M & M Quilters

The two Block of the Month Programs continue at Thread and Bolts. We have been calling one of them U-Taupia and were corrected. It has an official name "A & C with Pinwheels Frames". 

The 2 Blocks for this quilt in March are pictured below.

Fair and Square

Liberty Square

The 2 Blocks for "The Romance Continues" Block of the Month  Quilt

#5 Friendship Card &  #6 Engagement Party

Mary C has finished making all of the 12 Blocks

(Not all of the fabrics are as shown in the pattern)

Now she can use the Finishing Instructions and get it assembled.

We meet on the 3rd Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am-1pm.  

Also Tuesday evening from 4-7pm or by appointment. Come join the FUN!

Design Wall Monday- March 18, 2013

"Butterflies in Flight"

The big TA-DA of the day is Lynn's Block of the Month hanging at Trends in Portland.

The M & M Quilters will be happy to see this on Tuesday. Thanks to Mr Kona Bay for posting this picture on his Facebook wall.  Lynn will have more to show from her visit with Marti Michell and Mr Kona Bay this past week-end.   Come back tomorrow.

Finished Farmer's Wife - Becci

 Here it is ready for her to pick up at our M & M Quilter's Meeting.  It's a great thing to have this quilt finished in a Year. Becci chose a cozy flannel for the backing . 111 --6.5" blocks with many pieces in each one.

 A fun Feather paisley pattern shows up nicely in the borders.

 Next on the LongArm is a Roses quilt by Julie H from Mesa.  This one will have roses quilted all over it.

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Design Wall Monday- March 11,2013

"Square Peg in a Round Hole"

This is what the Michelle's D9P from the Y2K 3" Squares Swap looked like when Lynn "found" it last Fall when she was looking for her Jars to do some canning.   Very Scrappy, the only constant was the Orange center square.  We show it with a dime on it so you can see how tiny it is. About an inch finished!

This quilt began when we were still quilting in the basement around 2005.  Michelle told her mom that she got this one and last September it was put a little higher on the UFO list.  It needed borders and to be quilted.  That is just what happened this past week.  Michelle came to visit and selected the fabrics she liked for borders and on Tuesday, those borders were attached.  Not quite what her Mom would have chosen, but Thread and Bolts has a couple less skinny bolts of fabric in the shop now.  Mary C chose a bright Yellow Backing fabric and loaded on the frame.  When Michelle came to visit on Wednesday she said Yellow was her favorite color and it was perfect.  Lynn quilted Square Doodles on this quilt. There is nothing better than making a quilt for family! How do you like the name of this quilt?

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Design Wall Monday March 4, 2013

Square one

U-Taupia with Butterflies

Lemon Squares

Savannah Squares

Square Feet

Fair and Square

Liberty Square

Trafalgar Square

Scarborough Square

Square knot

9 of the 12 blocks are pictured.  Guess Mary C missed getting the last 3 photographed.

Mary C and Lynn's daughter, Tammy were out at Thread and Bolts almost every day last week.  This is how it looked when Mary C saw it on Thursday.  The lower corner is assembled.  

It is most likely getting quilted and bound as this post goes live.  Have a great week of Quilting and Blog- hopping.  Please leave your comments and don't forget to go and see more Fun Design Walls HERE.

On and OFF the Longarm...

I've not shown all of the Customer Quilts that have come off the APQS Long Arm at Thread and Bolts for a while.  There have been a few, even a couple I didn't get to see and photograph.  

First is Julie H of Mesa's Music Quit. Lynn quilted a Treble clef and music note Panto all over it.   

 It was the perfect Quilting for this quilt. Lynn quilted this panto on another quilt that went to Charity. I think it is in the Slideshow on the sidebar.

 This one is from Mary Ellen- 

 

She made a Card trick in gray and blues.  Very manly.. Lynn quilted the Square Doodles Panto on it.

  Mary Ellen is working on our favorite- this is her 2nd D9P. Made from fabrics with the planets on it.  

 Mary Ellen and her friend both came for one on two classes to make a D9P last year with the Dragonfly fabric. Mary Ellen's was quilted by Lynn and is HERE.

Here's a sneak peek at Becci L's Farmer's wife quilt.  This is being quilted with a feather Panto that has a paisley design in it. Becci L is lucky to have her Farmer's Wife quilted by Lynn.  She is one of the three who have a completed top from the FW Group.

 Soon to be quilted is the "U-topia" Quilt that Lynn has been working on most of the last two weeks. The blocks are all made and the borders are on. We hope to reveal it soon.  It may not be until it is hanging at Trends in Portland though.  We wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for Mr Kona Bay and Marti Michell.  Right???

Design Wall Monday- February 25, 2013

Thread and Bolts Quilting has been very busy since last week's Block of the Month M & M Quilter's group came.  Many parts and pieces of the Marti Michell "U-Taupia" Quilt are in process.  

 There are 56 or more of these needed for one of the borders. Lynn made a few in the half-sized...opps!  They will make a nice edge on the pillowcases that will go with this quilt.

We tried different Alternate solid blocks and setting triangles with the pieced blocks on the wall.  The blue is nice but it just didn't make these Jewel-toned blocks pop. We settled on the dark purple. You can see a little of the border fabrics being tested up there too.

 

 A few tiny Pinwheel blocks and two color sashings were made and the Block with the BLUE around the center square got fixed too. The 4 corner Blocks will be the same block. Lynn is adding 4 extras to make this quilt fit her bed -King sized.  The fabrics are mostly "Butterfly Carnival" from Kona Bay. This is just a sneak peek of the quilt. It is well on the way to being a Flimsy, ready to be quilted with Butterflies.

Hopefully by this time next week it will be on it's way to the Spring Trade Show @ Trends in Portland.

Both Marti Michell and Doug, aka: Mr. Kona Bay will be there and won't they be surprised when they see it hanging up in the Warehouse? We'll post the Finished Quilt next week.

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M & M Quilters

M & M Quilters meet the 3rd Tuesday and Wednesday of each month. 

That name was chosen by the group.  What happened this week??

  Let me tell you!   Lynn handed out the 2 Blocks for each of the BOM's and the finishing instructions.  

Here are the two U-Taupia Blocks for February.

 

We spent 2 hours auditioning borders and sashing fabrics for Lynn's U-Taupia Quilt.

Lynn is going to sleep on this arrangement and see if she still likes in tomorrow.

Mary C's February Blocks 

Mary C cut out the parts for the Alternate chain blocks and made a couple so we could see how they looked on the Design Wall with the blocks done so far. The one on the far left is a block for March.

 Mary switched the yellow and green in the Alternate Blocks to tone down the yellow.  What do you think?

Only 7 more Sampler Blocks 4 Half Alternate Blocks and 11 more Alternate Blocks to make.