President's Houses I

Quilt Documentation # 139

 This is the first in a series of four quilts made from blocks received from members of the Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters' Guild when I retired as president of the guild in 2000.

President's Houses I

I was asked what kind of blocks I would like and said “house or some type of building” with a muslin background and they could be any sizes. I received 37 blocks. I knew I wanted to make more than one quilt and that each one had to be different and special in its own way.

I divided the blocks into 2 sets of 12, one of 9 and one of 4.

For President's Houses I, I chose the smallest blocks which measured from 6” to 9”. I added grey strips at the tops and bottoms and blue strips to the sides in the courthouse steps design until all the blocks measured 12” x 12”.

ribbon embroidery

Libby Lehman's embroidered ribbons were all the rage and I decided to try that technique and have it looked like the ribbons twisted around the blue “columns” between the blocks.

detail

I machined quilted around the ribbons and a free motion loopy design all over the rest of the quilt.

tail end of ribbon and binding

hand dyed back of President's Houses I

Three more President's Houses to come!

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Happy Quilting,

Terry

DOCUMENTATION:

Quilt Name: President's Houses I

Description: House Sampler

Pattern: Original

Size: 41” x 49”

Fabrics: 100% cotton

Predominant colours: Blue, Grey

Construction Techniques: 12 “House” blocks set with Courthouse Step, Ribbon embroidery

Back: Hand dyed muslin

Batting: Polyester

Edge finish: Double fold french binding

Quilting: Free motion quilted on Domestic Machine

Quilted by: Terry Whyte

Sleeve: yes

Label:

Date completed:2002

Inspiration: Blocks received from members when retiring as president of guild

Quilt History: Display at the 2002 Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters' Guild Show, at Museum of Northern History

Maker: Terry Whyte