt! Isn't it the truth, LOL. A Texas Tesselation quilt! Very cool. Love all your little quilts, too.
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That Texas quilt is amazing! I expected set-in seams and all sorts of difficult stuff, but it's pretty simple (though I imagine having a design wall to keep all the pieces straight would help...). And so generous of the estate sale friend to give it to you, though I'll bet you earned it. :) I love how the books quilt is reversible - bet you didn't think of it that way! The rail fence will be nice for a man. I heard you had rain and I'm thankful, too, even if I do live so far away. I know it affects us all in ways we don't realize. As for the Rangers...well, you know where I live, right? So GO TIGERS!!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely surprise for you! You're just turning out those church quilts too. They are looking good. Your pieced back on #6 makes that one fully reversible! Yay for rain! I hope you get more, though not all at once so that it just washes away without soaking in properly. We aren't quite as dry as you, but some trees are still looking pretty sad up our way. There's fog today and a whole 1/4 inch of rain forecast for tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteThat TX quilt is quite amazing! Nice that she gave it to you along with the T-shirt! Your 2 donation quilts are a great addition to your "assignment." Only 4 more to go? (or is it 6?). You are making good progress either way.
ReplyDeleteLove the t-shirt! So you! What a great find in that Texas quilt. That is an interesting way to put it together. Someone put alot of time and effort into designing that I'm sure. Love your block quilt too. You always do such nice work. I always have great aspirations to, but somehow never live up to the great plans I conjure up in my head! I feel a sew-in intervention might be needed! hehe Take care!! Jenn
ReplyDeleteThat was a very sweet gesture by your friend. I think the Texas quilt is really clever! Those church quilts are looking good. ann :-)
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