I started my blog, when our older daughter won a blog design drawing and gifted it to me so that I could have a blog to share the art that I do. Blogging opened another avenue for me to meet so many talented folk! And to think I didnt even know what a blog was, until our daughter had shown us hers in the Spring of 2009!
Here is one of my UFOs - cut and handpieced for the hexagon quilts that I had started. (Oh! Wish I knew about paper piecing before cutting each individual hexie!) One for each of our daughters, but now I've told them when I do get them done, perhaps it will be for one for each of their babies ;o)
I posted about these on my blog post: "Stitches...at a standstill".
(If you do get a chance to look at any past posts,
please leave a comment there,
so that I know you were by.
...thank you so much :o)
I've always loved quilts and am blessed to have some made from family, especially thankful that my mom had made all her children and her grandchildren a quilt before she passed away. This post: "Quintessential quilts and quilting quandry" on my blog, shows more of the quilts that I have.
(This is one of my mom's cross stitched quilts she completed).
I learned to sew from my mom, but it wasnt until a dear friend (also a military spouse) showed me the basics of quilting that I first began quilting. The military moved our families to different installations, and I tucked away my projects.
Until a couple of years ago...when another military wife and dear friend expressed an interest in quilting, and I pulled out my UFOs and shared with her what little I knew. She has completed several quilts already! Since then, I've decided to keep my hand piecing and hand quilted ones readily available. I am working on this cathedral quilt.
If you would like to see more about my cathedral quilt, here is my post "Q is for Quilt" that I talked about it.
I'm a novice quilter, so would also like to ask all of you to please give me your opinion on the type of sewing machine you use. ...is it user friendly, etc? I gave our older daughter my old Singer, and am still on the look out for a machine that I can do free motion quilting, embroidering monograms (maybe), ease with use. I've asked this from other quilters before, so I am taking everyone's input in deciding which machine I hope to purchase.
Since I started quilting, I've actually only completed one wall hanging and 6 little mini Hawaiian style quilts for a quilt exchange. ...but hopefully before the year is up...I can say that I have more quilts finished!
Blessings & Aloha!
Maria B @Personalized Sketches and Sentiments
10 comments:
Welcome Maria! Your Cathedral windows are beautiful. I hope we'll be seeing a lot of your work this year.
Aw! Thank you so much Sunny! I am determined to complete some of my UFOS, especially with the inspiration and motivation I get looking at everyone's successful quilting completions here!
*sigh* I do love my patients I see as a hygienist, but it would be awesome to quilt, sew, craft, draw, travel, etc... with unlimited time :o)
Blessings & Aloha!
Hi Maria and Wow, the windows looks fab... happy UFO-ing
Hugs Dawn x x
First of all...Dawn, Thank you for your kind words and thank you sooo much for bearing with all my questions! And secondly, I realize that as I look at some past posts, that no one had commented back directly to comments left on a post...oops! This will be my last comment back to a comment left :o) I appreciate your comments and will go directly to your blog and leave a comment back to you there.
Blessings & Aloha!
I use a Janome Memory Craft 4800, and I'm starting to use my 1896 Singer 15 treadle. I've made place mats and table runners on it, and I'm in a block exchange to make disappearing 4 patch blocks using my treadle machine, too. How do you 'sign up' for this blog? I could use some encouragement on finishing my quilts. I'm a hand quilter, so, I'm really slow and haven't finished anything since last spring (2 quilts).
Very pretty quilts there... I just LOVE the one your Mum cross stitched!
I have a Husqvarna 870 Quilt...it WAS the machine from hell and gave me no end of problems for the first year, but it's great now.
Hello! What a great blog you have!! Thanks so much for stopping by our blog:) We are your newest follower!!
Becky-TCBOTB
Hi Maria! I am going to go to your blog too as it sounds very interesting. I love your Hexies and your Cathedral Windows! I have a Bernina 440. I too asked lots of quilters for their advice. I will tell you more on your blog. Hugs n Blessings from Sue x
Welcome, Maria. Love the quilts.
I wasnt going to comment here again, but instead go to those that left comments here...but... here I am one last time :o)
Cheryl, Chris, Becky, Sue, Sue and Kasthurirajam...Thank you for your lovely comments.
Blessings & Aloha!
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