My Wild Turkey Quilt! I love Thanksgiving, it is my favorite holiday I thought it would be appropriate to make a quilt for the occasion. The pattern is free and you can find it at Wisconsin Quilting I will warn you now, it is not a beginner pattern. There are no real directions and I made several mistakes before I got the hang of how this went together. I kind of liked the challenge!
I chose to make mine with non traditional colors, and I am glad I did. I love the brightness it will add to my favorite holiday. Some straight line quilting made it go fast and worked with the pattern and did not overpower it.
I really did not want a binding to break the design so I chose to do a faced finish. If you have never tried this I highly recommend it for more "artsy" type of quilts. If you google "facing a quilt" I am sure you will find lots of methods.
My friend, Helen from New Jersey had a workshop at her amazing studio with Lorraine Turner. Lorraine is a fiber artist from Florida. This was our project. I still want to change a few things about mine and do the thread painting.
These are not fused and not glued (I did cheat). I like her techniques and will be happy to get this one done.
Now I will get back to a Christmas/Winter quilt that really hits my vintage and modern buttons! This is very similar to the Santa I did last year. You can see that one HERE.
Last but not least, little baby Piper is growing fast. She is already 2 months old! I love it when they start to smile. She's getting a little chubby too 😊
I adore this picture so much! Helen gave her this little sweater. Babies in handmade clothes are the cutest ever!
We also have a major renovation going on. My daughter and her family bought a house, are gutting it and making it their own. This shot is looking out from the study into the garage, of course you can see that! I will share pictures as it goes along.
I'm going to make a goal of trying to post once a week. Life has been busy, too many workshops for me! While I love them it adds to the UFO pile.
Kelly
