Elizabeth Granberg-Jerome Custom Quilter

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Elizabeth Granberg-Jerome Custom Quilter

Channeling 50+ years of sewing experience into teaching and creating unique quilts from concept to c Custom quilts from concept to completion.
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Classes, workshops, and presentations on a variety of quilting techniques.

08/30/2024

We missed a few Quilts on this morning's walk through!

08/30/2024

Little Balkans Quilt Show is open today, Friday, Aug 30 until 5pm and tomorrow, Saturday, Aug 31 from 9am to 4pm. Stop by to see the quilts and ship at the many before vendor booths!

08/29/2024

Sharon and I are back in Pittsburg, Kansas, vending at the Little Balkans Quilt Show this weekend! Stop by Friday or Saturday to shop while viewing the lovely quilts.

08/29/2024

Quilters' Paradise will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

08/26/2024

Just put the finishing touches on a mini hexified panel quilt that Les made with a set of small Van Gogh block panels. I decided to face it instead of binding. I think it turned out pretty cool! Finished size, 15x21", strips cut at 2.75" with a pointed ruler.

08/26/2024

Les took this hexified panel off the design wall a couple months ago. This weekend he put it back up and he's already ready to start stitching it together! Strips were cut at 2.75" with a pointed ruler. Mystic Wolf by Hoffman, part of their Call of the Wild series.

08/22/2024

I helped Sharon set up the Quilters' Paradise vendor booth at the Quilters Guild of Greater Kansas City annual quilt show my table is set up within the QP booth. Sharon can help you with my wears on Friday. I'll be there all day on Saturday. Hope to see you there!

08/21/2024

Getting quilts ready to go to the Kansas State Fair and a few patriotic quilts to the Tallgrass Prairie for their annual Labor Day weekend hanging of the quilts in the big barn. Friday morning I'll be delivering to both venues! Today I got the binding made and stitched into the eagle quilt, along with a hanging sleeve. This evening in stitching then down to complete it. Tomorrow afternoon I'll add the hanging sleeve to the Oz quilt that was finished during Covid and never went to the fair because it was canceled. Busy, busy! 🪡🧵💜

Done for tonight. Only a partial short side left to stitch, then securing the hanging sleeve. Another of Les's amazing designs with my quilting and binding. I'm seriously considering naming this one simply "Freedom".

08/16/2024

Members of the Maple Leaf Quilters' Guild will be in front of Quilters' Paradise this evening, August 16, for the Third Friday activities in downtown Baldwin City with Autumn Leaves, the 2024 Opportunity/Raffle Quilt, on display and tickets for you to get your chance to win this stunning quilt during the Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Show in October! The quilt was designed and pieced by Les Jerome and bordered & bound by Liz Granberg-Jerome, both MLQG members, and quilted by Quilters' Paradise.

Tickets are available through guild members, at Quilters' Paradise, or if you aren't in the Baldwin City area, please PM me and I'll arrange to make it happen!

08/15/2024

After spending several hours stitching a large project in the ditch, I took a break and knocked out this mini that my husband designed and pieced. We are both fans of Vincent Van Gogh's art and have several hexified panel quilts either made or in the making with Van Gogh fabrics. I'm going to face it so we retain the points across the bottom. I won't trim between the points until the final step. Almost done!

08/08/2024

It's time for the 2nd Saturday Sale at Quilters' Paradise this week, Sat. Aug 10. Be advised the Smoke on the Bricks BBQ Competition is also this weekend, so you'll have to park where you can and walk a block or two to the shop.

This Saturday, August 10, is our monthly 2nd Saturday 25% Off Sale! However, be advised that downtown Baldwin City will also be hosting the 6th annual Smoke on the Bricks BBQ Competition, so the area around the shop on 8th and High will be closed to traffic. Plan to park where you can and walk in a block or two to the shop.

