Judge Pride Twister {Quilt}

"Twist and Shout!"

I made another Twister quilt this school year for the older boys' high school auction.  I figured I would give my brain a break and just make the same pattern, just different colors.

I will admit, I still feel like I'm making two, just to have one cool twisty pattern.
 I decided do a tighter meander free motion quilting so it would wash really crinkly.

 Black binding framed it perfectly.

Sticking with Sew My Stash 2017,
I used a yellow dot backing with a pieced black and white chevron scrap.

Did you see the snow falling in the above picture???
The white thread really disappeared in the yellow dot backing.

I added a printed quilt label after I washed it framed in black.

Here is a pull out of the photo-shoot!  I have had this stand forever to display quilts and have used it to take pictures...but just recently realized I should extend the poles way out on the sides and crop them out instead of trying to hide the legs behind it.  It also would fall over when the wind blow.  Especially when I don't have quilt holder staff hanging about.   It seemed to work!

Quilt Stats:

Measures: 65" Square

Pattern: Twister Quilt inspired from School Spirit Twister

Fabric: Kona White, Tomato, Corn Yellow, Black, and Joanns yellow dot and chevron

Quilted: Free-motion meandering on Handiquilter Avante

Maybe it will return to my red chair for us to enjoy....

School Spirit Twister {Auction Quilt}

"We make living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

This year, I not only committed to making the class auction quilt project HERE, I told the development office that I would be happy to make a school spirit quilt to donate to the school auction.  I loved the Houndstooth quilt, Judge Pride, I made for the High School in the spring with all the school colors in solids, but wanted to change things up this year with a different pattern.

I have pulled out my Twister ruler quite a few times to I have had the twister quilt that Tayrn from Pixels to Patchwork in my head ever since she posted it in 2014.

I think what I loved the most was that she had the white to break up each twists and she explains her process in the her post.

With that, I played around with pattern and decided on my final "look" and bought my Kona solid yardage accordingly.

I had the Twister ruler by CS designs, but it was one size and the final quilt would have either reuqied to do less twists with the white space or too large for a lap quilt. Since I knew I was going to make another one for the high school after the holidays, I bought the Twist 'n Stitch because it offered more size options.

The blocks cut fairly quickly.  And then you sew your "new" blocks again.

This is where I give you FULL disclosure. 
The one complaint I have is that only get ONE quilt for the work of two quilt tops.

I had originally planned a minky backing, but I only had dark green and blue minky.  Using dark minky with light background quilts has often presented problems for me, see HERE for more on that.  With that said, I had to run out to Joanns for a last minute shopping run and had to settle on this "not ideal" yellow dot cotton backing. I did a printed label for the back with the school motto, logo, and the occasion.

Quilt Stats:

Measures: 65" square

Pattern: Twister Quilt inspired by Pixels to Patchwork arrangement

Fabrics: Kona Nightfall, Kona Kelly, Kona Corn Yellow, Kona White, Joann Fabrics Yellow Dot

Quilted: Freemotion meandering on Handiquilter Avante

Two thumbs up from Button.

 It wasn't quite as successful at the auction as I hoped, but I felt like I did my part.