Bosskut Gazelle Quilting: Suzy and Ronan's Quilts

I recently made my niece and nephew each a quilt. I make pillow shams, with their name on the pillow shams to match. My niece Suzy’s quilt pattern is called “Twister”. My nephew Ronan’s quilt pattern is called “Disappearing Nine Patch”, The pillow shams with their names on them were made with using my Gazelle. I think they turned out pretty nice.

This is an easy project to do on the Gazelle. Basically under “Text” you find the font you want to use. You type in how big you want the font to be and then spell their name. To do a layering effect you outline your letters and pick a different color from the first set of letters. You then are able to cut the main letters and then cut the outline of the letters. You layer your letters and then appliqué them to your fabric.

I hope you enjoyed this project.

Ode To My Wife The Quilter

Ode to My Wife the Quilter - Author Unknown

She learned to Quilt on Monday,
Her stitches all were very fine.
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we went out to dine.

She quilted miniatures on Tuesday.
She says they are a must.
They were quite lovely,
But she forgot to dust.

On Wednesday it was a sampler.
She says stippling's fun.
What highlights!  What shadows!
But the laundry wasn't done.

Her patches were on Thursday -
Green, yellow, blue and red.
I guess she was really engrossed;
She never made the bed.

It was wall hangings on Friday,
In colors she adores.
It never bothered her at all,
The crumbs on the floors.

I found a maid on Saturday.
My week is now complete.
My wife can quilt the hours away;
The house will still be neat.

Well, It's already Sunday.
I think I'm about to wilt.
I cursed, I raved, I ranted;
The maid has learned to QUILT !

Author Unknown

BOSSKUT GAZELLE QUILTING: EMS (EMERGENCY MUSIC SERVICES)

     EMS  (Emergency Music Services)

This is my most recent project. My sons have a friend that has a DJ service. The name of his business is EMS—Emergency Music Services. He asks me to create a table design for his DJ table. He came up with this design and what colors he wanted. He also wanted it to be shiny if possible.

I went shopping for fabric and ended up with some shiny fabric I had found at our local Wal-Mart. The shiny red and white are like a washable silk. The silver is actually spandex.  I ironed Heat n Bond on the back and used my Gazelle to cut it out. Now with Spandex you have to be careful because it really does not like heat. I only held the iron on it for a few seconds, just enough to get the heat and bond to stick. Too long, and it will damage the fabric and or melt it. It is really not to be meant to be ironed. But I had to try it anyway. It worked as you can see. It also can be washed on delicate and I would line dry this. All the fabrics I used said that on the tag. The black is a curtain he had purchased and wanted his insignia put on it. It too was tagged as delicate wash.