08/07/2024

We entered six quilts in the 2024 Douglas County Fair - Kansas and came home with more than expected in ribbons! It's not for the money or notoriety, but instead to support the local fair and contribute to an annual quilt show for the many attendees to enjoy. I do admit the ribbons are a fun bonus. 😊🧵🪡
Individual quilt photos have been added.

07/31/2024

I finished out the July UFOChallengeand did the best I could. I got most of my initial list done except quilting a mini a week. I did add a few things as the month went along. At last weekend's retreat I worked on a couple of older UFOs for bonus projects--another block on my Sunflower BOM is made (only 2 blocks left) and another month of mini churndash blocks are made for my temperature quilt. Overall, I think I did okay! Today I got my friend Pam's quilt pinned just in time to finish out the month. Whew! Thanks for the challenge!

07/31/2024

Congratulation to the winners of ribbons for their wonderful quilts entered and now displayed at the Douglas County Fair - Kansas in Lawrence.

07/30/2024

I'm back home from another marvelous retreat in Cottonwood Falls hosted by Calico Rose Fabric & Quilts. Four days of stitching fun with friends! Lots of fun projects, more than a few finishes, lots of UFOs being moved forward, and, as always, so much good food!

07/28/2024

I'm back to a couple of long standing UFOs. I made about 30 3.5" churn dash blocks for my 2022 temperature quilt this weekend until I ran out of a particular temp range fabric. Last night I switched back to the 2020 Sunflower BOM. After stitching down this block, I only have two left! I love having time at retreats to work on random projects of choice. I always bring more than I need so I have choices throughout the long weekend. Thanks Calico Rose Fabric & Quilts for hosting great retreats!

07/23/2024

When I first started giving trunk shows and teaching classes, I was invited to join the Heartland Quilt Network as a professional. This organization was a game changer! With the referrals to member guilds and support from other HQN professionals, my journey took off! If you're a quilting teacher/speaker/professional in the Heartland region, you should consider joining!

07/16/2024

I've managed to stay focused and finished the stained glass top today as part of the July UFOChallenge! Not only is the bag of unfinished blocks gone from the closet, the entire top is assembled, bordered, and ready for quilting! Top measures 53x70, a nice throw size. Next?!?

07/15/2024

Definite UFO Challenge progress! All of the two+ year old stained glass blocks are made, trimmed to 16.5", and up on the wall for shuffling. Hubby is already moving them around to spread the colors around. I'll sash them with 1/2" finished black and a small black outer border. I took a bunch of pix as I put them together so I can write up a blog post with general instructions. Watch for it soon!

07/13/2024

I'm taking the July UFO Challenge seriously! Tonight before I packed up my supplies to teach tomorrow (which are already in the car!), I made a single block for a UFO stained glass quilt that's been hanging on the closet door for a couple years. Check! ✔️ One block closer to being done--this is block #10 of 12! This is done similar to the stack and slash where you stack up your fabrics and cut, shuffle, cut again, etc, until you have multiple random pieces to sew back together with a 3/4" strip of black as the sash. I have a "key" diagram that shows me which pieces go together and in what order. Untrimmed they are coming out about 17". I'll trim them all down once they are all made. I don't have to take on the whole project, just one block at a time. Changing the way I think about my UFO projects!

07/13/2024

Summer Happenings e-blast newsletter is hitting inboxes tonight! Check out what's happening at Quilters' Paradise this summer! If you've ordered Michigan blueberries through QP in the past, the deadline to order your 10 lb box is Monday, July 15!
https://www.quiltingfabricsupply.com/module/newsletter.htm?newsletterId=84523

07/11/2024

The newly organized KVQG Valor Quilts small group met yesterday for the first time. We had 5 attend and heard from several more who plan to come next month. We will meet on 2nd Wednesdays from 10am to 3pm at the Lumberyard Arts Center in Baldwin City. We made some plans and got right to stitching. We have almost enough blocks for a sashed sampler top done in a single day! A bag of orphan QSTs and 3 applique hearts was pulled out to explore possibilities. Robin and I each made a couple more QSTs to have enough to turn them into center medallion to build out with borders. Last night I got them sewn together so we can work together to add borders next month. Thanks so much to those who have signed on for this worthwhile endeavor!

