Design Wall Monday

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My design wall looks the same as last week...

Mostly because it was fair week. I entered 3 quilts.

This, Cosmic Jewels, got a blue 1st place ribbon. I quilted it with a spiral design.

This one got a red 2nd place ribbon. I quilted it with an all-over leaf design.

This baby quilt got a white 3rd place ribbon.

I was pretty happy with that. :)

Today was filled with a therapy appointment this morning for my mother-in-law, picking up my quilts from the fair, and a dentist appointment this afternoon.

I have been working on an embroidered label for a quilt and knitting.

I need to get another quilt on the frame and another one started.

I have cut some pieces for Bonnie Hunter's Summer 2013 Split 9-Patch Leader and Ender challenge.

You can see that here.

Design Wall Monday

Today my design wall looks like this...

Not much on it.
The stars are for a bed runner that my mom bought and asked me to put together for her. No hurry, she said. I have 3 more stars to make. I think it is turning out very nicely.

The reason there is nothing else on my wall is because I just completed the piecing for the deer quilt for my son.

The backing a soft fleece and is sewn together and it is ready to go on the frame as soon as this one comes off. I just have to tuck in a few thread tales. I find that easier to do when it is still on the frame. I used a spiral groovy board from R & S Designs.

In the picture below you can see more of the quilt. The center star is at the top of the picture. I will be losing about 3 inches of the borders. This quilt was so big that I couldn't quilt the borders to the edges. I am ok with that since the outside border was pretty big.

I was thinking of quilting this one next, but I just can't get inspired. I like the quilt, but I just do not know how to quilt it. I am not good at lines or feathers yet. And, I am afraid I will 'ruin' a quilt if my quilting isn't as good as I think it should be :)

To see what others are doing, visit this Judy L's page here.

Design Wall Monday

You can see what everyone else is working on here.

On my wall this week is something I am working on for my son. He is going away to school this fall and I thought he needed something for his bed. He picked this fabric several years ago and I just have not gotten around to doing anything with it until now. It is actually meant to be pillow panels, but with some sashing I think it makes a nice quilt. I plan to enter this in our local county fair.

I have been busy with other things, too. I got this baby quilt finished, except for the label on the back. This one will be at the fair, as well. I used my feather groovy board for the white outside borders and a wavy line border with small hearts in the corners or the inside border - had to turn the quilt 3 times to do that. I was nervous about doing that, but it worked out great. I used a small meander in the blocks. I then took it off the frame and hand quilted in the ditch around the sashing and outlined around the Sues, bonnets and arms. I am just not that confident yet to do that part on the frame.

My niece had a baby recently, a girl. I made a couple of burp cloths with the baby's initial on them. Another niece with a baby visited recently and showed me hers. She loves them. She says people know who the cloths belong to, you know, in case she forgets them somewhere. :)

Also, on my frame is another quilt for the fair. It is bigger than I usually do . . . 99 x 109. I am quilting a spiral design on it. I am sure I will have to turn it part way through because of the size.

Fair starts July 17 . . . so I better get busy!