Quick stats:
- Total submissions: 31
- Total countries: 9
- Total provinces: 2
- Total states: 11
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Africa By: Dewi, Indonesia My 7 years old boy asked me when my quilt is finished, “mama what’s the story of it?” Quilt size: width: 59" height: 43" |
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All Dressed Up By: craktpot, North Carolina, USA 12 “Sugar & Spice” little dresses have the same starting design. Each one is embellished differently, all are hand appliqued. A hand embroidered center pulls the design together. Dress design is from fredashive.com and embroidered sewing icons from sublimestitches.com Quilt size: width: 24" height: 24" |
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BATIK WAVE By: Nicole H., British Columbia, Canada I saw this picture years ago, long before I was a quilter. I saved it for when my skills were sufficient to make it the way I wanted. I think it is perfect. Quilt size: width: 30" height: 24" |
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Best Dressed Bunny By: Delia Hardcastle, United Arab Emirates Best Dressed Bunny is my second applique project. I have only recently been introduced to fusible web. This quilt was made with beginner level skills on my part yet anyone would be happy to have this quilt to wrap around a baby girl or as a wall hanging. Please visit: www.deliasquilts.com/blog/ Quilt size: width: 31" height: 39" |
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clothespin bag By: grumil, Bosnia and Herzegovina In this project I used applique, hand and machine embroidery. It was fun to make something thet simple as a break from a hectic day! Quilt size: width: 11" height: 15" |
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Family Life on the Serengeti By: Carol, British Columbia, Canada I so enjoyed making this wallhanging. It is one of Nancy Chong’s double applique patterns. The border happened as a result of a mistake as it was not lying flat and I became adventurous with rotary cutter in hand! ;-) Quilt size: width: 28″" height: 36″" |
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Flora and Fauna, Parts of the Garden By: Karen H, Ontario, Canada Even though I made this quilt I love exploring the little details! There are birds, insects, crittersl, flowers and berries hiden away. Look for ant colonies & one lonely snail! Close-ups are posted on my blog. It was a fun quilt and only nine fabrics were used; this helped me get very creative! Quilt size: width: 28.5" height: 28.5" |
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Flowers at the Cabin By: QuiltnQueen, Michigan, USA This quilt ended up totally different than planned. It was to be a scrappy log cabin with lots of different appliqued flowers. After I cut all the 1.5″ logs I decided to make the quilt all purple, cream & green. I have all the logs to make another very scrappy log cabin quilt…it remains a UFO. Quilt size: width: 88" height: 96" |
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Flowers for Sale By: Bonni Feltz, Illinois, USA I tested this pattern for the Quilt Pattern Magazine. The designer is Nancy Richou and I was happy to make it and will give it to my mom for Mothers Day. It was fused on and I did the buttonhole stitching by hand. Quilt size: width: 17" height: 19" |
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Flutterbye’s By: Rita McCart, Missouri, USA As the butterflies flutter past my window the gentle breeze stirs the curtains. Quilt size: width: 24" height: 24" |
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Krazy Katz By: Lorna McMahon, Ontario, Canada My daughter, Erin, loves cats and she loves to read. She especially loves to read about cats. Her love is what inspired me to make my first quilt – the Krazy Katz quilt. I designed the quilt to have a bookshelf surrounded by cats – featuring Erin’s real life cat – Fluffy. Erin designed the mouse! Quilt size: width: 75″" height: 85″" |
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Let It Snow! By: Sarah DiDomizio, New York, USA “Let It Snow!” is a wall hanging pattern that I purchased from Connecting Threads. I made this pattern for my Mom who lives in VERY snowy upstate NY. She loves the snow and the holidays, so this was the perfect gift for me to make for her. Quilt size: width: 30" height: 20" |
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Margaret Griffiths By: Margaret Griffiths, Virginia, USA This was done for a Childhood Memory Challenge Quilt in 2012. My favorite childhood memories centered around summers playing in the park under the hot sun. 100% commercial cotton fabrics, machine pieced and quilted with fused appliqué, hand crochet ric rac & 124 prairie points Quilt size: width: 36" height: 36" |
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Mustache Mini Quilt By: Carolyn Braun, New Jersey, USA Last year I began seeing mustaches everywhere and I thought it would be fun to make a little quilt out of them. I pulled some scraps out and drew some mustaches out. Then I machine stitched them to the background with a zigzag stitch. The mini quilt is straight line quilted on the diagonal. Quilt size: width: 10" height: 14" |
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My Grandmother’s Rose of Sharon By: Donna, Rhode Island, USA I chose nine of my favorite blocks from the book The Rose of Sharon Block Book by Sharon Pederson. I love the look of batiks on a dark background. Each block is machine appliqued. It was quilted by a friend of mine. Quilt size: width: 48" height: 48" |
