A new, twin bed sized, quilt named "Splendid Roses", has just been finished. This quilt was made for a charity raffle coming up in 2012 to benefit a fundraiser that Frenchman's Creek Women for Cancer Research will hold for the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida.
The roses in it were made using my Geometric Rose Pattern #1. Two of the rose blocks were made by students ( Norma Glazer & Robin Goodfriend) that volunteered to learn how to make the rose block, knowing that the quilt made using the block they made, would become a raffle quilt. Making this quilt block, was the first experience that Robin had ever had using a sewing machine, and making a precision pieced block at the same time, with great success.
I rented the Gammel longarm sewing machine at Quilter's Choice in Jupiter to quilt this beautiful quilt. Everytime I use this machine, I try to learn more, and also speed up my work. It took a day and a half for me to quilt this piece, which may seem slow. However, I was using some more intense quilting designs and different colored quilting threads, so that ate up some of the time.
I also bought flannel graft fabric there , to use on my design wall to help me make sure that my quilts are geometrically in proportion. It has always been difficult for me to proportion large quilts, but this tool should make that easy. For a King sized quilt you would need 6 yards of it. Then cut it in half and sew them together, matching the grid lines. It is easy to get it on and off my design wall, that already has a plain colored flannel on it, if I need to move it around on travels.
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