Thursday, January 27, 2011

Two More Gift Quilts

I gave two quilts for Christmas this year, both of them StormQuilts.  SQ#13 started off more or less on a lark, but as it developed I realized that it was both very warm and very wide, both qualities treasured by Mrs.5000.  So after I finished it in early December, it mysteriously disappeared until it emerged from under the tree.


It's very warm because it is batted with a quilt -- one of those dubious ones you see at home goods stores, "hand-made" under presumably dreadful conditions and from the cheapest possible materials.  This one, found in a raggedy state at "The Bins," was ideal for batting.

The quilting, which I don't have a good picture of, is straight lines down the tan and red columns and a simple curvy dealie that I made a template for down the green columns.  Making a template is pretty sophisticated, for me.



SQ#6, meanwhile, had been sitting for a long time on the "unfinished" shelf.  When I took it up to my sister's house for Thanksgiving to finish the binding, Niece#3 seemed to bond with it, so it turned into a Christmas present for her.


SQ#6 and SQ#7 are sister quilts, both built around a high-contrast central square medalian.  The two medalians are opposites, each made of four triangles cut from the same set of strips.


Whereas SQ#7 ended up square, SQ#6 is a more practical rectangle.  Not knowing quite how to quilt the area that had been tacked on to make it rectangular, I just reused the template I had made for SQ#13.  Voila!



The Specs

Serial Number: 53.13

Dimensions: 73" x 90"

Batting: Old commercially-made quilt.
Backing: Royal blue flannel.  (Although this piece had been sitting around the house for a long time, it was technically not scrap or salvage.   But, I wanted it to be extra-comfy for Mrs.5000, so I bent the StormQuilt rules).

Begun: September, 2010
Finished: December, 2010

Intended Use/Display: Gift blanket.



Serial Number: 53.06

Dimensions: 80" x 60"

Batting: Section of an old commercially-made child's quilt.
Backing: A dark green synthetic fabric, once a graduate school roommate's curtains.

Begun: January, 2009
Finished: November, 2010

Intended Use/Display: Gift blanket.

3 comments:

Rebel said...

I like the one you gave you Mrs. 5000, it evokes Christmas without beating you over the head with it. ;)

jovaliquilts said...

Yes, I agree with Rebel -- I looked at it and wondered, Christmassy or Not Christmassy? The stripes are classy. But please, what determines the serial number?

Michael5000 said...

Ah yes, the serial number. Until a couple of years ago, I gave quilts a serial number when I started 'em. That has caused some ridiculous numbering, so now I don't number them until they're finished.

All StormQuilts are filed under 53. The 58 was a typo. I am a big dork.