Hand Quilting

    Well, I've tried my hand at hand quilting!  Whew, that is considerably harder than longarm quilting!  This small little piece is to become a doll quilt for Mairin.  I tried a variety of thimbles to try to learn to perfect the technique of hand quilting.  Truly, it is more difficult than it looks.  The key for speed and nice stitches is in the technique of "rocking the needle".  For me, managing to hold the quilt in a hoop and maneuvering the stitches took some getting used to!  I will post another blog post to show you the final thimble I ended up with, but for today here is a picture of the first efforts.  I will continue to hand quilt the cross hatching.  I am almost finished with the first set of diagonals.  Next, I will mark with a water soluble marker the crosshatch marks to complete the cross-diagonal stitches.  The stitching lines are one inch apart.   Miss Catherine needed to investigate the quilt ...

She is not sure about it...looking closer.

She has decided it is not worth the time involved and has shown evidence of boredom with the whole business of hand quilting.  She has decided a nap is more appealing.

Back to blogging

The Cat Bag

    Sometimes things in life make us smile!  This fabric brought a huge smile to my face a couple of years ago.  I thought I would make a small quilt with it.  Finally, I decided to make bags!  I ended up making a full set for someone special.  That person will find out who she is in the very near future!  I will finish anchoring a "hard bottom" in the interior of the large bag to make the bag more durable.  It will also make it sit up nicely when sitting on a flat surface.  I will be making some additional bags for some other special people in a variety of different fabrics.  It's a fun project!  In between quilt orders, Daisy O'Moore will be fashioning a variety of bag styles!  Watch for future posts!

Our FIRST entries into a quilt competition

Childhood Dreams

 Appliqued by Sonja Ver Heul

 Detail of Childhood Dreams

 Serendipity

Serendipity - detail

These quilts will be entered into the competition at the New England Quilt Festival  - in Manchester, NH.

http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Home/index.cfm

It is good to be back!  I've neglected my blog and need to get some more pictures posted!  Watch for an update of quilting jobs SOON!

Lisa's Quilt Before quilting - loaded on the frame

Back of Gerry's Floral Log Cabin Star

    Glad to have finished Gerry's quilt.  Next up, Lisa's beautiful patchwork 52.5 x 56.5 - Stay tuned for more pictures to come!

Occupational Therapy Continues

Hand stitching on the art quilt continues.  This is a sneak peek of the quilt in progress.

Continuing work on Gerry's Floral Log Cabin Star

Almost finished!

Stitchin' and Stitchin'

Gerry's Floral Log Cabin Star

The auctioned quilts were a great success : )
Blue room quilt - $950
Red room quilt - $950
Green room - $700
Yellow Room - $650

Gerry's Floral Log Cabin Star

Before Quilting

 Backing Fabric

Quilts displayed at School

John Winthrop School for Young Children

Boston, MA

John Winthrop School for Young Children

Boston, MA

Auction Quilts

Quilt tops made by children and Monique

Finishing done by "Daisy"

The Red Room Quilt

label on the back (sun reflection- yellow, but label is red)

The Blue Room Quilt

label on the back

The Yellow Room Quilt

label on the back

The Green Room Quilt

label on the back

Auction May 4, 2012 

Good Morning!  Good to have my internet service back!!  Watch for pictures today!!

Ahhhh!  The batik heirloom quilt is enroute to Michigan!  I posted these pictures this a.m., but was having difficulty with blogspot - server issues... so, some of the pictures are huge and some small.   Definitely, some close up shots!  (despite, not intentioned)  : )     Now, moving onward and working on John Winthrop School for Young Children's auction quilts!  Watch for pictures to follow!

Soon, soon, soon ...  finishing up the feathers on Kathy's Batik Baby Beauty!!!

Good Morning !!  Happy Friday Peeps!!   Today I will (hopefully) FINISH Kathy's Batik Baby Beauty!!  Stay tuned for pictures!!

Good Morning Daisy Friends!!

I'm working on finishing up "Kathy's Batik Baby Beauty"!!  Hope to be done soon!  The last couple of days have involved many interruptions, so hopefully today I can make some steady progress.  After chatting with Peggy on the videophone yesterday, I became aware of many of my friends attending a deaf quilting retreat in Michigan for the next 3 days.  I wish I was there with them!!  Have fun, everyone!!

Now, I'm off to get busy!!  Have a great day!  

Here's a sneak peek at Kathy's Batik Baby Beauty!