Spring Has Sprung – Away Polar Vortex

It’s finished!

Yay and hurray!

Queenie created this lovely for the Modern Quilt Guild’s Michael Miller fabric challenge.

A wee bundle of fat eighths arrived earlier this year just as the U.S. was emerging from the bitter cold winter.

The cold grey print,

And the warm spring colors of the fabrics,

In combination with the hope of a sunny spring,

Inspired the multiple layers of my design.

Complete, of course, with much quilting,

With Sir Owen the Innova.

Thankfully, I was able to complete the quilt,

Just in time for show and tell at the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild’s July meeting.

Now for some quilt stats…
Size: 31 ¼” x 38 ¼”
Fabric: Michael Miller
Quit Top: Original design by Queenie Believe, using Sharon Schamber’s Piecelique and Applique techniques 
Quilting: Queenie on my Innova Longarm quilting machine
Thread: Fil-Tec Glide
Batting: 2 layers – 80/20 cotton on the bottom and Dream Wool on the top

All in all this was a wonderfully fun project!

Until next time,

Have a great day!

This, That, and Throw Back Thursday

This month marks Queenie’s birthday of a handful, or would that be a bushel full of years on this lovely planet.

My love, Honey Man gifted me with these beautiful roses

And Arizona gifted me

With a bumper crop of bougainvillea.

Even my commute from the mundane was bedecked with abundant blooms.

Queenie and Sir Owen the Innova completed the Queenie Mother’s two wall hangings…

Celebrating love and springtime.

Next up on the quilting hit parade is the Queenie Mother’s embroidery flower bee quilt.

Full of a variety of lovely blooms,

Petite nosegays,

And bountiful bouquets.

On the fur-kid front, that Minnie Delicioius never ceases to entertain…

I call this snap, “Sphinx Delicious, Side Orientation” :o)

And now throw back Thursday…
The Queenie Mother emailed this little blast from the past.

Early, 1970’s my very first sewing machine.
The beginning of Queenie’s sewing career!

Until next time,

Have a great day!

This, That, And The Other Things

Here we are two-thirds the way through January. The month is simply whizzing by.

Queenie’s Christmas town has faded into the mist until next year when it will once again magically appear like Brigadoon.

The Queenie Mother’s Blue Birds in Spring quilt is done, finished, complete!

A modern take on traditional red work,

Brimming with Spring time joy.

Just what many of us need in the deepest of winter time, especially those in the middle of the polar vortex.

Queenie continues her quilty sketches,

During her lunch hour at the mundane,

Working many variations on a theme.

Then experimenting with Sir Owen the Innova,

Working up samples of quilting from ideas in the sketches.

Queenie really likes this frolicking gem…

An avenue to be adventured down some more me thinks.

Until next time,

Have a great day!

Fall 2013 Blogger’s Quilt Festival

Welcome intrepid travelers from Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival and regular visitors. I’m Queenie, welcome to my wee blog.  October 25 through November 8 are the dates of this fine festival of quilting adventures. It is truly a treat for the eyes and inspiring beyond belief.  AND! There are prizes galore!

For this festival I’m entering my Mom’s Arabian Nights quilt in the ROYGBIV (color wheel) Quilt category. Please click on any and all photos for a bigger, upclose view.

The Queenie Mother designed this quilt around a charm pack of beautiful batiks which she joined together  with interlocking gold and lavender sashing.

The charms are framed with three golden boarders of pink, lavender and purple.

Upon completion of the top, Queenie took the quilty reins and quilted it on my Innova longarm, Sir Owen.

I filled the boarders with undulating feathers and Greek keys with each charm filed with a quilting design I call halved papaya.

I selected a beautiful teal and brown batik for the backing and inserted a piping of it in the binding. 

Quilt stats: Full size, pieced batiks, hand guilded custom quilting with 50 weight Aurafil cotton thread, 80/20 batting.

Thanks for stopping by Queenie’s wee blog.  Please click here to go to Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival (and vote for me).

Thank you Amy for another outstanding Quilt Festival!!

Until next time…

Have a great day!