It is great to always have a quilt on the frame. Right now, I have a quilt with an
interesting story awaiting its turn. Gail, form Gateway Fibreworks,
in GravenHurst, Ontario, picked up this baby at a garage sale!!
Gail’s hand pieced Quilt
Can you believe it?!! It measures in at a whopping 94″ x 94″ and
it is made up of 1″ squares that were all hand stitched together!!
I am freaking out here!!
Because the fabrics are so old, I am thinking that the creator of this
piece cut out each individual square with scissors! Ekk! Thank God for rotary cutters.
Close up of Gail’s quilt-1″ squares
Would you have the patience to do that? I don’t think I would.
Because Gail has Alpaca’s, she gave me an Alpaca batting to try out.
I have never used this before but I don’t think that I will have any problems at all.
Alpace batting
The batting is made up of 60% Alpaca and 40% wool.
When I took it out of the package, it weighed somewhat heavy and smelled
a little like wool, but without the itch. It is a brown color too, so it would be
good for darker quilts. I dont know if it will beard but I will let you know
if it does.
Carol also brought in a quilt that she is giving to an auction. She is very
generous indeed. Carol has teamed up with another lady, named Holly, and
together I call them the “Dynamic Quilting Duo.” They can put together a
quilt top in the blink of an eye – pretty impressive, if you ask me.
Carol and Holly’s Quilt
This time, their quilt had a “Modern” feel to it.
Carol wanted all SID around each block.
I used a white polyester thread and a matching green polyester thread for the top
and the backing. The fabric on the backing was a light white, grey and green
color but mottled. The green polyester thread was a 40 wt, a little thiner but
great for stitching in the ditch and hiding all those stitches.
Border area of Carol and Holly’s quilt.
In the border areas, Carol wanted double straight lines.
I think that it was a great choice, the lines echo the whole pattern
of the quilt.
Have a great week and I am linking up to the Canadian Needle And Thread Network.
http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/
Next week, the Great Canadian Blogathon is happening so check it out
to win lots of cool prizes.
Ruth
Stitching Impressions 
Carol and Holly’s quilt is beautiful!!!
It’s so hard to imagine having the time to hand sew anything for me….and 1 inch squares…OMG!!
I know that way back when life wasn’t busy like it is today with technology, but it was still busy—-gardening, keeping house, and most things made by hand.
What an incredible find, how will you quilt it? And that modern quilt has fantastic colours. Is there a place where one could buy Alpaca batting?
Hi Regina,
I am planning on quilting straight lines and a bit of wavy cross hatching around each row. It would be a nightmare to Stitch in the Ditch. And the prints are really small and the quilting will not show up that great. That is my plan for now. Regarding Alpaca batting, may be try to find something online. There must be someone out there who sells it. Thanks for your encouragement.
Ruth
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