Karen the Fussy Kut Kween! Thanques for the spelling 'cheque'! I usually 'cheque' my spelling before I submit a repli - but I am just so tired today. I gess if you are going to create quilts using the alfabet you would have to know your letters and notice the odd spelling miss take. Your uneek deezines and your atencion to deetail is what wins you the medles, I gess.

Congratulations, Janet on winning a ribbon on such an oustanding quilt! There is just so much detail in that quilt, that it hard to see it all at first glance. I'm glad others have asked you questions, because then I went back (single clicked on my computer) and did the blow up trick by pressing control and the letter Z at the same time while using the scroll up with my mouse. Got really up close and personal! Congrats again!

Keith, congratulations to you, too! There's nothing better for the ego than winning a ribbon! Question; is the silver interier border done with thread, or is it an add-on trim. It just looks like it has so much dimension!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Spreading Janet's words...American Quilter has one of her projects this month. Yeah!

Thanks, Rita! The checks (and I love the way you spell it!) were made from a homespun woven fabric. I appliqued them using the freezer paper method and starch, and then raw edge appliqued a linen square over the check square. I'll attach a close up, before I blanket stitched around the linen. The letters are brass letters that I glued and hand sewed to the linen. The berries on the top were fussy cut from the same fabric I used for the binding. I collect and adore sheep, so I love sneaking them in several of my quilts!

So much to see in this quilt !! Every time I look..something new !

It is such a great idea - wish there was one here! Janet thank you so much for the close ups. Truly beautiful, every detail. I just can't quite see well enough to figure out how you put that tiny cheque border around the alphabet squares. And are the letters embroidered? I really love the sheep at the very top and the tiny letters on the berries.

What a great idea...could be a dangerous place, though!

It's a store called Fabric Recycles. They carry everything related to textile crafts, and they have a great selection of quilt fabrics at reduced prices. The gal that owns the shop buys from estate sales and individuals, but nearly everything was previously owned or gently used. It's like a thrift store that specializes in fabrics. I like to go there when I am wanting small quantities of fabrics, because they have lots of smaller pieces, and they are all neatly arranged by color. I think it's a great idea for a store, and I wish I would have thought of it!

Janet, can you clarify what a "fabric recycle store" is?

rehak wrote:

I'd be right there next to you, Nancy.

Your quilt is gorgeous Janet, thank you for sharing!

janetstone wrote:
And I would love to be a fly on the wall during that journey! Just think how much I could learn!

Nancy

Thanks, Susan! Those circles are just a fabric that I fussy cut. Originally, I was going to do a penny circle (like the half penny circle detail on the top) but it seemed to fight with the blocks. I just happened to find that fabric with the circles on it at a local fabric recycle store. I bought it because the backgorund of the fabric was yellow, and my first drawing of this quilt had a sun at the top, and I was collecting yellow fabrics. Well, needless to say, the sun didn't pan out either, but the circles on that fabric I bought were perfect for the sashing intersections! They were raw edge appliqued, and a black rhinestud was attached to the center.

I'm always amazed at the journey my quilts take, from drawing to finished product. They rarely come out the way I first envision them!

Janet, seeing your quilt up close is being in Candyland in front of my computer. May I ask how those round circles with the pink flowers in the middle are done? If you don't have time to answer, I understand, but this takes my breathe away. Thanks for the close-ups.