Fiestaware Quilt

Fiestaware, the timeless classic style of dinnerware Americana, draws many into its clutches... myself included.

As a long-time lover of orange, I've been drawn to Fiestaware's colors. My most recent quilt reflects Fiestaware's influence. I used all Kona solids!

I backed it with a fun print from Jo-Ann Fabrics and used a bright green binding.

The quilting was done by a new quilting friend, Martha, who offered to quilt it on her long-arm. She stitched-in-the-ditch smartly around each ring. It's glorious, warm, and snuggly soft!

The Tupperware Quilt is Complete

It's been a long time coming and this is finally complete. I've blogged about this quilt here and here. I'm so glad to be done with it! Here you can see its crinkly goodness after its first washing:
Here's few closeups of the hand stitching:

I've been feeling so good about the hand-stitching on this that I've decided to start another hand-stitched quilt.
I fell in love with this quilt on Film in the Fridge and decided to make my own.
I have 169 blocks -

Here's an almost-finished top on my bed:

I will add a narrow white border to this before it's basted. For the back, I've chosen a solid Kona tarragon. The binding's not yet decided - I am leaning towards Denyse Schmidt's Sugar Creek Kitchsy Tile Cornflower. Looking forward to some hand-stitching! Anyone want to help? At 102x102, there's enough room for a lot of hands to quilt this....

It all started with tupperware

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I'm pretty sure that my love of orange is directly related to my love of all things from the 1970s.

What really epitomizes the color palette for me is, and always has been, my mom's funky set of tupperware:

I've always loved this set!

It's still in pristine condition, too. That handle really keeps the set together.

My name is on the bottom of the yellow bowl, made with a labelmaker much like this one:

I can't think of one thing that wasn't labeled with that label maker.

Coming up with a palette for a quilt for myself wasn't too hard. I usually start with orange.

Above is a shot of all of the blocks together, but not in the final arrangement.

Below, all set together:

The best part of this quilt, tho, isn't the color palette.

(even tho they're all my favorites)

The best part about this quilt is that it is just my second quilt hand-quilted piece.

And, it is the quilt that brought all of these fabulous people together to put it in a frame and help me start hand quilting.

We put it up in the driveway - on my grandmother's frame.

We used the quilt stands my granddad made.

Above, the backing is pinned to the boards first.

Then (below) the batting and top are attached.

And the quilting began.

These two great gals took me into their quilting circle!

Some quilt-enthusiasts showed up to support us:

Here's a great picture of one of my grams' best pals, showing me how it's done:

It was a perfect day to start a fun 70's tupperware-inspired quilt!

Particulars: 42 blocks, log cabiny, cotton batting

Progress to date: 29.5 blocks complete, binding machine-stitched to the backside.

Emmalina's First Quilt

Here's Emmalina's first quilt!
I followed the tutorial at Tall Grass Studio for the wonky log cabin pattern.
It makes a great baby quilt!


Fun and wonky everywhere -

Here, I hand-stitched an "E."

Warm flannel on the backside.

Sleep well, little Emmalina!

Scraptakular #1, quilted!

I'm loving how this turned out!

Scraptakular #1 just came back from Melear's Fabrics.

They did a super job on this! I love their quilting.

I rolled the backing forward to bind the edge.

My scrap pile's gettin' smaller!

Orange Crush

Orange Crush piecing is complete!

Now, to decide how it will be quilted....

Here's a close up of 4 of the 49 blocks.

All of the pieces are modern prints except one vintage print from my mom's pal.

(the vintage piece is with the red/orange flower found in the top left and bottom right in this photo)

Here's the finished top:

Scraptakular #1, full photo

Here's a full-length shot of the Scraptakular #1.

It's a monster at 114 inches square.

First attempt at paper piecing!

Here's my first attempt at paper-piecing!

I see that I made a mistake on the last two pieces by sewing on the wrong line - but overall, I am pleased by my first attempt.

I learned a few things:

• even though it's about scraps, make sure they're big enough. [I had to re-do a few that were too small]
• my sewing's not too shabby. Following a line that's clearly marked wasn't too difficult!
• the possibilities of paper-piecing are endless!

I'm going to practice on a few more log cabins and see if I end up with enough courage to actually try a Kaffe Fassett's jewel squares on the cover of his book, Glorious Patchwork.

Bullseye/Log Cabin Quilt in the Frame!

What a great day!

The gals came over to put my quilt in the frame.

It was too big to put in the house, so we set it up in the driveway.

Here's the quilt in the frame, in the driveway:

Here's Pat and Evie laying the top on the frame.

After we had it on the frame, we rolled both sides so it would be a manageable size to go into the house.

Before it went into the house, we did some quilting outside.

It was a perfect day for outside quilting!