Challenge for Margo!

[Barbara C.]

I am happy this posting was made..... I got to see your quilt's, Margo. Wow, wow, wow!

Barbara

[Norma H.]

I just love your flower quilt and I wish I could quilt like you have done on the nephew quilt. I looks absolutely stunning. More practicing needed in my house. I think we are all wondering how you can manage all that.

[Margo C.]

It's easy Norma! We are retired, empty nest, no social life! My DH is ill, so we are basically home-bound. It's either sew or go stark raving mad!! :roll:

[Cheryl K.]

I love Terry's floral quilt! Very nice.

Margo, I don't know how you do all you do. I'm jealous! :mrgreen:

But I do enjoy your creativity and your willingness to share with others.

Thanks.

kim

[Jill B.]

Will be interested to see what you come up with Margo and good luck.

Love the quilt photos they are certainly superb quilts.

Lorchen you are such a hoot.

[Hannelore N.]

Terry, your bunch of flowers is gorgeous!!

[Terry K.]

Thank you ladies for the kind comments about my "Grandma's Flowers" wall hanging! Margo, your quilts are awesome!

[Robin G.]

So, Margo, did I miss something? What challenge did Capt'n John give you? Hmm?

[Margo C.]

It's in the works....and may not pan out. I'll let you know if there is something worth checking!! :wink:

[Robin G.]

Margo, you're a tease!!!! No fair! Inquiring minds definitely want to know! You know we quilters, especially we TQS quilters, are a very snoopy bunch! Hugs, Robin

[Barbara L.]

Margo,
You have the cleanest sewing room I have ever seen. How big is it? I envy your space.

[Margo C.]

Margo,
You have the cleanest sewing room I have ever seen. How big is it? I envy your space.

Thanks Barbara. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "clean", but I do try to keep the clutter at bay! I sew in the basement and these photos were taken in what my husband calls "Studio B", which stands for "big ole machine" and it's where my Handi-Quilter16 is located. It used to be his office but he's been relocated to a room upstairs so he doesn't have to navigate the stairs now. I have to move the long-arm out of the way to take photos of quilts on the design wall which actually completely covers two entire walls of the room. That is a major advantage to working in a windowless basement!!

The other "studio" space is my main work room. Another major advantage to working in an unfinished basement is that with exposed rafters, I feel free to hang a light fixture where ever I need more light, and the older I get, the more lights I add! Works for me!

[Lynn K.]

Somehow I think you would be functioning just fine in a studio that was 8x8! You just have that ability to focus and get on with it! Anyway, we are all just a tad bit jealous, although not enough to be called pathological! tee hee :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Margo C.]

Yo, Lorchen!! How's this???

Our son recently got a promotion in his job which requires the family to move. The grandchildren are NOT happy about it and it doesn't help that their other grandmother is pitching a fit! I used your challenge to kill two birds with one stone, and made a wall hanging for them!

Hmmmmm...a technique I've never done? Honey, I made my first quilt in 1963! There isn't a lot that I haven't tried!! But here goes....

I am a very traditional quilter. I like straight lines, and pre-planned projects, and my favorite color is neutral!! LOL!! BTW...My husband's favorite color is bright shiny objects!! He also says that "quilts should not rattle" so I have never used embellishments! For this project I wanted to work out of my stash, and was able to find some bright fabrics to put together and I hope that TheGrands will like it. They also love embellishments, so I slathered 'em on! This project measures 23" x 27".

I actually started with no plan at all, but just pieced together fabrics for the flowers and leaves. That's as far as I got without a plan! LOL!!
I decided on the text then got an idea of the size I needed to make the flowers. It was all intuitive from there. Very freeing!

Here are the new techniques I used:
**Tom Russell's technique of piecing little bits of fabric together to create fabric for the funky appliquéd flowers and leaves.
http://tomrussellquilts.wordpress.com/

**Rick-Rack trim around a couple of flowers and for one stem.

**Couching cotton yarn for stems.
learn/bernina/

**Ricky Tim's double blanket stitch on fused applique shapes
learn/bernina/

**Wonky free-form edge for the border (way out of my comfort zone, but it was FUN!)

**Janet Stone's suggestion for free motion embroidery for the text since my embroidery machine no longer functions.
community/my-profile/janetstone

**Free motion couching for the leafy vine in the border. I actually purchased a new presser foot just to try this, and I love it!! I'll be doing more of this for sure!
learn/bernina/

**88 buttons, including some that are double and triple stacked




So...Lorchen....does that fulfill my end of the challenge??? Thanks for pushing me out of my comfort zone!
And yes!! This quilt RATTLES!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
You can see more photos on my WebShots album: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...79922644CMPVuX

[Margo C.]

Beautiful!!!!