Deidra's Legacy Creations

2012-01-21T11:45:00.000-08:00

2012-01-21T11:34:00.000-08:00

This was a new venture for me. A good friend of mine has a daughter who lives in China, who sent her this beautiful silk, and she wanted a quilt made from it. It was interesting. Anyone who has worked with silk knows it is very slippery and frays very easily. We picked a simple pattern, and I went to work. This is the result.

My first customer in Carthage!

2012-01-21T11:13:00.000-08:00

A quilt I just finished.

2011-12-29T15:52:00.000-08:00

2011-02-13T15:59:00.000-08:00

These are two quilts that I have just finished quilting. Two women brought them to me to do.

Latest creations September/October 2010.

2010-11-14T14:57:00.001-08:00

My first appliquéd quilt. 1000's of teeny, tiny stitches. This quilt is Serendipity.

The Tennessee Waltz. Love this pattern!

The illusion of circles, but it is only squares and triangles.

There's always something to do!

2010-04-06T08:57:00.001-07:00

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We have a women's organization called Relief Society. It's great! We learn so much together, and once a month we get together and just have fun! In March it was the R. S. Birthday, so we had a great dinner. We were also asked to bring a small gift that defined who we were. Well, quilting is my passion. I had been putting this 'farm' wall hanging together. It was still in blocks, so I put the blocks I had made together. It was supposed to have lambs and horses, etc., but this is what I had time to put together. I wasn't pleased with my quilting. It was 10PM at night and I had been up since 2 AM for work. I also embroidered the beaks on the chicks and geese.

The smallest project EVER put on this 14 ft. table. It was a fun night, the next night at R. S. We had gifts over a huge range of interests; from gardening, to crafts, to a tennis ball from a lady who loves tennis. We found out a little more about each other. Lots and lots of laughs and good food!

My wonderful sister in law sent me a baby quilt instruction book several years ago. This is one of the quilts in the book.

It's a fun and easy butterfly quilt made out of log cabin blocks.

I had finished picking out all of the fabric when I found the fabric for the last border, which is all butterflies, and brought in all of the colors I had picked for the quilt. I couldn't resist adding another border. I thought it pulled everything together really well. It also added size to the quilt, which I thought it needed.

Not quilting...but.................

2010-01-13T14:37:00.001-08:00

I have grandson #4 arriving in a couple of weeks, grandchild #10, so I wanted to make some boyish receiving blankets and burp clothes. Can you EVER have enough? In times past, I've crocheted around the edges. But I didn't get started nearly soon enough. So on this set I did bias binding.

On the rest, I did a decorative stitch around the edges to finish them off.

It was a lot of fun. Now he, doesn't have a name yet, will not have to use his older sisters!

The Tennesse Waltz.

2009-12-30T15:32:00.001-08:00

This bed doesn't have a skirt, it will be much nicer with a skirt.

The view from the back.

A better border stitching view. All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on the picture.

WONDERFUL bias binding.

2009-12-30T09:37:00.000-08:00

I learned an easy, FAST, way to cut bias binding and I thought I would share. The way the fabric is lined up here, it is open, with the selvage hanging down. You can do this on any size you have or need, the folding instructions are the same. You can even use fabric that doesn't have the selvage, just square it with the grain.

The FIRST FOLD is taking the selvage and folding it to the left hand edge of the fabric.

The SECOND FOLD is the opposite selvage meeting up with the first selvage edge you folded.

The THIRD FOLD is taking the fabric and folding it in half, edge to edge.

Move the fabric into a straight line.

The FOURTH FOLD, and last, is folding it in half again, end to end.

I love this particular cutting ruler, because it has slits to put your rotary cutter in, spaced every 1/2 inch. It makes it possible to cut multiple narrow strips without moving the ruler all the time, keeps the fabric flat and even.

Cut the folded edge off at the right hand side. Then cut the bias strips the width you like/need them. A lot of patterns call for a 3" bias for the binding. I like a 2 1/2" width better. This way of cutting bias is so quick and easy and uniform!

Ding, dong the wedding bells will ring...........

2009-12-30T05:57:00.000-08:00

The week before Christmas I had the amazing opportunity of having my youngest daughter with me for the WHOLE week. That hasn't happened in a LOOOONG time. She was on her break from school, and I was starting my son's wedding quilt. She enjoys sewing with me, so it was perfect! Above is the table with all of our strips neatly cut out and ready to 'rock and roll'.

