Last blog post

10 years of anything is a long time. And 2018 was my tenth year writing this blog.

It’s time to say goodbye. I have enjoyed writing here and reading your comments and I want to thank my readers for all of their kind words.

You can still see quilt and weaving photos on instagram – https://www.instagram.com/threadtalesqw/?hl=en

And my Facebook business page – https://www.facebook.com/threadtalesqw/

I am considering creating a separate FB page for showing and selling my handwovens, but haven’t sorted that all out yet.

I will leave the blog up and check in to make sure I answer any questions that may come up on the posts.

Thanks for reading all these years!

Terri

Weaving post…

I have been busy with gifts – wraps, scarves, shawls, shrugs, etc. Several people have asked if I sell my projects so I am considering building a small inventory of items after the first of the year.

Quilting by day, weaving by night. Not a bad life 😉

Cloudborn superwash wool shrug

Findlay Superwash wool/silk blend shawl/wrap

Malabrigo Aroyos superwash wool cowl

Wool/acrylic blend men’s scarf

Cotton/acrylic wrap in progress

Batik Swirl wool/acrylic shawl/wrap

Last week’s quilt…

Bette’s gray and yellow – digital design Plaid Bias – med gray thread – hobbs 80/20 batt

Two identical twin size quilts for Winnie – digital design Timber – Hobbs 80/20 and light gray thread

Monica’s group project – freehand quilting – Dream Green batt and Omni threads in med. blue

Pat’s houses – digital design Ginger Flowers – light blue thread – Hobbs 80/20 batt

Dorothy’s blue and white – digital design Chino – client supplied batt – Omni Harbor Sky thread

And Diane’s winter scenes – digital design Undulate – W&N batt and Omni light tan thread

Just a few more and I can take my Xmas break!

 

Recent quilting finishes

Blesie’s Christmas Cups – digital design Midnight Sparkle – light gray thread – client supplied batt

Phyllis’ log cabin – digital design Featheration – client supplied batt – Omni thread in Sandbar

Phyllis’ black and white – digital design Asti – client supplied batt – Omni thread in variegated gray.

Most of this weeks quilting

Elizabeth’s winter pinwheel – freehand and computer combination – hobbs 80/20 batt – superior omni thread in white.

Janice’s modern triangles – digital design Prism – client supplied batt – omni thread in med. gray

Dorothy’s modern Xmas quilt – digital design Kindling – client supplied batt – omni thread in Spearmint

Janet’s retro Xmas quilt – digital design Midnight Sparkle – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in Neon Red

Durenda’s pretty – digital design Periwinkle – Hobbs 80/20 batt – Omni thread in white

Another Xmas quilt! – digital design String of Lights – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in Pasture

And Jill’s superhero quilt – digital design Diagonal Plaid – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in med. blue

This week’s quilts so far…

Mary Ellen’s baby quilt – freehand quilting – client supplied  batt – Omni thread in spearmint.

Mary’s Dresden Plates – extra light, freehand quilting – client supplied batt and Omni threads in black and light rose

Dorothy’s X quilt – digital design Chino – MM cotton batt – Omni thread in Winter Well

Kay’s extra fluffy heart quilt – client supplied batt – digital design Ginger Hearts – Omni thread in Frosted Lilac

Catching up after vacation

Pat’s granddaughter’s quilt – applique blocks made from her granddaughter’s drawings. Freehand, lightly quilted. Wool batt and several Omni colors of thread.

Fran’s reindeer quilt – digital design Oaken – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in Flax

Janice’s blue and grey falling diamonds – digital design Good Vibrations – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in Tidal Pool

Weaving post

I have been weaving and this time I made something for myself. I nice colorful cowl to wear on vacation next week. Actually, I made two. One to keep and one to give.

Malabrigo Rios yarn – 8 dent heddle – Warped 85″x11″ – wove two 30″ pieces with hem stitched space in between them. Short fringe – one twist – ends overlapped and zigzag stitched.

I also took a Learning to Knit class at ThreadBender a local knit/weave shop. I am finding that some of the garments I would like to make with my woven fabric needs a bit of knitting to put them together.

I taught myself to knit years ago, but I wanted to learn the correct way of doing things and I never got the hang of purling. So now I have a good foundation and am making a bunch of dish cloths using various combinations of stitches to make get them stuck in my head for the future.

Finally cooled of here in West Michigan. Now I can start wearing some of my projects!!

Quilt show post

West Michigan Quilters’ Guild Quilts on the Grand show is this week. Friday and Saturday.

It was pretty busy when I was there yesterday morning so I did not get photos of all of my client’s quilts, but I did get a few.

5 of my client’s quilts won ribbons. Here are two –

Carla’s Christmas Mice

Kathy’s Basket quilt (the quilter was mis-identified as Bonnie Rhoby in the show materials. It happens.)

And two of my woolies won ribbons!

Getting some quilting done

in between show quilt duties. Got to meet Karen Kendo in the real! She’s helping at judging for our show. We hit it off right away 😉

Two for Donna – digital design Deck the Halls – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in cream

Digital design Pumpkin Fest – hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in taupe

Winnie’s pretty pieced quilt – digtial design Periwinkle – client supplied batt – Omni thread in med. Turquoise

And Marica’s dear deer baby quilt – digital design Oaken – client supplied batt and Omni thread in Harbor Sky