Progress on quilt tops

Three of the four National Parks quilt tops have borders.

Below is the dark green with tan dot border.

This one has sage green with tossed badges for the border.

Below is the first try layout with blocks of batik.

I wasn't happy with the look so I ripped seams and took out the batik.

The new layout has less batik with small posters inserted.

It wasn't too difficult to resew the blocks.

I sewed in the same order as the original layout -

side with middle poster, then sides of the column, last side to the border.

I think the final top will have light sage green with tossed words for the border.

I have enough of the dark green dot but I want to use as much of the theme fabric as possible.

Grandson David had a big week.

He turned seven!

And participated in a violin recital.

Wish I could have been there in person.

Thankful for photos, videos, and FaceTime.

Happy Sewing!

 

Making National Parks Posters into Quilts

First a Paducah photo retry-

I took a lecture class on thread painting at the quilt show.

I took notes and photos of a couple of examples.

When/if I try thread painting, I will post photos.

Below is a sample of using fabric as the pattern for thread painting.

This week I have been working on quilt tops using National Park Poster fabric and the batik fat quarters I recently won. The first top will be for my younger brother. He has visited much of the US. On family vacations as kids we camped in National Parks-most of the ones on these posters.

Trying out borders.

I used this green as the border on the first top.

A finished top - but- I think I'm going to change the large batik blocks in the center column.

Another border try-out.

This green dotty fabric was in my stash.

I think it looks good with the posters.

I have bought three flannels for backing.

I want to be sure these are snuggly lap quilts.

Another border try-out.

There will be four lap quilts made from these National Parks Posters.

Look for updates next time.