Thanks to Robin Bell, Beth Oblon, Pat Couch, and Gwen Whitebread for joining me at our first gathering!

07/11/2024

A crazy weekend of cleaning and reorganizing the sewing room is about done! Les put up some new shelves above the Martelli table and moved the light. Rulers are much easier to find. The random items that were in that space are on command hooks on the closet door. The space by my sewing machine is so organized!!! Today I took the Rooster that I quilted last week and added the binding and hanging sleeve. It's done! On to the next project. 🥰🪡🧵

07/07/2024

In all that cleaning and sorting, I found this hooped cross stitch that I made probably back in high school in the very early 1970s. Lesson learned from my days in Rainbow Girls. It's now hung up right next to my sewing machine. 🥰💜🌈

The image is a cross stitch mounted in a pink embroidery hoop. Stitched is a smiling sun with a rainbow arcing from it and below, "Because of service our world is filled with love."

07/06/2024

Who knew taking part in the UFO Challenge would prompt me to start organizing and cleaning the sewing room! I've always heard it gets worse before it gets better and that's definitely been the case. Two days later, it's almost done. Corners were vacuumed that haven't seen the light of day since we moved in! Everything in the main part of the room (except the big bookcase) was moved, dusted, sorted through, and more. The furniture is all back in place, a couple pieces swapped places. The tackle box that was an eyesore on my sewing table is gone and the drawers housing all that stuff are almost all labeled. I'm beat!

BTW, the master bedroom is the sewing room. The walk-in stash/project closet will be tackled next.

07/03/2024

I'm getting serious about getting some UFOs done with the July UFO Challenge that I'm taking part in with Stitch On and Sally Jennings, who teaches many classes at their shop. Here's my list and I've already making progress! At this pace I may need to add a few more projects to the list before the end of the month.

06/29/2024

In 2022, I took a class at Stitch-On to make Krista Moser's Summer Swag. I recently finished the quilting and completed the binding and got her washed this week. This is my first of a list of UFOs that i plan to get done during a July UFO Challenge.I took it to a retreat where I worked on the binding and got the first pic of the whole thing. It's now laid out on 3 banquet tables lined up in our living room. With the ceiling fan on, it's nearly dry and ready to put on my bed. I love the lighting that allowed a nice pic showing the quilting texture from the back.

06/29/2024

I've joined a local group who are doing a July UFO Challenge. I have a list of projects that I shared with the group and am planning to make good progress. Are you working on any UFOs this summer?

It's not July 1st yet, but I am finishing up a two-year-old UFO from a class taken at Stitch On. The pattern is Summer Swag by . I used a favorite piece of yardage for the border with a jelly roll that coordinated that I had been saving for a special project. I quilted it on my HandiQuilter Sweet Sixteen and used the Westalee Circles on Quilts template, some free motion and ruler work, and a stencil in the border. A single layer of Hobbs Heirloom wool batting will make it a great quilt to use year around. We are having an interesting evening moving around the tables in the living room that leave very little space to walk between the couch and the tables. Ha!

Did anyone notice the pattern uses huge 60° triangles? Strip pieced and reassembled into partial hexagons. My favorite shape, just blown up to a nontypical size for me. Definitely a fun project!

