Another MGF? . . . .

Look at this, it's Madeline's Good Fortune . . . .

but it's not my Madeline, it's Melly's Madeline!!

I am so excited, someone has made Madeline's Good Fortune! As I mentioned on my 250th blog post, I get the most emails about Madeline's Good Fortune, questions about the patterns (Madeline and Good Fortune Schnibbles by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company) the fabric (French General for Moda) quantity of fabric (see right hand column), the size (108 x 108), the amount of time it took to piece it . . . . You name it, I've answered it, more than once, and am happy to do so, because that's what quilters do, we share. I end each note the same, "Please drop me a note when you finish your Madeline". This week I got a note from Melly saying she had made Madeline's Good Fortune.

Melly blogged about her project here, it'a a great read, not just because she made MGF, but her thought process and how she went about making the quilt is a lesson to anyone too scared to try something, and it has a happy ending!!

I'm so excited about someone actually making that quilt that I've added a section to my blog to link to ALL the Madeline's that may get made. So if you've made one, or have seen one somewhere, be sure to drop me note and I'll add it to the list!!

It's a weird feeling and hard to explain, knowing there's another Madeline out there, but Melly is as in love with her quilt as I am with mine. I think it's the ultimate compliment and could not be happier.

Great Job Melly and Thanks So Much!!

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Another Quilt Is Home . . . .

As I struggle to finish Mocha Trail, it sure feels good to blog about one of my all time favorite quilts, Madeline's Good Fortune.

I combined two Schnibbles patterns by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company to make this quilt, the center is Good Fortune and the surrounding stars are super sized blocks from Madeline.

I got this quilt back from the quilter in September, but up until this last weekend, I just couldn't get good pictures of the fabulous quilting job on this quilt. A few extra hands and the right sun was all I needed.

The front is all French General, I used Rouenneries and Rural Jardin.

Here's the back, I chose the toile print from Rural Jardin and am happy with how it looks.

The quilting is a custom job with lots of feathers, wreaths, and outlining. I could not be happier with it.

I'm sure an all over feather pattern would have worked, but I plan to use this quilt on my bed, love how this one of a kind top turned out, and decided a custom job was worth the extra cost.

I've even already washed this quilt to bring out its quilty goodness.

The quilt pattern in this border is called Eggs in a Basket, it was new to me but I think it fits the theme and space perfectly.

A couple of folks asked me for some fabric requirements after I finished piecing this top. I've looked through my notes, and for a king size quilt like this, I would estimate you would need 3 1/2 yards for the outer border, 2 3/4 yards of assorted reds, 2 3/4 yards of assorted gray's and 1 1/2 yards assorted background prints.

This quilt finished at 108" X 108" and has approximately 1,084 pieces.

For more information on Madeline's Good Fortune, select Lifetime Quilt # 59, from my Lifetime Quilt list.

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Schnibbles in a Schnibbles . . . . .

I finished my latest project last night, ahead of my end of month schedule, barely. It's a wonder, the way my month got started. But once I got working on Madeline my pace and my attitude improved.

When I started working on Madeline, I wasn't even thinking of Sinta and Sherri's A Year of Schnibbles Sew Along, but luckily for me the month of May is quilter's choice, and I chose

Madeline and Good Fortune.

So here's quilt #58 named Madeline's Good Fortune. It finished at 108 x 108

As you may remember, I started working on Madeline after seeing Nicole's bigger and better version of Madeline. We enlarged the blocks to finish at 11 /1/2 inches, Nicole went with a five blocks by five rows Bigger Madeline and my plan was to go with a seven blocks by seven rows Even Bigger Madeline for my king size bed.

Madeline was the Schnibbles pattern for January and I loved every one of those quilts in the parade, especially the ones made from Rouenneries fabric.

I had been saving my Rouenneries fabric for a lady of the lakes or ocean waves type of pattern. But when I received my fat quarter bundle of Rural Jardin, I decided those patterns would look even better if I used Rural Jardin, the blue from that family giving one of those projects more dimension. So between Nicole's pictures of Bigger Madeline and my recently freed up my Rouenneries fabric I was set to go to town on my Madeline.

So I made 30 of the blocks I needed for my original design of 49, and filled up my design wall. I liked every block I made better than the last. And even though I loved each block, I got to thinking a whole king size bed of those Madeline blocks would be a little plain, so I hit the internet looking for ideas.

I started with Carrie Nelson's blog, La Vie en Rosie, since she designed Madeline I thought perhaps she would have some ideas.

Then I stumbled across this Schinibbles . . .

and it was my "Good Fortune" that Carrie had earlier designed a pattern with the same look and feel as Madeline.

If I centered something in the middle of Madeline, I needed something that was 35 x 35, Good Fortune is 32 x 32! So I increased the size of the outer border and added a border and got this

The perfect compliment to Madeline. I think it looks lovely all by itself.

Good Fortune would make a wonderful center for any type of medallion quilt, just add any borders that suit you. This was a breeze to piece and finished exactly at the 35 x 35 size I needed.

I mitered corners for the the first time on my last quilt . . . .

and went the same route for Madeline's Good Fortune. But this time I went with a mitered double border. I had no troubles this go round and think I'm hooked on mitered corners.

I made Madeline's Good Fortune to actually use on my bed. I think once it's quilted it will be a perfect fit!

Next up, a few pillows and shams to match....oh and getting it quilted.....the sooner the better!!

Be sure to stop by the blogs of Sinta/Pink Pin Cushion and Sherri/A Quilting Life on June 1 to see all the wonderful Schnibbles.

With it being quilter's choice, it should be quite a show.

Thanks for stopping by,

Added Later: I have received so many requests for the yardage requirements for this project that I have decided to add them here. I've never written or designed a pattern, and pulled all the fabric I used for Madeline's Good Fortune from a stack of French General fabric (Rouenneries and Rural Jardin) that I owned, paying no attention to how much I used, this is my best guess.

3 yards of assorted lights for star backgrounds

5 yards of assorted gray fabrics for stars and setting triangles

5 yards of assorted reds and pinks for stars and setting triangles.

3 yards of fabric for border

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