Here's some more traditional quilts that I made in the late 80s early 90s.
The big green one on the back is a triple Irish chain that my mother and aunt hand quilted on a big frame in Chilliwack. My aunt and oma have made thick satin quilts for all the girls for their weddings which were filled with a thick batting of carded wool. The quilting in that kind of quilt is quite wide spread and contains hearts and diamonds in the borders. Mom and Dad have one that got them through the Saskatchewan winters when they first married. I had mom and aunty Martha just follow the dark green squares and do diagonal lines across the quilt. This one got stolen from a house I was renting. The police figured they wrapped all the stuff they took in it so it looked like they were just heading down the street to the laundry-mat or something.
The blue single Irish chain was for a good friend Michael who shared the house I was living in. I think his mother has it now. Single Irish chain quilts are easy to do. Just make a bunch of 9 patches that look like the 5 face of a dice, then alternate them with solid squares the same size as the whole 9 patch.
I always wanted to do a stack and whack, but I really hated this one once I got this far. So I gave it to a friend, Vince, who said he loved it and would finish it. I think the feature fabric wasn't the best for this technique. I think I got it because the repeat was very close so I wouldn't have to buy a lot to get 8 repeats for the pinwheels. And I don't like the yellows or the green. Makes me wonder why I even started it.
Irish Chains
The big green one on the back is a triple Irish chain that my mother and aunt hand quilted on a big frame in Chilliwack. My aunt and oma have made thick satin quilts for all the girls for their weddings which were filled with a thick batting of carded wool. The quilting in that kind of quilt is quite wide spread and contains hearts and diamonds in the borders. Mom and Dad have one that got them through the Saskatchewan winters when they first married. I had mom and aunty Martha just follow the dark green squares and do diagonal lines across the quilt. This one got stolen from a house I was renting. The police figured they wrapped all the stuff they took in it so it looked like they were just heading down the street to the laundry-mat or something.
The blue single Irish chain was for a good friend Michael who shared the house I was living in. I think his mother has it now. Single Irish chain quilts are easy to do. Just make a bunch of 9 patches that look like the 5 face of a dice, then alternate them with solid squares the same size as the whole 9 patch.
Stack and Whack
I always wanted to do a stack and whack, but I really hated this one once I got this far. So I gave it to a friend, Vince, who said he loved it and would finish it. I think the feature fabric wasn't the best for this technique. I think I got it because the repeat was very close so I wouldn't have to buy a lot to get 8 repeats for the pinwheels. And I don't like the yellows or the green. Makes me wonder why I even started it.
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