Cheryl's Quilts

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Hawaii Here We Come

This is my newest Hawaiian quilt.  I never gave it a name.  It was for our bed and so I wanted more neutral colors.  

This is my entry in Amy's Blogger Quilt Festival.  Check it out for many more quilts to be seen.

Pinning the pattern on.  I think I copied this from a photo I had pinned on Pinterest.  This was started in January 2017.

You only need to make a pattern for 1/8th of the quilt.  The folding of the fabric, kind of like making snowflakes, makes it easy to do.

Pinning the pattern onto the fabric takes some time as you have all those little cutouts that are part of the big piece.  Keeping it straight and not tangled and then flat on the fabric takes patience and time.

But then once that is done, the fun part comes, which is the applique.

Now it's ready for the quilting.  It did it traditional style on my longarm.

This quilt was finished in April 2018.  It took over a year to complete it.

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My Latest Quilt

This is the completed top ready to be quilted.  This quilt is one I am pretty much copying.  The original is Emma's Courtyard by Jo Morton.  I really like her work.  I changed the applique but the piecing is a copy of hers.  

Now I can't wait to have the finished product on my wall.

Vicki's Quilts

 Waves and Fish

Feathers

 Sailboats and twirls

Eloise

This is my oldest granddaughter Eloise.  I have been making things for her this summer that she has asked for.  

She asked for a new apron.  All the other aprons are too small for her how, so she said.  Her sisters can wear them.  She said she wanted a half apron.  I asked her how she was going to keep her shirt clean.  I need whole aprons myself.  She wants half.

We went through pinterest and picked one out to copy.  Then we went to my stash and this is what we came up with.  It is plenty long so it should last her a while.

I also knitted her this sweater.  This is a pattern that I had purchased a while back and used before.  I really like it.

I used a knitpicks cotton on it.  

This lacey edge is what I really like about it.

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And then she wanted a poncho.  I made a paper pattern for sizing.  Then I knitted 2 rectangular pieces the size of the paper pattern.  Knitting stretches.  Paper doesn't.  The opening on the poncho was way too large.

So I machine sewed two darts in it.  One in front and one in back.  It doesn't look too bad.

Now she is ready for fall.

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