Rachel thought that I HAD to take a picture of the back of the 4 patch. You unstitch 3 stitches and it opens to a very mini 4 patch, which allows you to iron everything so nicely flat. Better for piecing and quilting!

These are my star points, un-squared.

Squared!

The 3 sections that make up the 'star' square.

Getting the star points to match up to the diagonal line on the 'snowball' square (doesn't look like a snowball to me, but that's what they call it), was quite a process.

Rachel wanted me to post pictures that showed how we did it. First, we measured down 1/4 inch and marked it with pencil.

We poked the pins through to match things up, harder than you would think because it was off centered about 1/16 of an inch (or so), then pinned it horizontally, pulled the fabric to make sure the points matched, then put in 3 pins to anchor the fabric so it wouldn't move. It's not hard for fabric to slip 1/16 of an inch, or more. This method was the one that worked after much unpicking and frustration.

Christmas afternoon, we had finally gotten all of the squares matched and put together. I love how this looks like a circular quilt, but it is put together with squares and triangles!

I was able to get it on the machine for quilting. You can see my chalk lines here, but they brush off pretty easily. I DON'T have a computerized machine, so everything is free hand. This border I chalked to help me out.

The center of the 'snowball' I followed a pattern with my laser light.

The 'star' is a stitch in the ditch, then little free hand 4 petals in the 4 patches.
This is my most favorite pattern that I've pieced. It's called the Tennessee Waltz. It took 10 hours to quilt with all the detail. It is a queen size quilt 87" x 105". My husband has ordered one for us! It has been so much fun to put together. I'll post a picture of it on the bed when I get it bound!

Finishing up old projects.

2009-11-10T08:46:00.001-08:00

When the dairy went away and I was a stay at home mom, for a little while, I started piecing quilts. I'd done a couple before, but REALLY got into it at this time. I told Stan that he could pick out any quilt that he wanted, and I would make it for him. This is the outer edge of the block.

This is the center of the block.

This is the ring that joins the outer edge and the center.

This is the completed block. Within that 11 inch square is 65 pieces! Needless to say, it takes a little while to do. Circular sewing is the most time consuming. All of these pieces have to be cut with sissors, not a mat and cutting wheel. Sometimes, to make it lay flat, you need to do a little more stitching to bring the folds in. I will post a picture of the finished quilt. I only have 6 blocks to go! When I first started pieces the blocks, it took 2.5 hours per block. I can now do one in an hour!

Fun kids quilts.

2009-11-06T14:43:00.000-08:00

An easy way to do quilts for a lot less money is to buy a fabric that you like and add borders. No piecing intricate patterns. This is especially fun when you are doing kids quilts. My daughter in law, Heidi, chose this for two of her little girls.

I put colorful, matching, borders around and did a wavy stitch.

I was finally able to get a good picture of the stitching I did on quilt #13. I wish the colors would come out better. The big block is a light yellow with little white flowers. #13 is finished now and ready for the buyer.

Where it all gets done.

2009-11-01T18:33:00.001-08:00

This is my quilting machine. It is a Gammill on a 14 foot table. I am finally doing a job that I LOVE! I worked for 10 hours on Saturday and left with a smile on my face.

I have posted some pictures trying to show the quilting patterns I'm doing. They didn't show up very well. If you click on the pictures and enlarge them, you can see a bit better, but not what I hoped. I have a quilting shop, not a photography shop, the lightening needs to be different.

I thought this was a fun pattern.

Quilt tops that I have on hand.

2009-10-28T10:34:00.000-07:00

I am starting a quilting business. These are some quilt tops I have that are ready to be quilted. I use only 100% cotton. I am wanting to sell the quilts that I have listed here. I can sell only the tops, or I can sell them fully quilted. I have a Gammill long arm quilting machine. They are all shown on a King size bed. It measures 30 inches from the floor, with a 15 inch top mattress. If you are interested in any of the quilts, please let me know in the comment section. Quilts are individually priced according the fabrics and quilting time. Thanks for Looking!
Click on the individual pictures for a close up look at the pattern and fabric.

#1 Queen size quilt.

Best representation of color.

I like to show the back so that you can see how precise the stitching is.

#2 Queen size quilt.

Best representation of colors.

#3 King size quilt.

Best representation of colors.

#4 King size quilt.

Best representation of color.

#5 King size quilt.

Best representation of color...what looks like blue is more periwinkle.

#6 sold

#7 King size quilt.

Best representation of color.

#8 Queen size quilt.

Best representation of colors.

#9 King size quilt.

#10 This is a Queen size.

#11 King size quilt.

Thanks for looking!