Tasting Table Tuesday - Two Finished Quilts and a Challenge

The two memorial quilts are finished.

Labeled and bound and ready for delivery.

It was an honor to work on these special quilts, and I'm sure the recipients will find great comfort when they snuggle up in them.

Coming up next is a quilt I made for a challenge at my LQS.

Tracy, at Needles, challenged her customers to make a project featuring this fabric from the Luna Lounge collection from Andover.

Here is a portion of my quilt.

The challenge fabric appeared to be all neutrals, but when I paired it with a soft green and lavender, it seemed to take on those green and lavender hues - almost a chameleon effect.

My design consists of Ohio Star blocks, curved piecing in the sashing, and hourglass-in-a-square cornerstones.

I quilted it with soft, flowing curved lines from side to side, like waves.

This quilt, along with the other entries, are on display at Needles Quilt Shop in Wellsboro PA.

Cheers!

Challenge Quilt Results Are In!!!

Back in June, you may remember me mentioning that I was making a Challenge Quilt.

Gyleen X. Fitzgerald of Colourful Stitches, was a guest speaker at our local Quilt Guild, and she threw out a challenge to the guild members.  Make a quilt using a fabric specified by her and her new Polygon2 ruler.

The original deadline was extended from July 1st to August 1st, so I've been patiently waiting for the results for weeks.  Yesterday I got an email from Gyleen - and I WON!!!  The judging was based on the

"most creative use of the ruler and challenge fabric to design a quilt" .

I spoke with Gyleen on the phone yesterday and she gave me her permission to post pictures of the quilt, so here it is...

I've named it "Zig Zag Beach" and it will be published in Gyleen's next "Polygon Affair" book, due out in February 2014.  That's a first for me - it's so exciting to realize that one of my quilts will actually be published!  I'm thrilled speechless - almost...  :)

It is made entirely of Pyramids, fussy cut so the challenge fabric follows the zig zags.  The solids are all complimentary colors of Kona Solids.  I quilted it on my Juki TL98 with 60 degree cross-hatching to follow the angle of the pyramid blocks, using a light gray Aurifil 50 cotton thread.  Love that Aurifil!!!

Besides having my quilt published in her book, Gyleen also gave me a gift certificate to my LQS, Needles Quilt Shop, so I went on a bit of a shopping spree.  Besides stocking up on some favorite fabric staples, I also picked up some handy dandy new tools...

I'm now the proud owner of:

• Gyleen's Polygon2 ruler (this is the one I used in the challenge)
• Gyleen's smaller Polygon ruler
• Gyleen's Pineapple Ruler
• Creative Grids Quick-Trim Ruler
• Creative Grids 4.5" Ruler (perfect for my Paint Box Baby Quilts!)

The Polygon Rulers are great!  You can cut Pyramids (like I used in my quilt), Hexagons, Diamonds, and Cones.  The "dog ears" are already trimmed so they fit together perfectly.

I can't wait to try her Pineapple Ruler next!

Thanks Gyleen, for hosting this challenge, giving me this opportunity, and selecting my quilt as the winner.  I'm humbled and thankful.

Cheers!