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the polish quilter: Michigan Blue
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Thursday, July 10, 2014. I'm in love with this quilt. It was tough to give away but fortunately, it was for a good cause. My cousin, Aaron, and his lovely fiance, Jenn, are getting married in August so of course, I wanted to make them a lovely creation. I asked Jenn to pick out a color scheme and pattern. She definitely gravitated toward squares within squars. As for colors, she said that they liked blues. I had purchased a fat bundle of awesome Lotta Jansdotter Glimma. Labels: Lotta Jansdotter is my hero.
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the polish quilter: Updates
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015. I was updating my quilting log and realized I've made 119 over the past 16 years. I have 7 WIP's and three of those are tops that need to be quilted. Here are two:. Since I'm on a fabric diet, I've been working on random projects to use up scraps. I tried wavy piecing (which isn't as fun as I thought):. I also tried some paper piecing. It takes practice, especially since I taught myself. But I enjoyed the few blocks I made:. It's fun to have different projects to work on. I've be...
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the polish quilter: Bridesmaid to Baby
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. My friend, Jen, recently asked me to make a baby quilt for her to give to her friend who is expecting. Jen was a bridesmaid in her friends wedding so she wondered if I could make a quilt from the bridesmaid dress that she wore. I was a little unsure - the dress was made of chiffon and satin - but decided to give it a try. Jen picked out the following pattern, taken from Pinterest. I didn't think about taking a photo of the actual dress before I cut it up. Doh.). The textured fabri...
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the polish quilter: Family Jewels
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Monday, June 29, 2015. I always enjoy working on quilt projects WITH family members FOR family members. Over the winter, my mom and I made a wedding quilt for my cousin, Steve, and his bride-to-be, Ellen. They requested green and jewel tones. We decided on this pattern from Pinterest. (We didn't have the actual pattern but it was pretty easy to replicate.). The back was teech too short but luckily we had leftover blocks. I love the look of pieced backs. Labels: it was a geeks wedding. When I started blog...
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the polish quilter: Rainbow Block of the Month
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Monday, June 29, 2015. Rainbow Block of the Month. It seems like I have many quilting books but rarely do I ever make something from one of their patterns. I tend to lean toward more modern looking quilts as well as improvisational quilts and the quilts in the books that I have are really boring. Don't get me wrong. there are a lot of really cool books out there. I just don't own many.). Perhaps its time to update my library.). AND I'M SO GLAD I DID! I love, love, love it! Thanks for stopping by! I've be...
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the polish quilter: Finally! A Finish...
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Friday, November 6, 2009. The Purdue quilt is finally finished. Just in time to take it's place with all the other silent auction items at the fundraising event. I did a pieced backing with zig zag quilting. In the spirit of the quilt, I decided to take it's picture on campus. Since I'll never see it again, I made sure to get proper pictures. I'm getting better about documenting my work. I had enjoyed making this quilt, especially because of AmandaJean's easy tutorial. I'm ready to start my next one!
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the polish quilter: Bar Keep T-Shirt Quilt
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Friday, September 26, 2014. Bar Keep T-Shirt Quilt. So the buyer of the Diabetes T-shirt. Quilt commissioned me to do another project for her. She is a bartender and when working, she wears t-shirts that are appropriate for the bar setting. She's must be pretty well known for her t-shirts because she even has customers that give her shirts to wear. I solved that problem by adding a piano key border. I think the end result was great. Most importantly, I had another satisfied customer. Finished Quilts of 2...
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the polish quilter: IU Chevron
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Since moving to Bloomington and working at Indiana University, the amount of red in my house has quadrupled! So it's only fitting that I actually started collecting red fabric to go along with everything else red in my life. I've been collecting some true red (aka red, red) fat quarters for a few years and wasn't sure what to do with the material. Unfortunately, it's impossible to get IU themed fabric (trust me, I've tried! From a few years ago.). Thanks for stopping by! If you ...
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the polish quilter: Black and White Block Exchange
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Black and White Block Exchange. Back in 2009, our Covered in Threads quilt guild organized our very first block exchange. One of our members had participated in a block and white block exchange with another group of quilters so we thought this would be a great way to get started on what has become an annual challenge. Here are the blocks I completed for the exchange. We finished the quilt this weekend. I'm glad we fixed the borders! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). When I start...
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the polish quilter: The Stars Align
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014. When I first jumped on the Pinterest bandwagon, I saw a quilt block. That I loved, loved, loved from Ellison Lane Quilts. I finally got around to making my own quilt with this starflower block. (Which is more than I can say for most of the other quilts I've pinned! I just looked at the above photo and realized how awesome my piecing looks. Go me! I feel like a grown up quilter.). I made several blocks and laid out the quilt. Of course, it's never quite as big as you want. I've bee...
