The Maryland State Fair

Man-Sized Girly Quilt wins a Ribbon at the Maryland State Fair.

Fleur de lis

On another trip to longarming class last night, my quilting on the Something Old Something New Something Brilliant Something Blue quilt got underway.















I'm using a pantograph this time. We'll see how it turns out.

My Version of Christmas

My Version of Christmas
© 2008 Mark Patro
15"x18"

The Maryland State Fair is just around the corner and I have decided to put two quilts in the show. I started "Man-Sized Girly Quilt" toward the end of July last year and completed sometime during the first week of November. This quilt qualifies for the "First Quilt" category. I am also going to enter, "My Version of Christmas" in the "Christmas" category. The Fair ends on Labor Day and runs for a week plus. Hope to see you there.

Swirl Quilt Complete

Its been a while since I've posted anything. I've been busy with summer, but that hasn't kept me from sewing. Shown is the "Swirl Quilt", so named for the over-stitched S-spiral patterns. It took me about four, two-hour sessions to complete the long arm stitching. I'm happy with it. And as you can see its on the bed. We slept under it last night for the first time. Actually this is the first time we have slept under any of the few quilts I'm made myself.

I also wanted to mention the "Rosie Lee Tompkins" show at the National Museum of Women (on New York Ave) in Washington, DC. Her work is a celebration of color and texture, made mostly of velvet fabrics. Treat yourself. This show is running until September 21, 2008.

Blue Diagonal Grid Quilt

This top is finally finished. Its kept me busy while I have been long-arming the Swirl Quilt (Long Arm Project No. 2), which I expect to finish this week.


Blue Diagonal Grid
Quilt
93"x93"

Something Bold Something New Something Brilliant Something Blue

All I wanna be is Kaffe Fassett when I grow up! Well...I'll settle for his skill. I am greatly attracted to his palette. This is my second major quilt using his fabrics. The first is pictured on my very first post, way back when.


I think this one is gonna have to be square.

Long Arm Project No. 2

This is a quilt top that someone else started, to which I added a border. This week I stated to quilt it. This is the beginning of my effort.

I saw an art quilt blog last week, written by Denise Aumick
She has a purple piece on her blog which is freehand quilted and it inspired me. So here is my version of her style.


The purple side is the back.