New Moon Quilt: On the Table

Angie is keeping us updated on the quilt: it is loaded on the table....now just trying to figure this out. What to do, what to do??? I am using a brown bottom line on the fur side. But that is as far as I have gotten with thread selection.... We're all excited with the news that the quilting is about to commence. And we're excited to reveal this fun detail too . . . the back is furry! Angie picked out a great piece of brown minkee swirl that will look amazing when quilted and feels so soft when you wrap yourself up in it. With all the wolves in New Moon, we thought it only fitting.

New Moon Quilt: The Quilt Top in Progress

Angie, our assembler/quilter extraordinaire has received all the quilt blocks and is busy getting them put together while juggling kids, her personal quilt business and life. She hopes to have it completely assembled and ready to quilt tomorrow afternoon. And she promises to keep us updated with photos. It is so fun to see all this hard work come together in a tangible way. We've all quilted our little hearts into our blocks and it is really exciting to see them as part of the whole.

I also wanted to re-cap the destiny of this wonderful quilt. Our group announced on August 4, 2009 that we would be making a New Moon themed quilt to be auctioned off at the Utah New Moon Experience in conjunction with the New Moon movie release. Time and materials would be donated by each participant and the entire amount the quilt receives at the silent auction will be donated to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the official TwilightMOMS charity. With just over a week left until our deadline, it looks like our quilt will be finished just in time. Each member of the group has put forth an amazing effort to produce this one-of-a-kind piece of Twilight memorabilia. To quote TQC member, Joyce, "I hope you like the blocks - and potential buyers . . . bid high and bid often!!!!!"

New Moon Quilt: It will be as if I'd never existed.

As if I'd Never Existed by Iris

"It will be as if I'd never existed."
Those were the words that stopped my heart cold and sent me into a two week depression the first time I encountered them. I was in such denial for most of New Moon (the whole day it took to read), seriously thought it would only be a day or two then he would be back....a part of me is still shocked each time I read New Moon.


This was not originally my block to complete, nor was it my original idea to use the elements I used, but I'm happy with the results and tried to put my own touches on it.

I Started with the Silver Linings pattern shown here. The skill level is "challenging". Well, that it is! Especially since I didn't follow it exactly because I wanted to show that progression of time from when Edward leaves to when Sam finds Bella. The pattern itself, 10" x 16", came printed on velum. There are 8 subsections that need to be completed first, then each regular section A thru U. Planning ahead was challenging, with those subsections, trying to figure out where to place the lighter grays/greens, then where to start the medium tones, to finally end with a section of blacks.

For the left half, I took a picture of Bella's house used in the movie, printed it out roughly the size that would fit on that space, then just drew the lines directly on the printout.

Miraculously it ended up dividing nicely, with standard sized pieces (no weird eighth's to contend with). I was really happy to find a few fabrics in my stash that I thought were perfect for her house, the green with stars for the stairs and gray with lines and stars for the downstairs curtains (I think of depicting Charlie with stars, for obvious reasons), the roof tile fabric, and the white on cream fabric that I used for the "yellowed lace" curtains of Bella's room. At first I made her house section with just the gray sky but side by side it didn't meld well together, so I took scraps left over from the woods and just fudged on some more trees/leaves bracketing the house. Then I tried to make the ground under the house match up the woods part.


For the wolf I took this aqua wolf magnet that my neighbor (closet Twifan) had brought me from New Mexico and just traced it on solid black fabric. I don't care for the magnet itself, but it sure came in handy for this project! For Bella's truck I printed out the picture from Stephenie Meyer's website (inverted), stuck it on the back of the Lite Steam-a-Seam 2 (my adhesive of choice as you all know) and just cut the pieces out. I was in such a hurry when zig-zag stitching the appliques by machine that I forgot to use stabilizer. But it only puckered up the wolf section slightly, which was a section with lots of seams from the piecing. I also lost the "perfect" headlight buttons I pulled out from my stash two seconds after I'd pulled them out (not an uncommon occurrence for me!), spent a frantic couple minutes looking for them but had to finally put on other buttons or else I wouldn't make it to UPS on time.

For the quote I was concerned about two things, stiffness of printable fabric and not being able to print white/cream letters on an inkjet. My solutions, I used printable silk charmeuse sheet instead of cotton sheet, and I actually scanned my background, typed the text in white over the scanned photo, and printed that on the off white charmeuse. Then I suffered a moment of panic when I thought to help "set it" with bubblejet rinse, and all the ink started to run off! I quickly took it out of that solution and soaked it in Retayne for 20 min instead.

This was definitely the hardest design I've ever had to sew. And to do it in a very short time. And it was the hardest one to give up!

New Moon Quilt: Quotes

Machine Embroidered Book Quotes by Jerri Lynn

(above) Quote from Edward

(above) Quote from Bella

(above) Quote from Jacob

(above) Quote from Alice

New Moon Quilt: Conversation Hearts

Conversation Hearts by Jerri Lynn

New Moon Quilt: The Vote

The Vote by Jerri Lynn


Here is my vote block. I chose to make this the way I did for a couple of reasons. First of all, we get the whole story of Twilight from Bella's perspective. I always feel like we are reading her journal over her shoulder as she writes, so I tried to convey that with this block. I chose the quote on the left because that was so pivotal for Bella. That, at least to me, is when she finally sees herself as being important to Edward. Their relationship takes on more depth. It isn't just her "crushing on the cute, quiet guy," it's the two of them, loving one another. And then, of course, with this being the vote block I wanted to show the result of the vote. I thought about her jotting down the responses as she went around the table. (I also had to give Emmett a little more presence here, as he is one of my favorite characters!)

New Moon Quilt: Grand Theft Auto

Alice's Yellow Porsche by Cat

New Moon Quilt: Bella's Paper Cut

The Paper Cut by Cat

New Moon Quilt: The Volturi

The Volturi by Mel


This started out being only Jane. We figured it would be more representative to have all the Volturi! This block is my interpretation of the volturi, full-fledged. It started out as a hand drawing I made, and I did my best to transform it into fabric art. The Volturi are surrounded by smoke, cloaked in black. In the back, the clock is about the strike noon. The red sky represents their power and also the threat of death the Volturi represent. I used applique and reverse applique for everything. I used a satin stitch to embellish the smoke, and to embellish the clock tower. The Volturi were appliqued, and I also used a blanket stitch, again for embellishment.

New Moon Quilt: La Tua Cantante

La Tua Cantante by Mel


I got inspired by Bella's blood singing to Edward. I thought that it was a really beautiful metaphor. So that's exactly what I made: music! Since I play piano, this image is the first thing that popped into my head when I joined the group! I used paper piecing to form the background, and the key and notes were done using Heat Bond for applique. The red is supposed to represent Bella's blood. We added a quote around the block (done by JerriLynn) to make it clear what the block is supposed to represent.