I have subscribed to a lot of quilting magazines over the years. there was a time when i had about a dozen coming every month. but after a while......they all started to look the same. so i stopped them all. but every once in a while....i find something that i really like and want to make.
This quilt is from an old McCalls Quilting magazine ....2001. It is designed by Robert Callaham and is called Album of Memories. it is just gorgeous.
I have the center finished. I am STILL using up the rest of that wool felt.....so i used that for the applique in the center. but the applique in the rest of the blocks will be with regular cotton fabrics. it is hard to fuse wool felt....it takes a while to heat through. once i get it to stick well enough, i turn the piece over and press from the back side, too. that seems to help heat the fusible and stick it down well.
There were 80 of those tiny round berries. cutting those out was not my favorite part.
This pineapple shaped piece was woven in the original pattern. i really liked it that way...but i figured there was no way that wool felt would fuse down satisfactorily if it was woven. so it will get special quilting treatment.
Lots of rail fence blocks....84 of them so far. many more to come.
I'm just using fabrics in my stash to make this. matching colors where possible.
And this is the first of 12 blocks that go around the center. it is called the Hamstel Road Memories Block. kind of cool. perhaps the windows could have been lighter. the stems are bias cut and sewn down with invisible thread. the leaves are fused down. the house is pieced. background is small 2" blocks.
It seems Mr. Callaham had a run of designing quilts for McCall's in years past. i have found 2 others from years past that i like also and am going to do. they speak to me for some reason.
So, this project is added to my current list of dozen things i'm working on. but eventually, they all get done.
Gonna go cut out the next block .... sort of a feathered star. many, many small pieces.
Pray for me. LOL
Oh....the ABC123 quilt top is almost finished. i just lack the pics for I, J, K and X. am working on the numbers now. progress!!
This quilt is from an old McCalls Quilting magazine ....2001. It is designed by Robert Callaham and is called Album of Memories. it is just gorgeous.
I have the center finished. I am STILL using up the rest of that wool felt.....so i used that for the applique in the center. but the applique in the rest of the blocks will be with regular cotton fabrics. it is hard to fuse wool felt....it takes a while to heat through. once i get it to stick well enough, i turn the piece over and press from the back side, too. that seems to help heat the fusible and stick it down well.
There were 80 of those tiny round berries. cutting those out was not my favorite part.
This pineapple shaped piece was woven in the original pattern. i really liked it that way...but i figured there was no way that wool felt would fuse down satisfactorily if it was woven. so it will get special quilting treatment.
Lots of rail fence blocks....84 of them so far. many more to come.
I'm just using fabrics in my stash to make this. matching colors where possible.
And this is the first of 12 blocks that go around the center. it is called the Hamstel Road Memories Block. kind of cool. perhaps the windows could have been lighter. the stems are bias cut and sewn down with invisible thread. the leaves are fused down. the house is pieced. background is small 2" blocks.
It seems Mr. Callaham had a run of designing quilts for McCall's in years past. i have found 2 others from years past that i like also and am going to do. they speak to me for some reason.
So, this project is added to my current list of dozen things i'm working on. but eventually, they all get done.
Gonna go cut out the next block .... sort of a feathered star. many, many small pieces.
Pray for me. LOL
Oh....the ABC123 quilt top is almost finished. i just lack the pics for I, J, K and X. am working on the numbers now. progress!!
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It's going to be beautiful!
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