CHARLEY HARPER DREAMS

Seems like a long time ago...

I found a love of Charley Harper fabrics.

I kept collecting them, and made a few smaller projects.

All became part of my guest bedroom.

Then I collected more...and found a pattern I thought

could work for a king size quilt, for the queen size bed.

I cut a lot of blocks and worked on them at intervals.

I didn't like the pattern churn dash corners...

so I just made regular Churn Dash blocks.

Fussy cut centers of many Charley Harper fabrics.

I made 36, 16" Churn Dash blocks

White GRUNGE framed all of them and I selected

a color from the fussy cut pieces for accents.

The background was a Gray with Black Polkadot.

Added a 4" drop of the background fabric

 so it would fit the Queen bed, like a comforter.

It finished at 85 x 89"

I selected Dream Cotton batting

and off she went to my friend Patty Estadt for quilting.

Here you can see the backing...a print called Stitched

and it was perfect for this backing.

I used the background fabric for the binding.

As you can see here...Patty did a beautiful E2E  free-hand 

long arm quilting desgin....not a pantograph!

I made a couple pillow cases out of the backing fabric

and here she is in all her glory!

I still have a ton of Charley Harper fabrics.

Oh gee....what will I make next?

GIFT WRAPPED! SEWALONG BEGINS TOMORROW!

An AQS Christmas Countdown begins tomorrow!

October 21, 2020

Tami Edinger Pfeil of BEHG Designs

has some adorable floor rug patterns

for you and there's a sew-along!

Patterns are free with the purchase

of a canvas rug kit at HANDBEGH Designs

Tami has fabulous quilt, rug, garland,

felted project patterns for you...

just click here!

Don't go yet...I am gonna show

you what I made using her pattern "Gift Wrapped"

Tami asked me to review the pattern for

"Gift Wrapped"

I asked if I could show the versatility of her pattern

 by making a table runner and using quilters cottons.

Then THIS happened.

I cut all the applique pieces and

used Steam a Seam 2 Lite

to iron them to a tone on tone white background.

I had some red and green polkadot fabric

in my stash, added solid white

to make a pieced backing.

The applique technique is a raw edge.

I used black thread to outline each appliqué

piece, three times.

I machine quilted the table runner on my

Bernina 740 with a long wavy line.

I love the dual feed feet that my machine offers.

The finished runner measures 17 1/2 x 80"

Waaay to big for my patio table

but will be great for a larger dining room table.

I made the binding white solid

so the presents "float" in the design.

I think this turned out sew cute!

But as Tami always says...

use her slub canvas to make a floor rug

and think outside the quilting box

Click here to be directed to the AQS FB group.

Tami's patterns go LIVE on October 21st

Don't miss the fun!