Quilt Shot 158~ "Grandmothers' Quilt" for Mr. G's First Great Grand

 

A simple scrap quilt named:

Grandmothers' Quilt

Mr. G never got to meet his first great grand daughter.

I was greatly honored when her grandmother

brought me fabric that her great grandmother had bought

along with backing, border and batting she bought herself

 and asked if I'd make 

a quilt for the little one's first birthday.

It was a simple request to just make a "patchwork" quilt.

She liked the "Charm Pack Baby Quilt" by Diary of a Quilter

and told me the size she wanted the quilt. 

Do I follow a tutorial pattern like this?

No, I just need the visual and make the size needed.

So I calculated the size the squares needed to be 

and how many were needed.

I decided to cut 5.5 inch squares

and 4.5 inch strips for borders. 

9 squares of each of the 6 printed fabrics were needed.

The solid fabric was not needed for the patchwork.

 

I believe this was the first time I had worked with purchased fat quarters.

I learned quickly they all are NOT cut square.

I did find out you can cut twelve 5.5 inch squares from a fat quarter

by using "New Quilters" resource site

12 Ways to Cut up Fat Quarters.

Why reinvent (recalculate) the wheel when someone already took the time?

This resource has also found the most efficient way to cut fat quarters.

 

Very light spray basting was used along with pins.

Polyester batting.

A quick hand basting was done around the edge

because this was going to be quilted on the machine 

rather than in the Dream Quilting Frame.

When I quilt on the machine,

I feel like the layers can shift easily,

so I do more to stabilize the layers.

Almost forgot to add the label before quilting.

I decided to pull out Ms Ellisimo which I retired from quilting last year.

She couldn't handle stitching layers,

 but still does a fine job embroidering.

Most importantly, the software still works on my computer.

Soap box: I'm so tired of expensive software

 becoming outdated with operating systems. 

What a waste and money grabber.

(Names were deleted with Photoscape to protect privacy for this posting.)

This turned out to be about an 8 inch square label.

It was finished and added to the backing

using the process I posted recently

for the Memory Pillow Labels.

The quilting was a simple quarter inch from each side of each seam

using the edge of the single stitch foot as a guide

which turns out to be about a quarter inch.

The first quilting method I used years ago.
I started at the top down to the bottom

then side to side.

Yes there are still pin holes from the safety pins remaining.

Some I scratched out with finger nail to coach the fibers back in place.

I usually dampen and iron, but irons don't 

work well around polyester batting.

I accordin fold the binding

and lay in the drawer.

A roll of binding hops around too much for me.

Oh, can you see why this machine is now my quilt maker machine?

Look at the wide throat of this beast.

M7 to me means Mighty.

Check out the potholders made from leftover scraps.

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