Friday, January 14, 2011

Nothing like a comfy quilt on a cold winter evening...





It seems we have a few friends who are undergoing some major health issues this month. I began making some quickie quilts to send as a "comfort" to them. Here are a couple I just finished...the top one is a combination of flannel and woven quilters cotton. There are snowmen on skis and snowflakes in the fabrics. The bottom one is all cottons from Hawaii, Nemo-like fish, island scenery, sea shells and footprints on the beach with some island flora and fauna here and there. The pattern is called "Just Can't Cut It" and is very quick and easy to put together. The quilting is my adaptation of Kay Oft's Ripples. I added a few whales which are virtually invisible, and snowflakes in the other. Quilter's Dream Orient batting is made of bamboo, silk, cotton and tencil--used in the nemo quilt. Dream Blend is 70percent cotton and 30 percent polyester is in the snowman quilt. Go to my Picasa album for more photos--listed in Quickie Quilts.
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I am Bonnie Russell, owner and quilter, and my business is making beautiful quilts and making quilts beautiful. NABQC came about as a partnership between the love of sewing and hazelnut farming. That's how the name was chosen. My husband, Fred, is the nut farmer, and I do the sewing using many bolts of fabulous fabric. My studio is located in Dundee, Oregon, the beautiful Willamette Valley, in the center of a hazelnut orchard. Experience came with 42 years of dress making, 40 years of marriage to my wonderful, loving, supportive husband (34 years of nut farming), 25 years of raising three daughters, and now we have seven grandchildren to mentor in Future Quilters of America!

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