Summer at Mom’s Quilt
Romantic pinwheels and hand applique
The quilt was made possible with a lot of help from my friends on my Candy Apple Quilts Yahoo group. I asked for everyone to send a 6-inch strip of floral fabric to me so I could have lots of variety. The response was overwhelming! Here are just some of the fabrics that I received:
Lots of florals!
Shades of green for the leaves
I was intrigued with finding a faster way to create all of the half-square triangles that would be needed for the center section, and for the border. Using a Gammill machine with a Statler Stitcher enabled me to do most of the work with the computer! I put a solid white fabric on the machine first. Then, I placed a strip of floral fabric right side down on the white fabric with a pin at each end to hold it in place. Using the computer, I set up all of the sewing for the half square triangles.I then cut the strips apart and ironed the pieces open to create all of the pieces I needed for the pinwheels.
When all of the pinwheels were complete, it didn’t take long to sew them together into the center portion of the quilt.
Each of the fabric strips right sides together
From the various green fabrics, I cut all of the leaves for the appliqued border. All of the applique was done by hand.
Back to the quilting machine with more white fabric, and a pretty lime green. All of the half square triangles were laid out in advance, and sewn row after row, non-stop.
After cutting the rows and blocks apart, I had all of the half square triangles that I needed for the outer border of the quilt!
The only job left was to measure the applique borders and the outer borders, and apply them. I added the binding, sprinkled a few yo-yos on for fun, and it’s done! Click on the images below to see the full-sized pictures.
This pattern for the quilt is available from McCall’s Magazine. For the half square triangle Statler pattern, please email Gary and Linda Schmitz at ewok335@centurytel.net, or check their web site for patterns.
13 comments
Thank you to the best friends in the world!
Robin, You are amazing. I love this quilt and I was thrilled to play my small part in it.
robin,
I still don’t know how you sewed the blocks, pieces all together on the quilting machine..you need to teach a class…eager to learn.
robin by the way sorry I didn’t add this earlier, that is a goreous quilt and you have done an excellent job…love your quilting too.
Ohwow, Robin, it is gorgeous!!! How fun to have contributed my little strip, so that I can call it “our quilt”. You have given us something to look forward to, and now something to bond us all together even more. What a wonderful idea – what a wonderful quilt!
Lou Ann,
This is such a wonderful group of friends! You have all added such richness to my life!
Wow, Robin! I thought your quilt was so much nicer than the original. I will have to look into getting the pattern and making one.
Thank you, Marie! Just click on the link above for McCall’s, and it will take you directly to where you can download the free pattern!
I cannot find where you can download a free pattern for this quilt. Would you be able to help us in finding it please.
Here is the entire link, which can be reached by clicking on the highlighted name of the magazine above: http://www.mccallsquilting.com/articles/summer_at_moms
Now THAT is the way to make half-square triangles!!! Brilliant!
Very fast — and very fun, too!
Hey Robin -
Your quilt is adorable! I so want to do more of that kind of stuff!! And you didn’t tell me you had a Yahoo group! I want in!! VBG
Julie
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