Willie's Split-Blade Pinwheel Quilt & Pillow

 Yesterday I quilted and bound a little Split-Blade Pinwheel quilt for grandson Willie, 1 ½, and made a small coordinating pillow.  These were made with the leftovers from the turquoise Pinwheel quilt that will be for his oldest sister Carolyn.  The turquoise quilt was made to go with the pink Pinwheel quilt that's for Carolyn's younger sister Violet.  See previous posts for details about those quilts.

I used light turquoise 40-wt. Omni thread on top and turquoise 60-wt. Bottom Line thread in the bobbin.  The backing is some sort of very fine, soft fabric that I suspect is a good part polyester, and may have been a sheet in a former lifetime, though if it was, it had very little use.  I figured this was the perfect little quilt with which to use it up.  The batting is made up of a whole lot of pieces of Soft & Bright 100% cotton, all stitched together with a 9-millimeter zigzag.  Frankenbatting!  😄 The quilt measures 44" x 47".  The pantograph is 'Petal Pushers'.

The 12" x 12" pillow is filled with folded pieces of batting which were encased in the backing fabric before being put into the pieced cover.  The big black button on top came from a jar full of my mother's very old buttons.  That button is probably 100 years old.

The last few pictures show Carolyn's and Violet's quilts, quilt bags, and pillows.

Quilt Bag, and a Little Split-Blade Pinwheel Quilt

 Today I lined the quilt bag that the unknown person made for the pink Split-Blade Pinwheel quilt, using the same fuchsia fabric I used for the quilt and pillow backing.  Next, I decided to use up the three extra turquoise Split-Blade Pinwheel blocks and the black-on-white (with a bit of pink or turquoise) HSTs in a quilt for Willie, 1½, Carolyn and Violet's little brother.  The quilt measures 40" x 44".  With the last few pieces, I made a small pillow top, measuring about 10" square.  Now they'll all have coordinating quilts and decorative pillows.

Turquoise Split-Blade Pinwheel Pillow

 The turquoise Split-Blade Pinwheel pillow is done, buttons and all.  I put buttons on the pink pillow, too.  (The unknown person who pieced the pink Pinwheel quilt also pieced the front for the pink pillow.)  I need to finish lining the pink quilt bag, and these sets will be done.  Except... I have three turquoise blocks and several HSTs left over.  Any suggestions as to what to do with them?

Turquoise Split-Blade Pinwheel Quilt & Bag Finished

 Today I put the binding on the turquoise, black, and white Split-Blade Pinwheel quilt, then completed the lined bag for it.  I had to make a bag for it, because the matching pink, black, and white Split-Blade Pinwheel quilt has a bag, and these quilts are for granddaughters Carolyn and Violet (sisters); so they have to have the same accessories. 

The quilt measures 64" x 76".  There is 40-wt. light turquoise Omni thread on top and 60-wt. white Bottom Line thread on the back.  The batting is Soft and Bright 100% cotton.  The pantograph is called 'A Little Bit This' (yes, I know that doesn't make sense, and no, I didn't name it).  ;-)

The turquoise-and-white swirl fabric on the back and in some of the triangles on the front was left over from dresses I made for daughter Victoria (Carolyn and Violet's mother) and her friend (now her sister-in-law) Robin for our 2015 Fourth-of-July picnic.

This quilt came about because daughter-in-law Amy found the pink quilt top at a secondhand store, with the matching bag (unlined; I took it apart tonight in order to line it) and a block that was evidently for a square pillow sham.  She gave them to me along with a piece of bright pink fabric for backing.  I wasn't particularly fond of the fabrics, but quilting improved it a lot.  Since Victoria once made herself an apron with similar fabrics, I figured she at least would like it, and so probably one of her little girls would, too -- and then I remembered all that swirly turquoise stuff I'd wondered what to do with.

The solution:  make a matching quilt for the other little girl.  I couldn't find a pinwheel block with that split blade, so I drew it in EQ8.  Tomorrow I need to line the pink bag and put it back together, piece, quilt, and finish the turquoise pillow sham, and put buttons on both shams.  Then I need to make labels.  What shall I put on the label for the pink quilt, since I didn't piece it??

Quilting Done on Turquoise, Black, & White Split-Blade Pinwheel Quilt

Today I finished quilting the turquoise, black, and white Split-Blade Pinwheel quilt that matches the pink, black, and white one I finished a month ago.  It has been trimmed and removed from the frame, and I've cut and sewn together the binding for it.  I'll attach the binding tomorrow.  Some of the blocks are done for the bag and the decorative pillow.

Hope's Wildflower Way Quilt, Finished

 My customer's 'Wildflower Way' quilt is all finished, packed into a box, and ready to be shipped back to her.

The quilt measures 91 ½" x 98".  The embroidery was done by machine using a CD from ABC Embroidery Designs called 'Calla Lilies'.  The batting is Quilters' Dream wool.

I used 8 different colors of 40-weight thread on top -- Mettler, Omni, and Signature.  There's 60-weight Bottom Line in the bobbin.

My customer asked me to put the binding on for her, too.  She broke her foot recently, and even ironing this big quilt and the backing was difficult for her.  I sew binding on entirely by machine.

Several of the last photos in this set will show the quilt back and the binding.