Saturday, June 25, 2011


The flower quilt is finished and I am so happy with it.  (Sorry the picture is not all that.)  You can not even tell the bows are purple.  I got the binding sewn on so now all I have to do is sew it down by hand. By the way I choose the same color of purple for the binding as the bows.  Image that. hehe  The back is the same color yellow as the sashing.  This time I decided on a plan back.  I am pretty slow at doing the binding since I only do it while I watch TV at night.  When I am done I will take a better picture.


I think I have shown you this before.  This is the way I label my all of my quilts.  My machine has letters in it so it make's it easy to do.  I found this idea a few years ago in a Fons and Porter magazine.


I made this reversible bag for Nancy one of my co-workers out of some of the Thimbleberries fabrics I had.  It came out really nice for my first try.  I found this pattern on the internet a few years ago.  I tried to find it again so I could share it with you but I could not find it again.

Oh my I am so happy one of the feed sacks I bought the last time had some little stains all on it.  So I put some lemon juice on it and let it sit in the sun for awhile.  Then I soaked it in Oxy Clean there
are no more stains.  I could not believe it worked.  Wha Hoo!  Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

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9 comments:

  1. Hi Donna, lovely to catch up with you. You have done a lovely job on your quilt, and I love the bag you made. Lucky co-worker! That is such a good idea for quilt labelling.Hope you can stay cool over the weekend.xx

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  2. Very nice flower quilt, Donna! Definitely a very good first bag! I need to practice with the letters on my machine. I don't think mine makes the letters as nice as your machine does. I'm so glad the stains came ou of the feedsack!

    LaDonna

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  3. Donna your Quilt is beautiful,well done

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  4. Lovely! Is your label done on ribbon or sashing? I like the idea of the embroidery. My next machine will have that feature.

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  5. Lovely quilt and bag... and great way to label....
    Hugz

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  6. Beautiful quilt Donna. I love your friends bag....love Thimbleberries!!!

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  7. I love your quilt label. That is so cute.

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  8. Your quilt label is genius! I am going to try it since my machine does lettering as well.
    ps. As a mom to three kids aged 5 and under, I love OxyClean and OxyClean Max for really stubborn stains (I don't like the smell of the Max so much, but it works!!!)

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  9. Lovely quilt. Totally understand about colors not showing properly in photos. Don't understand why either.
    Great label idea. My new machine makes letters. Did you do them on a piece of fabric and then sew them on the quilt?
    Thanks for the stain tips.

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