Friday, July 5, 2013

Levi's Quilt & a Minor Freak-out


Levi's quilt 

Roger's brother and his wife recently welcomed their third child into the world. so naturally a quilt had to be made. Levi is their third son, bringing the grand total of Lovelady boys in this county to 6. They won't go to to the same elementary school as our kids, but our high school better be prepared! 

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I comment quite a bit that I love star quilts, but that I don't enjoy making them. This is true, but making the star points out of no-waste flying geese rather than stitch-and flip points is much more enjoyable for me. I'll do another little post with my block dimensions for anyone interested. 

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Levi's quilt was very much inspired by this quilt by Allison of Cluck, Cluck, Sew. I left the quilting pretty simple with a diagonal crosshatch and a little outline of the diamonds between stars. And this leads to the freak-out...

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For most of my quilting I don't bother with actually marking the lines but this time I needed to. I know lots of people use Hera markers and love them and I'm sure that I would, too, if I ever remembered to buy one. So the last three quilts that have been marked have gotten the Crayola treatment. And two out of three have washed out with no issues whatsoever. I thought that it had worked on Levi's quilt, too, until I inspected a little closer. See that pink line up there? I used a dark grey marker on the quilt, but this pink residual line was only left on these two prints. It had already gone through the dryer when I noticed it, so I sprayed it with an OxyClean laundry spray, then ran it through a soak cycle in the washer with a little powdered OxyClean thrown in for good measure. Thankfully it all came out because I didn't have much time before we were taking it over to see him! 

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I was feeling the love for Denyse Schmidt with my backing and binding choices, wasn't I? I would say the vast majority of my stash basics come from either her, Lizzy House, or Riley Blake. What about you?

ETA: After a few comments, I thought it might be best to stress the fact that I used a Crayola washable marker to mark the quilt, not a crayon.

13 comments:

  1. I think it looks fantastic. I have hoarded a lot of Denyse Schmidt, but I don;t dare really use them!

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  2. I just love the way you quilt your quilts! And that backing fabric is awesome. I'm glad the crayon eventually came out! :)

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  3. I've never thought to use crayons to mark quilts!

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  4. I love it! Thank goodness the felt-tip mark came out - did you hover over the washer until the cycle had finished and you could inspect the quilt?!

    P.S. Until I got a hera marker I used the blunt side of a cutlery knife - works a treat!

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  5. You can also use a credit card or embroidery needle! Love the quilt!

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  6. I'm so happy that I was able to stumble upon your blog; I've loved reading about your recent projects, and this quilt is absolutely stunning! The quilting itself makes the pattern pop, and I love the colors you used. I feel like we're on the same wavelength too; my stash is filled with Denyse Schmidt, Lizzy House (Oh how I adore her designs!) and Riley Blake too

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  7. It's gorgeous. Lucky high school teachers that have got all those farm boys coming thought to them, hahaha!

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  8. Lol, I was wondering about the crayon :oD Looks great though!

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  9. This is really cute! And I'm glad the marker came out. Whew! I actually have a hera marker...somewhere. If I could just locate it, I'm sure I'd use it all the time...

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  10. This is so adorable! Glad your marks came out. The quilt I made for my mephew had the red backing bleed through in the wash and I couldn't fix t!

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  11. I love the way you used a variety of modern fabrics and mini squares to update this old pattern. Looks great!

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  12. I love this one. Star quilts are one of my most favorite you know. I'm sure Mama and Daddy loved this one for their new baby. I would have. :)

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