From My Magazine Days, Day Two
To Grandma's House We Go (page 28) is a quilt I designed for Benartex Fabrics. It was from a collection called "Grandma's House." When I first saw this fabric all I could think of was the song from elementary school days: "Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go." No - that's not me in the photo!
Grandma's House: 8" blocks; 51" x 59" quilt |
I started with a basic house block and threw in some hourglass blocks. I had fun with the printed words on one piece of fabric. Just cut them out and machine appliquéd them to the top. I added a pillow with "shhh" on it, too.
I don't have a digital pattern for this, but I do have a funny story about the quilt. I was flying from Atlanta to California for my dad's funeral in 2008. I was bringing this to my sister Kathy for her to have when her grandkids came for a visit. It was in my carryon bag. I had to fly through Denver and there was a tornado warning and we had to be grounded overnight in the airport!
I took out the pillow and quilt and used them to take a snooze. You can be there were plenty of folks looking at me with envy!
Here's a picture of the 8" block:
My Cookie Cutter Christmas Tree is another quilt, found on page 58. I shared a lesson on how to use freezer paper to cut out the fabric. I used raw edge appliqué and NO fusible webbing. I still have this fun quilt.
Cookie Cutter Christmas Tree: 10" x 11" blocks. 28" x 30" quilt |
You can see several other quilts and blocks I made using this pattern in another blog post HERE.
Back tomorrow with some more from Quilt Magazine issue #73.
I like the "To Grandma's House We Go" quilt. From what fabric line are the houses made?
ReplyDeleteI remember the cookie cutter BOM. The heart and the butterfly were my favorites.
It was a Benartex collection called "Grandma's House." I didn't have to think of a different quilt name! Yes, the Cookie Cutter BOM. That series is over 20 years old!
DeleteSo nice of you!
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