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On the Rocks: Sometimes You Just Need to Get Away By: Juanita Sauve, Ontario, Canada As a woman, sometimes you just need to get away from it all! That’s what inspired this appliqued fantasy piece of a mermaid on the rocks with book and sunglasses, martini in hand, attended to by a well dressed penguin serving snacks and fanned by an octopus. Applique and hand painted background. Quilt size: width: 24" height: 19" |
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Oriental Expressions By: Jenny in NZ, New Zealand Adapted from a design by Yvonne Morris in a APQ magazine. Changed 4 blocks to Calligraphy that read from top left Happiness, Peace, Love, Dream Quilt size: width: 77" height: 78" |
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Pablo By: corapensa, Spain Quilt personalized for my son. Technology of applied in the prominent figures of sport, in the name and in the buckets. Quilt size: width: 300" height: 200" |
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Railroad Underground Story Quilt. By: Isabell, United Kingdom Hand applique throughout using Civil War fabrics for the blocks from a design pattern by Mandy Shaw (UK) Quilt size: width: 76" height: 90" |
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Reading Owls By: Barb@Witsend, Ontario, Canada I made this quilt for the school office where I work. Our mascot is an owl. I’m a Librarian so I love the fact that the adult is reading a book to the child. This is the first applique quit that I completed on my own. This quilt is based on a magazine pattern with my own additions. Quilt size: width: 42" height: 56" |
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Rose of Hope By: Marlene Oddie, Washington, USA The center block I designed for the Rose of Sharon EQ Block Contest in 2009 and was ultimately selected for inclusion in the Nine Patch Media DVD. I finally made it up and had fun creating an illusion of looking out a thick wall and seeing a Rose of Hope! Quilt size: width: 37" height: 37" |
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Taylor’s Quilt By: Jana Anderson, Wyoming, USA Found this quilt pattern at Acorn Quilt and Gift Company and knew it would be perfect for my newest grandson since the different outfits reminded me of how I dressed his daddy when he was little. When Taylor is older, I will add the buttons, etc. onto the quilt to finish it. Quilt size: width: 45" height: 45" |
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Teddy Bear Family album By: Gemini Jen NZ, New Zealand This was a block of the month quilt that I began in 2009, left for a while, then finished up in 2012 – each teddy block is hand appliqued while the quilt was machine pieced and long-arm quilted. I love the twelve different family characters! Quilt size: width: 66" height: 82" |
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The Hunter By: happyred10, Florida, USA Since I love cats, this was a no-brainer. You can tell how scared the birds are! My preferred method of applique is raw-edge, using free-motion to secure the edges. Quilt size: width: 36" height: 36" |
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Toyland By: Anita at Margret Mary’s Place, Florida, USA This raw edge applique quilt is the first that I free motion quilted. I used several different FM techniques, McTavishing, cross hatching and small stippling. Quilt size: width: 47″" height: 62″" |
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Trains, Planes and Bicycles By: Angelahen, United Kingdom This quilt was made for my youngest son and all the vehicles were hand drawn by his Dad. Finished in 2002 and used and loved every day. This is a family treasure as we all got involved in picking the vehicles and fabric. At the time I was using the triplet bicycle to transport the boys to school. Quilt size: width: 54" height: 80" |
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Tribute to Mrs. Vigors By: Diane U., Ontario, Canada Tribute to Mrs. Vigors – applique border Quilt size: width: 96" height: 96" |
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Under the Stars By: Nina, Virginia, USA This was made from a pattern by The Rabbit Factory for a snowman lovin’ friend. It’s made of flannel fabrics front and back so it’s nice and cozy for those cold days. Quilt size: width: 49" height: 62" |
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Virgo Mermaid By: Amanda Reid, South Africa Machine Applique and fabric marbling.Thread painting with Metallic and invisible threads.Inkjet printed upper body and coloured in then thread painted and quilted ,paper pieced tail. Lots of experimenting with techniques.Marbled fabric for sky,faux leather for rock. Quilt size: width: 10" height: 21" |
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Welcome To Leaf Springs By: WaggonsWest, Missouri, USA This is what happens when you let your husband choose the magazine page for the inspiration challenge. I ended up with an article about 3WD car parts. So… Welcome to Leaf Springs. This is fused, raw-edge applique. Machine stitched and quilted. Hand bound. Quilt size: width: 14" height: 20" |
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WHAT? By: Cleary Kipe, Florida, USA This is my first hand applique quilt. Hubby suggested adding the What? at the bottom of it. I also did all of the quilting myself. Quilt size: width: 60" height: 60" |
Rulers are funny things, some have specific purposes and some are general purpose.
The reality is I love & use my 6×24 ruler all day long. It is always at the ready to help me cut into my stash.
Second place would go to specific purpose rulers such as, Eleanor Burns’ Flying Geese rulers & Deb Tucker’s Wing Clipper Rulers – which are indispensable for perfect geese. But I have MANY favorites! Marti Michell’s Perfect Patchwork Templates.
