What is a 'One Block Wonder'?

This is a 'One Block':

It was constructed using this fabric:

This is a 'One Block':

It was constructed using this fabric:

Come join me and the 'Frayed Knots' as we learn how to easily construct this quilt. No 'Y' seams, all straight sewing. Beth Karr will lead you through and we will have a ball.

May Mester-------------May 7 - 10,2012

Register early.

PS. Next find out about Spiral Lone Star or Regular Lone Star. Stay tuned.

One Block Wonder & Spiral Lone Star

It's time to register for:           
Maymester Classes
May 7 - 10, 2012


Check out the Maymester tab at the top of the page and register now. This is going to be a lot of fun.


One Block Wonders as taught by Beth Karr   

Spiral Lone Star as taught by Sara Quattlebaum

This is something everyone has been asking for. Classes that have not been available for sometime. Both of these ladies are wonderful teachers and the quilts they are teaching are spectacular!!

These classes will be 2 jam packed days of fun, and 3 nights of sewing in your pajamas. 

For the first time, One Loose Thread welcomes day students for these classes. Check out the registration form on it's page by clicking on the tab at the top of the page.

Any questions, just email me at 630p@bellsouth.net.

If your registration form will not print 'nicely', then email me and I will send you a nice, neat copy.

I am really looking forward to this time together.

Let's go Sew!!!

Happy New Year !

What a wonderful year 2011 was. I retired from Dental Hygiene and really went to work on One Loose Thread Quilting.

Now I get to spend each day with Olivia:

Then I hosted Quilt Camp in February and it was Mardi Gras.

It was hot in August , but the 'Frayed Knots' stayed cool and sewed away in the beautiful chapel at Gravatt.

 After that the 'Frayed Knots went to the coast and Camp St. Christopher on Sea Brook Island.

In between I have quilted many quilts and met so many new quilters. It has been a wonderful year and I want to thank everyone for making it so.

During 2012 One Loose Thread will be doing some new things and one will be a 'Teaching Retreat' in May. The dates have been set for May 7-10, 2012 at Bishop Gravatt Conference Center outside of Aiken, South Carolina. Our two teachers will be Sara Quattlebaum and Beth Karr. I know that Sara will be teaching 'Spiral Lone Star', however I am not sure what Beth will be doing yet. We are looking at 2 wonderful quilts for Beth and will let you know later this month just what it will be.

I hope to take the 'Frayed Knots' back to St. Christopher again and we will be 'Sewing in the Summer' in August at Gravatt again.

While all of this is going on I will still be quilting for others so, if you need a longarm quilter, give me a call. Whether it be a pantograph, custom quilting, or show quality quilting...............Let's talk.  I also have a good inventory of Dream batting for purchase, so if you need some just let me know.

Yes, 2011 was a wonderful year. Now bring on 2012------------It's going to be AWESOME!

Yep, LET'S GO SEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hints for quilt labels

Just thought that I would stop for a minute and give you one of my hints for applying labels to quilts. I have to do three for the Grandchildren right now. So, here goes.
First hint:
     I print on printer ready fabric. I insert a picture that was taken during the year. Included on the label is the childs name, the name of the quilt pattern(approximate), the date, my name and the city and state.

Second hint:
     Don't wait until the last minute to apply the label

Third hint:
     Press under the edges of the label. Then, add a large piece of fusible (Wonder Under or other) in the center of the back of the label.

             
Fourth hint:
     Press the label onto the back of the quilt. Then take your quilting thread and a needle and blind stitch all the way around the label to truly attach it.

OK, gotta go get all of these sewn on.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Let's go Sew!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas rush??

I am not really in a rush. I think that I have scheduled everything pretty well. My quilts are complete. This is the last of the grandchildren quilts.

I guess that I need to get a picture of the quilting. Gee, have to do that before I wrap it.

I do have to get 3 labels done. I normally like to print a picture of each child from the year on the label that goes with their quilt. It just gives us some sort of reference of what they looked like at the time.

I have managed to 'sort of' clean out the living room and dining room for the season. Just need to pull everything out of the attic this weekend and decorate. Tori is having a Miche open house here on the 17th, so have to at least get the tree up.

Although, everything was moved to the 'Goldilocks' room (grandchildren's guest room). I really need to find some space for batting. I love, love, love having all different kinds of batting from cotton to silk.

 
 
 
I did take some time last weekend and go to Myrtle Beach with The Tripp twins and some friends. We had a blast. We found some of the best food available on the strand. We did manage to get a lot of sewing done. Oh yes, a few adult beverages were consumed. The weather was great and we did actually see the ocean on Saturday.
 
OK, enough for now. I am going over to the 'Customer Quilts' page and post some of the finished quilts. I am having a blast quilting other Christmas presents......... So much fun.
 

Quilt Design?

I spent yesterday piecing this 2 inch half square border for my Lone Star. I thought that I wanted this as a final border on my star. Now that I have it on 2 sides, I'm not so sure. I am getting the feeling that the quilt needs a heavier border as the final statement.

I do want this to be as close to King as I can get it and still use Olivia to quilt it.

With these last 2" half squares, the top will measure 104". My frame is 12 feet, so, I cant go much bigger.

I could leave the final 2" off completely and use a pieced binding.

I could take off the 2" and put on a 6" border of some special fabric that pulls all the colors together. That would make the top 112" and I can work with that on Olivia. It will be tight, but, can be done.

This gives you a closer look. I have to put this away for now and finish all of the Christmas quilts. That doesn't mean that I won't be thinking about it. Especially since I have it on the calender to put it on the frame and start quilting it on January 1, 2012. This will be a great way to start the new year.

This is the day before Thanksgiving and the kitchen is going to get real busy. I have the cornbread ready for the dressing. The oven has been cleaned and the turkey will be going in within the next couple of hours. I have a new reciepe for cranberry that I thought I would try. It uses fresh cranberries. Just thought that it might taste better than the canned stuff. The children and grandchildren will be joining us. Only makes 8, but, that's a good number. We'll have lots of left-overs for the 'to go' boxes.

I hope that all of you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.

BAD, BAD, BLOGGER

So sorry not to have been posting. I have had so much going on that I have not yet caught up. I will be getting everything together and posting several things next week.

1-Sandy's quilt is finished and she now has possession on it. For a top that she didn't like, this quilt really changed her mind.
2-Trip to Seabrook Island and Camp St. Christopher was a giant success. More on that later too.
3-Longarm group met here yesterday---Wonderful gathering
4-Quilts being finished for Christmas-------Pictures forth coming.
5-I DO HAVE SPACE AVIALABLE FOR ADDITONAL CHRISTMAS QUILTS---I don't know how long this will last, so if you need something, you need to let me know quickly
6-I hope to put my Lone Star quilt on the frame right after Christmas---cross your fingers for me as this will be a BIG under taking.

Ok, I guess that we need at least one picture, so I am going to pick something and post it here. It may or may not have anything to do with this posting.

You can't see her eyes, but they are a beautiful blue. This is Patches. She use to be a big fat cat, but, thyroid problems have taken their tole. She is still beautiful.

LET'S GO SEW !!!!!!!