Quilters Show and Tell

"Eureka Chain" quilt designed by Lorraine Lowe

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

This quilt is my own design. I wanted to use up some reproduction circa 1850s fabrics from my stash, but it hardly made a dent!!

 

I documented progress on this quilt on my blog. When the blocks went together Eureka! It made a chain!

 

Fay reads my blog and named it 'Eureka Chain'. This really suits me as I live only an hour from the site of the Eureka Stockade which occurred in the 1850s - the same vintage as the repro fabrics. I used leftover pieces and blocks on the back.

 

Flowers From My Garden

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

'Flowers From My Garden' is a pattern by Lori Smith. It took me about a week to applique each block (just in the evenings or whatever).

There are 16 blocks, so that is 4 months just for the applique!! The quilt is custom quilted by my Mum Wilma from Deep Creek Quilting. I finished the quilt last year in 2008.

 

Fast Dick and Jane Baby Quilt

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

I had to make this baby quilt in a hurry for my cousin's son. I was hoping her third child would be a girl - I had a girl's baby quilt made and ready to give away. Nope. She had her third boy. How inconsiderate! I made the first baby an I Spy quilt. The second one got Little Cowpokes (no guns) as my cousin just loves R.M. Williams. So, the third little baby needed his own individual quilt too. I am so glad their quilts are being used. Making a quilt for the baby when they are small saves a lot of time and money - they need a bigger quilt if you give them one later in life instead!!! And for a cousin's children, one quilt in a lifetime is enough (from me anyway)!!!

 

Spring Rabbit

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

Would you believe this little quilt measures only 16in x 20in?

It took me less than a week to make.

 

I call it 'Spring Rabbits'.

It is designed by Lori Smith - it's from a pattern pack of 9 patterns called 'Fat Quarter Quilting Throughout The Year'. There are 9 designs for small quilts - to suit various calendar events and seasons.

I like this quilt so much, I think I will make others to hang up for Christmas, Summer and maybe an Autumn one. I can manage without a Halloween wallhanging. VBG. I really love the colours in this quilt. (I especially love green.) The colours are vibrant, but the look is not overly-bright or so-country-it's-dull. Perfect for my freshly painted dining room!

The Shirt Quilt

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

I am so sorry we ran out of quilts for this blog. I really love it. Thank you Hermione.

You're welcome ;o)

This is 'The Shirt Quilt' from The Great Shirt Challenge in my local quilt group. A couple of years ago 12 of us purchased 6 x 100% cotton shirts per person from the opp shop. We washed, dried and ironed them. Then each shirt was cut into 6 pieces. That made 36 pieces of shirt x 12 people = 432 pieces of shirts. The pieces were divided into piles at random. Each participant drew a lucky number to receive a bundle of shirt pieces. The challenge was to make a quilt using as much of possible of the shirt pieces. All fabrics had to be used. I didn't seem to have as much variety as some other participants. I had 4 pieces from one particular shirt, (so I had 2/3 of that shirt) that had to be incorporated into my quilt. We were allowed to add one other fabric for the front, one for the binding and one for the backing. I chose a traditional-looking pattern that would reflect a vintage scrappy look. I wanted my quilt to look almost antique. So, I joined pieces where I had to, and added in some substitution. I didn't win any prizes, but it is keeping my sister warm in bed on cold nights!!

 

Record Quilt

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

My brother-in-law loves his records. Listening to music means the world to him. His hobby is turning records into cd's on his computer. He removes the hiss and pop, applying filters while wearing headphones. He has a large collection of records - probably over 500. Every time he goes into the city for a day out he goes to 2nd hand record shops and buys more records to turn into cds. There are certain artists and albums that he listens to all the time. For his 50th birthday I decided to incorporate his favourite music into a quilt.

My DH secretly took photos of some record covers and record centres (with the circular label). Some of the photos needed correction on Photoshop as the covers showed a lot of love, as well as wear and tear. Then, my DH resized the pictures so they printed out the right size. I made the records slightly smaller than their actual size of 12 inches so they would fit nicely into a 12 inch block. The records were machine appliqued, as were the record centres. I stippled around each record and also stitched along the ditch. As you can see he was thrilled when he opened his present and held it up for all to see at his 50th party a couple of years ago.

 

The Toybox Quilt

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

I just loved this fabric printed with vintage toys. I think I owned a monkey that banged together 2 cymbols, but it was battery operated. I made this quilt as 2 of my cousins are expecting babies. I don't think either of them will get it! I just love the way it turned out. It was machine quilted with an edge to edge pattern by Deep Creek Quilting. There are little monkeys jumping up and down, and partly peeled bananas in the quilting.

 

Log Cabin

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

I saw a tiny picture of this quilt in a book and I fell in love with it. I have no idea how big the original quilt was. I drafted a pattern myself. The logs are 1/2in wide finished, so cut them 1in wide. I had all these fabrics in my stash.