Giggling and Smiling :-)Look! I've been playing with the Calico Spool pattern. One in a bright novelty fabric with black background and then some "leftovers" from my 30's Pinwheel Stars quilt.
Maybe I've fallen off the end of the Earth but they sure make me giggle and smile. :-)
Can you say HUGE???
Most evenings you can find me watching baseball on TV, however, with no games the last two evenings I've been chained to my sewing machine. I have almost finished my 30's Pinwheel Star quilt that I shamelessly copied from Doe (thank you, Doe). The center is finished - need to add the corner triangles and the borders. The pattern calls for piano keys on the border but I need to think about that a day or two. This is going to be a HUGE quilt - 95" x 112". No, I didn't pay attention to the dimensions when I started - 50 blocks - no big deal. Whoa, baby! LOLI'm anxious to get back to my Spool Blocks and the dark version of the Pinwheel Star.
Giving credit where is due: Please, please do not give me credit for this quilt - the pattern shows it done in 30's with a yellow center. I saw it on Doe's blog with red centers and thought it was beautiful. So, now here's mine - just like Doe's!
39 comments:
Awesome! I love it.
Wow - beautiful and HUGE, Darlene! Are those set-in seams? That block is very pretty and fun in the 30s fabrics!
Wow...you make the most beautful quilts. I really like how the red centre pops in the quilt.
What a stunner, love your fabric choices.
Woah, Baby, indeed !
Darlene, this quilt can be one of my favourite ones, among all the beauties you have made, until now !
It's absolutely stunning !
Your fabric choice, the way you bring colors together, AND the accurate machine chain piecing i If this quilt was in a quilt show, I would give you first prize, for sure !
(and I'm a specialist! LOL LOL ! ). And I know your secret weapon : the love of sewing !
This is not playing with words, encensing a good friend, or too much enthusiasm : each time you show a quilt, I'm learning something, and I can stazy minutes watching your pictures ! There it is, I had to say it loud and clear ! LOL
My lesson, today : I absolutely HAVE TO web -order 30's repro. fabrics, on my return from Italy...
(will you help me choose ? We'll have an e-mailing session, then... Wohoo !).
My best, best hugs & smiles !
NADINE
And now..... on to the spools !
ps : about a week ago, I e-maoled you with a funny video to watch : "the sewing machine", did yu see it ? It makes me think of you.... HeeHee
Another beauty Darlene! How on earth do you crank them out so fast? Love the red centers too. Also, that pincushion is adorable!!!
Love it! Pretty block and my favourite fabrics - just the perfect combination. Well done!
Beautiful. I love it. You did a great job.
That's fantastic! I made a similar one with all polka dots. It is at the longarmer now. I can't wait to get it back!
Wow, that really turned out sweet! Thanks for sharing!
Well even if you quilt-lifted this quilt, it is still quite lovely. And yes, that is one big quilt.
I LOVE it! The red centers are just the best! What did you use for background fabric...it is just beautiful!
It looks fabulous. I love your stripping pieces.
Baseball, yes I love to watch my Red Sox. However, when they are on the West Coast, like tonight, I can hardly stay up to watch them.
The black background one looks more like a bow tie! :o) - I love them all! Keep that creativity flowing! I love it!
You are a little dynamo!!!
your quilt is gorgeous!
I'd say that will fit my bed perfectly!!! Lovely, absolutely lovely!! And girl, you are FAST!! :D
Darlene, it is a beautiful quilt, even if you got the pattern from somewhere else. Very nice!
How I like that quilt! If you don't mind, like you copied Doe, I'd like to copy you. I like your scrappy sashing and have been looking for the perfect way to complete a quilt of mine,called Diamond in the Rough. The blocks are somewhat similar to yours. Anyway, thanks for the great idea.
Love the quilt. I'm going to work on mine this weekend. I've been doing that one out of Christmas fabric from a year ago. It's so big I work on it awhile and put it away, then get it back out. But I love it!!! Does' was beautiful.
Well, don't they say, Imitation is the sincerest form of flatery? Your quilt is beautiful! I really love 30's repros!
Sounds like you are having fun! Imagine that!
It sure is a pretty quilt - where ever the inpiration came from :))
I love the bright/black background spool as well. It really pops
Boy - I sure can't spell tonight. "inspiration"
Just in case you were wondering what the heck I just said - LOL
This quilt is amazing -- I'm just catching up on my blog reading, and I am amazed at how much you have gotten done in one short week I've been gone! What lovely work -- and the two pinweel blocks are both lovely! I can't decide which I like more.
The idea is borrowed, but the skill is yours! Beautifully done:)
I can hear you giggling...have fun!
Love the spools! You may borrow ideas but the actual work is your own. Credit to you for the accomplishment!! Bren
What an absolutely beautiful quilt! I make big ones, too, so I can relate! It will be stunning quilted.
I quilt in front of baseball games, too, in fact, there is one on right now. :)
gorgeous!! love the pastels
OMG, these quilt is soooo AWESOME!!!! Darlene, you ROCK!!!
Your star quilt is beautiful and as always I enjoy looking at your work.
I am looking forward to see your Leanne project as well :-)
Love the Pinwheel Star. I don't think you need piano keys. It looks great to me.
Seeing yours made me drag mine out and work on it some more. I've been doing it for a year now. I posted pics on my blog. Mine is out of Christmas fabric.
Isn't it great when a quilt ends up so generously proportioned? This one will look fabulous on a bed! You have been busy!
Looks great, love the use of the 30s fabric
hehehe, I like the spools as well! How fun!
And your pinwheels are beautiful and large LOL
WOW !!! I LOVE both of those quilts !!
Oh my gosh, I loe 30's prints and this pattern is so different from the norm!!!! I love it!! I want to copy you and doe now.
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