2011 June 18 — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Pink, Purple & Lime?

June 18, 2011 · by JudyL

The consensus seems to be that little girls like pink and purple but I need some lime in there somewhere so I can use one of those lime-ish backing fabrics. How about this?

Purple center but added a bit more lime in the borders? I know . . it’s kinda wild but it’s supposed to be a drag around, fun, happy quilt. It’s not a magazine quilt or a show quilt. I love it but my tastes seem to be kinda . . a little too bright sometimes. It will be 60″ x 75″ which is a good snuggle quilt.

· Filed Under: Quilting · 28 Comments

Quick Quilts

June 18, 2011 · by JudyL

The folks who took our chickens have the cutest two kids and I wanted to make them each a quilt before we leave. There’s not enough time to make anything too intricate and I was talking to a friend on the phone last night who said she had just finished the Carpenter’s Wheel big block quilt so I decided to make one of those and then I was going to make something different for the other one but then said . . heck, I’ll make it easy on myself and make both the same, just using different colors.

The little boy likes blue so I’m thinking these are the colors I’ll use for his. The red in the star will be a brighter red than it appears in this drawing.

This is the fabric I’ll use for his backing.

The little girl likes pink so her quilt will either have a lime or purple center. What do you think?

For her backing, I’ll probably use one of these fabrics. I don’t think I have any cute pink fabric to use for the backing but I haven’t really searched yet. I may come up with something else.

The stripe is actually horizontal.

· Filed Under: Quilting · 23 Comments

Chad and The Giant Cupcake

June 18, 2011 · by JudyL

Yes, he’s feeling better. He felt like playing in the kitchen yesterday. He and Nicole decided last night to use the giant cupcake pan she had bought for Chad a while back. Chad asked me if I had a cake mix and luckily, I did. They baked their gian cupcake and then he asked if I had a can of icing which I never buy so he made cream cheese icing.

No matter how you slice that rascal, the pieces are huge!

It was nice to get an unexpected treat but it’s really nice to see Chad feeling good enough to be back making a mess in my kitchen!

· Filed Under: Cooking · 6 Comments

Quilts for Red Cross Donors

June 18, 2011 · by JudyL

I’ve been a bit slow in getting these quilts photographed and in the mail. I hope to get them all to UPS early next week but here are the quilts that will be going to new homes. I wish each and every person who donated could have received a quilt! You were all so generous and I’m still smiling at the huge response.

Except for Pinwheel Garden, all of these quilts are the actual quilts from my books or from recent magazines.

The first quilt is Pinwheel Garden from Nine Patch Extravaganza. This quilt was not actually in the book as Vicky made one just like it to test the pattern and her quilt was the one used for the book.

Quilt #2 is Shadow Stars and is in Weekend Quilts. I really love this quilt!

Quilt #3 is Winter Break from Weekend Quilts.

Quilt #4 is Old Country Stars from Nine Patch Extravaganza.

Quilt #5 is Paint Chips and is in the current issue of America Quilts for the Home.

Quilt #6 is Mary’s Lucky Stars from Nine Patch Extravaganza.

Quilt #7 is Cotton Candy Stars from Weekend Quilts.

Quilt #8 is Bloom Where You’re Planted from the Weekend Quilts book. I made this same quilt and gave it to the people we bought our current house from. The lady was not happy about moving . . little did I know that just 4-1/2 years later, I would be in the same boat! I named the quilt Bloom Where You’re Planted and sent it to them and then made the quilt shown below to include in the book.

Quilt #9 is Puppet on a String and it’s in the Nine Patch Extravaganza book.

Quilt #10 is Keep in Touch and it’s also in Nine Patch Extravaganza.

Quilt #11 is Framed Stars and is included the Oh, My Stars II published by Kansas City Star. The first 1o quilts had been pulled and photographed and I had this one out but it’s a bit smaller than the others and I kept debating about whether to find a larger quilt or use this one. It’s so bright and pretty . . I love the border! One of the ladies who won a quilt wrote me and told me that she had already decided that if she won, she would donate her quilt to a 12 year old girl who’s going through a rough time. Right then, I knew for a fact that this quilt was the perfect quilt to send to her.