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Showing posts with label quilting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilting. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

A Hamburger Lunch Tablescape

Oh my!
 "We're on our way. What's for lunch?"
Umm Umm Hamburgers!

So out came the quilt i made for our youngest.
Denim and flannel. Old shirts, scraps, etc. Love how comforting it is.
Some camping plates. Metal, Divided. Heavy!
Red Cambridge flatware.
Red bubble glasses.
Red check napkins secured in red knot napkin rings.

No time to run to the store.. pull the burlap sunflowers off the buffet.
Plop onto the table.
Add some votives. 
Who says you can't have candles at lunch???

And this is what you have.
Fun, casual and easy.
Quick napkin story. These red check napkins came all the way from Switzerland.
On a Bernina dealer's trip (I used to work for Bernina, USA. LOVED, Loved loved that job.),
we took a train ride on the Bernina Express.

source
The Bernina Express will take you to Piz Bernina, or the Bernina mountain. Anyway.
They had lunch for us. Served wrapped up in this very sturdy, darling lapkins.
Of course, the hoarder collector that I am, I took every one whose owner did not 
want theirs. What a wonderful reminder of a really good time!

 I really have some cute pictures, but they are on the hard drive that needs to go in for some special, individual attention. Much easier to think of it that way!

 The One Kings Lane pitcher adds just the right amount of rustic charm to the table.
see the lacy leaf peaking out?

 It belongs to these Hobby Lobby sunflowers. They are made of burlap and I just love them!!


   This quilt is a simple square of flannel with  windowpanes of denim fabric. 
The quilting is all repetitive stars. 
Not all quilts have to be masterpieces. ;-)

A bit closer view of the leaf. It's quite stiff. And there is a wire for giving it shape.
 
 Really loving this look. How about you?


 The weather was awesome on Sunday!
We've been out of the triple digits for a few days and everybody's tempers
have certainly departed the boiling point!!

 So glad you dropped in.
I love having company.
Expected or not!

Cast:
Quilt - handmade by me
Plates - camping gear
Glasses - red bubble glasses from Stein Mart
Flatware - SteinMart
Napkins - Bernina Express, Switzerland
Napkin Rings - World Market
Flowers - Hobby Lobby
Pitcher - One Kings Lane


ps... This is not Regan, this is Billy. He rules the yard. Allows you to pet him until he realizes you are petting him. Wants in, but not if you are there. Regan wants him to come in and play, but if you talk to Billy, Regan does not like it. Anyway, he and Scaredy Cat are well taken care of. They keep the back yard safe. :-)

Monday, March 25, 2013

A Walk through my Garden

I changed out the quilts hanging in the studio. Something lighter and more spring-like.

Luckily, I label my quilts. Made this in 2001. For a Bernina publication. Was it A Touch of Artistry? How can I not be sure? Woe be me. 

I embroidered the flowers on stabilizer only and then used a heat tool to melt the stabilizer away from the embroidered piece so that all the embroidery were separate pieces. I could layer and add at will.



I used free motion stitching, straight line stitching, stitch in the ditch quilting. One of my favorite things is how the piping peaks out of the binding. 

I also couched some threads down around the center. I'm all about texture!!

Those decorative stitches on your machine are just dying to be used.. Let them out, they can create some fun pieces of art!

Update: I found the publication in which this quilt was featured.

Available HERE.

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