My Very First Quilt
Aug. 30, 2009
Aug. 30, 2009
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I'm so excited! I can't believe I actually have a picture of it now. My very first quilt. The funniest thing is how time changes things. I know this is THE first quilt I made. I remember some of the fabric patterns. I remember thinking it was the ugliest thing and I didn't know how my grandmother could possibly have expected me to give it away as a Christmas gift or how the receiver could possibly feel glad to receive it. But time has changed a lot of things. It isn't that bad -- I still HATE polyester and won't work with it. But for a first quilt... And the fact that the receiver still had it 23 years later -- well, that says a lot too. So, here it is:  So, what do you think?
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Kumbayah Quilt
Aug. 13, 2009
Aug. 13, 2009
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As I'm typing this, I'm uploading the picture of my most recently finished quilt top into my photobucket so that you can see what I've been working on. The top is finished in terms of piecing, but there is still some stitchwork to do and then the assembling of the actually layers of the quilt and then finally the tying. As you look at this you must remember that there are two things I "don't" do -- I don't do pieced quilts -- most of mine are appliqued patchwork -- and I don't follow a pattern, I make up my own. This quilt is pieced and using a traditional block pattern (friendship star blocks) but it also came out of the August 2009 Quilter's World Magazine. Mine is a little different then theirs -- this wasn't intentional, it sorta "happened" because I cut some of the pieces to small, and then cut others to match to compensate. It's easier to cut big pieces smaller than to recut all new pieces for those that were too small. I have three students signed up for my upcoming quilt class this fall -- this encourages me since that means 1/2 the class is full. I may actually have 5 if two of the students moms decide to join us. Here's the Kumbayah Quilt :  Sorry about the smudge on the camera lense. |
Lap Robes for Hospital Chaplaincy Services
Mar. 4, 2009
Mar. 4, 2009
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The church we attended for a couple of years before our move this past fall had a Ladies Aid group. One of the things I enjoyed was making these 40" x 40" two layer (no batting or blanket in the center) lap robes for the ministry. The Ladies Aid then donated all the laprobes to Hospital Chaplaincy Services. These are just a sample of some of the quilts I did for this project.
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Katy's Pink Ice Skates
Mar. 4, 2009
Mar. 4, 2009
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 I know this sweet little girl, who has several older brothers, but is none the less "all girl" in many ways. Not to long ago - a year or two maybe - Miss K.T. wanted PINK ice skates. Do you realize how hard it is to find such a beast? Ms. MaggieRaye did the only thing she could think of and made this sweet Miss K.T. a quilt of ice skates in as many different pink fabrics as I could find. I received the most wonderful thank you note, telling me that she uses it to wrap up in after she's been out playing ice hockey with her older brothers. |
Lady Lu's Little Luxury
Mar. 4, 2009
Mar. 4, 2009
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 This is a quilt I did in a weekend last April. It was done for a family friend. It fits a double bed and is NOT my favorite size to work with. |
ABC's of Commonfolk Quilts
Aug. 19, 2008
Aug. 19, 2008
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I wrote this up years ago, and thought I'd share it here. I won't get it finished today, so check back again to read it in it's entirety. Eventually each word will have a reason or description of how it influenced the making of my CommonFolk Quilts. Blessings, MaggieRaye A - Apprentice B - Blind C - Clothing D - Daffy E - Embellish F - Folk G - Golden Rule H - Heritage I - "Impossible" J - Jehovah-Jireh K - Kidz L - Legacy M - Motherhood N - Notions O - Odds N Ends P - Proverbs 31 Q - Quilt R - Recycle S - Scripture T - Tradition U - Unity/Unison V - Victory W - Whimsical X - eXclusive Y - Yesteryear Z - Zeal |
Photobucket Test - After Janets Wonderful Tutorial
Aug. 8, 2008
Aug. 8, 2008
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Okay, Janet gave me a pix by pix tutorial to do this - and I'm still being my typical technologically challenged self. I'm going to give it another shot. If it works, you'll see baby, Lizbeth, as promised, if not . . . who knows. Oh, look, it worked. It really worked. Thanks Janet. Blessings, MaggieRaye  |