Another used daily ruler: Fons & Porter’s Quarter Inch Seam Marker!
A new ruler I am falling in love with is Sew Kind of Wonderful’s Quick Curve Ruler.
Come on over and let’s play!
Nice quilts this week!
i don’t have any quilt ruler yet :( , just using ordinary ruler
but i like seeing what quilter usually used, but i don’t know the name
I love my very old 6×24 ruler. It was my mothers and I inherited it when she passed away in 2006. I miss her so much, and I remember her each time I use her ruler…which is with every project.
I mostly use the 6.5 by 24 inch ruler but I am finder that my 6.5 square ruler is very handy.
Happy days.
Bev.
Currently, my favorite ruler is The Omni grid 3″ x 18″ ruler. It is very useful for cutting strips for binding. Also I often need something a little longer than 12″, but the 24″ruler is too long !
I love the 6 1/2 in. square ruler. I love making hsts and it’s easie to make them a tad bit bigger than to fiddle with 7/8 in markings, and then square them up. I have found it works with most size patterns.
For general purpose I use my 6 by 24 inch the most. but I am really enjoying learning to use my hex and more ruler from jaybird quilts as i work on my toes in the sand quilt.
I love my 6 x 24 ruler, it seems to be the handiest for most projects.
Que difícil elegir! muchas bellezas .
No tengo nada especial .Solo las reglas comunes de la escuela y una escuadra de dibujo.Todo en centímetros.
My favorite ruler size is 3×18. It seems to work for most projects that I do and it’s so handy!
My favorite ruler is my 6-1/2 x 6-1/2 square ruler. Why? I use it to trim all those half-square triangles, flying geese, etc., so that my piecing is as accurate as can be!
My favorite ruler would have to be 6 1/2 x 24 inches. However I always have a 4 1/2 x 12 real handy.
I have to say the 24″ lipped ruler that I got a garage sale. The gentlemans wife had passed away and he had a tub of all her sewing stuff. There were 3 rulers and a ton of fabric, most of the items I donated to my church. But I did keep the lipped ruler, love it.
I use my 6″ square and my 12.5″ square equally and A LOT, but honestly, I think I’d be lost without my 6″ x 24″ ruler, even though I don’t use it as often.
I have a 15″ square that is my go to ruler for many things. Beautiful array of quilts this time.
6 x 24 is wonderful for me!
My favorite ruler is my 6 inch by 24 inch for cutting width of fabric pieces. It is by far my most used ruler; however, I really like my 6 1/2 inch square ruler when I’m making HSTs. Love the charm packs.
6 inch X 24 inch is used most frequently.
I am a ruler hoarder so it’s hard to pick my favorite but I’d say my favorite is a toss up between my 6’x24 and 3×18.
6×12 is the one I always grab when cutting:)
My favorite quilting ruler is 12.5″ by 12.5″. It is perfect for squaring up all my blocks, though I do love my 6.5″ x 6.5″ for trimming smaller pieces! Thank you for the fantastic giveaway! You rock Michele!
I love the 3×18 I use, It just seems easy to handle. between it and my cutting matt, works great.
Like many others, the ruler that I use the most is my 6-1/2″ square ruler, which is great for squaring up blocks and trimming half-square-triangles.
My fav is the 6×24, always ready to go :)
My NEW favorite ruler is Lori Holt’s circle rulers!
3 x 18~ just too handy
I mostly use the 6.5 by 24 inch ruler but my little 6″ square is also very handy.
I love my 6×12 and my 6 1/2 sq. ruler.
Beautiful quilts this week, hard to make choices…
There are so many lovely quilts it is hard to pick. I don”t have a ruler yet.
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Loved all the quilts. I love my 24 inch x 5 inch ruler. It gets used the most.
My favorite size of quilting ruler is 6″ x 24″. The 24″ length spans the 44″-45″ fabric when it’s folded in half. The 6″ width gives me plenty of room to lay my hand.
My favorite is my 2.5 x 30 Binding Buddy …. love the quilts and wish I were as talented! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I love my 12 1/2 inch square ruler, it is versatile and I have never cut myself while using it. My 20″ long ruler is more dangerous – ended up in the ER after an errant slice cut off a hunk of my finger.
I enjoyed the quilts as applique is something I normally don’t do myself.
My 6×24 is my favorite because it is so versatile.
I JUST LOVE MY SQUARE UP RULER 12X12 AND MY CHARM SQUARE RULER.BECAUSE I MAKE CHARM QUILT OF ALL SIZES,AND THERE THE BEST.
love my olipfa with the lip edge as it allows me to stay straight!
Awesoome quilts.I love 30x15cm,always handy for everything!
I like my 4X14 because it’s the perfect size for me
I like the 6 x 24.