It's a Guy Thing! Blog Hop

           

  It's A Guy Thing- Who says hunting and fishing are for guys anyway? 

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt is hosting this fun blog hop. Check out all the participants after my share!

I am using all fall colors for the upcoming hunting season for one of our cabin quilts. We don't have a cabin YET, but I'm still collecting things for it. And we will have hunting guests in our home again this year! 

I love having themed items all around!

  I played around with the color strip on the side of the focal fabric and chose to make a bed-sized quilt. I've yet to quilt it and testing a ome in-the-hoop quilting designs. I've been practicing so that this will turn out with a little less flaws than I would normally make. 

All of those cute animals on the light background print will make the backing for the quilt. Perfect for the huntsmen in my tribe!

thanks for joining me! Now go check out everyone else!

                                                               

                                                  July 26 

Creatin' in the Sticks

Storied Quilts

Quilted Delights

Samelia's Mum

Vroomans Quilts

Karen's Korner

 

July 27

 

MooseStashQuilting

Inflorescence

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

Websterquilt

Words & Stitches

Days Filled With Joy

 

July 28

 

Ms P Designs USA

Beaquilter

Lianne Makes Stuff

For The Love Of Geese

Domestic Felicity

 

July 29

 

Scrapdash

That Fabric Feeling

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilt Schmilt

The Colorful Fabriholic

Songbird Designs

 July 30

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Fabrication

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Patchouli Moon Studio

Food for Thought

Quilt Journal - Butterfly Churn Dash

 The Churn Dash has gone by other names such as the Broken Plate, Monkey Wrench, Hole in the Barn Door & Shoo Fly. There are many other names published since early 1800 to the mid 1800's and it is so fun to research back to find bits of information about the quilt blocks and the woment that sewed them.

This one was made with a gorgeous butterfly print with a tiny bit of shimmer in it. It was most likely made in 2015 and finished in February of 2016. The binding was created with the same butterfly fabrics - finished out as a twin or toddler bed size. 

Crown Royal Quilts - A Quilting Journal

 

TONY’S CROWN ROYAL QUILT – started maybe sometime in 2014 and completed in JANUARY 2016 (made while in Spencer, WV & St. Leonard, MD)

Pattern: Wedding Ring Quilt (I'm not certain of the extact name but "Sarah's Wedding Ring" comes to mind)

Quilted by Macel Bowe of Peniel, WV

After many years of not creating and sewing (I never really understood how to put together a quilt correctly), I started taking interest in a quilting again when my husband bought an antique quilting frame in Morgantown, WV. I joined a local Quilting Bees group at the Roane County COA sometime in 2014. This is the pattern chosen for a "quilt and share". I used the Crown Royal bags sparsely because Tony wanted a quilt made of them. For a true "first" quilt, this seemed a pretty difficult pattern because I had no knowledge of 1/4" seams, squaring up blocks, adding a binding...you know...Just the basics was totally foreign to me. I'm still glad I attempted it because it gave me confidence to continue. Notice that first photo? Not a true circle, yet I was determined to make it happen!

Has anyone besides myself noticed that those Crown Royal bags are now made with an inferior type of fabric? When cut, they fray and unravel in an ugly mess. I'll be checking my stash for the older type for any future projects.

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Quilting Journal - Little Sam

 Farmer Sam – made for my nephew, Cody – around 1995 (made in Cottageville, WV)

I was a very new quilter, this isn’t really a quilt so much as a blanket. I hand stitched a blanket stitch around the little boy and the very wide border. Not knowing much about 'quilting', I used yarn to knot the quilt. Photo was taken in 2020. This quilt probably needs a label on it. I'm certain I was not signing any blankets or quilts back then.

                              

I've taken my cue to seriously document my quilts and my attempts to quilt from Pat Sloan. She is gathering her quilts for documentation and dispersing those she is willing to part with. As I've given many away already, I will not have updated photos or great photography. I was hoping to have a record of my own and this is a challenge I really think I can commit myself to. When or if I do find I have a new photo opportunity with each quilt, I'll share that too. 

If anyone knows this little boy's true pattern name, let know :)

Glamper Camper Sewing Studio

 Whilst having my very own room in my 5th wheel camper to devote strictly to a sewing studio, it is still quite crowed to lay out blocks to stitch together and to lay out a full size quilt to pin baste.

As you can tell, it appears that there may be enough room to pin baste on the floor in the sitting room area. I used to do that. Now I have a pet that roams all through the area and I wish not to place my beautiful work in dog hair and the bits of dirt she brings into the camper.

 

But she is so cute. Right?

Here is a sneak peak of what my Glamper Sewing Studio looks like on most days. I'm squeezed in there and enjoy this space so much! Lots of light fill the room from the four surrounding windows. Fantastic.

But tell me, where do you go to do the biggest parts of your quilting preparations?

Last, here is another sneak peak of what I am currently working on! Sewing down the scrap basket!