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I didn't quite make it for a February finish, but early March works for me! It's another years old UFO that got quilted and bound this week to go to our grandson in Mississippi. Dino Nuggets for Derek! Northcott Stonehenge Prehistoric panel with coordinating Stonehenge fabrics. #gypsydreamerquilts #quilting #quilt #quilter #quiltsofinstagram #quiltersofinstagram #quiltingteacher #ufobusting2024 #2024yearoffinishes #handiquilter #hqsweet16 #hqsweetsixteen #sitdownquilting #freemotionquilting #fmq #rulerworkquilting

Here's a little on action video quilting a double wishbone design in the 2" border of this wall hanging with my HandiQuilter SweetvSixteen sit-down midarm. The new Insight table is all connected, so there is now built in stitch regulation. It will take some getting used to, but it did do what it was supposed to do in that my stitches are all very uniform. The two sensors on either side of the needle plate are what talks to the machine. I push down on the controller foot at a "pedal to the metal" steady pressure and the machine does the rest, reacting to how fast I move the quilt under the needle.

Long may she wave... Wishing all a safe and happy Independence Day! #gypsydreamerquilts #ourflagisflying #patriotism #popsflag #godblessamerica

Mrs. House Finch is off feeding so she can keep this nest full of babies growing. Oh those little faces! #gypsydreamerquilts #housefinch #housefinchnestandbabies #newlifeinspringtime #wondersofspring

I created a video this morning of how I use my GDQ 1/4" Seam Allowance Guide and a 1/4" strip of Dr. Scholl's Molefoam Padding. I prefer to piece with a dimensional seam guide instead of trying to keep my pieces lined up with a 1/4" foot. This guide really helps me keep consistent seams.

A gorgeous afternoon for the little grandsons to play outside! #gypsydreamerquilts #familytime #mygrandsons #runningandjumping #letswearthemout

Today I'm back at my HandiQuilter Sweet Sixteen sit-down machine. I've been working in completing the quilting on this quilt for at least 2 years. That's right, folks! I've been sharing this one half quilted and half pinned for too long! I finished the last section of orange peels on the hexies today, quilted the frame around the panel, and am just about done with the first of two sections of border print. I had a conversation about using rulers on my sit-down with my friend Marsha this week. She hasn't tried them yet, so i thought I'd give her and all of you a little demo if today's project. I'm quilting drop stars/snowflakes and am using the longer of Kelly Cline Quilting 's straight rulers, which is the perfect length for this section. Here you go!

Today I'm sewing strips together for the Under the Sea hexified panel quilt wall hanging. I had questions recently about how fast or slow I might sew on these. I had Les help as videographer to show the starts and stops, checking to be sure the seams on the bottom don't flip as I get close to them, and sewing right up to the seam intersections before removing the pins. I'll also post pix of the pinned seams and the pressed finish. Almost done!

What started out not that many years ago as a hobby, over time became a true passion and a small business. This last week of 2018 we hit 700 likes to my quilting page! Thank you everyone who has followed along on this journey. I hope I have offered inspiration for your own quilting journey. There are so many projects roaming around in my head for the coming year, I hope to offer even more inspiration, try some new techniques, and connect with more of you in my travels in 2019. Here's to making 2019 a year of finishes--getting UFOs knocked off the list, getting the backlog of tops quilted, and playing with new and different ideas while stash-busting! Here are a few 2018 finishes to enjoy. Happy New Year everyone! 🥳💥🍾🥂🎉

Another little live action video of quilting, this time with the orange peel variation I'm using on my current project. I'm doing this in hexagons on an OBW. Working around the six triangles, each spiky leaf is stitched toward the center, creating a swirl within the hexagon. Split the outside edge of one triangle in half, stitching a bump from corner to mid-way and make a small curl. Backtrack on the swirl and curve back up towards the left edge mid-way, curve up to the center point, and then curve back out and down to the starting point. Finish the bump from center to the right corner. It's smooth, easy to quilt, and not hard to stitch into adjacent hexagons to quilt continuously. I'll draw the path and post in the comments to better see the design.

This week I quilted beadboard borders on a quilt. After seeing a video of this being done on a longarm, I decided to have Les take some video of me quilting it on a sit down quilter as the technique isn't quite the same across platforms. I took a few minutes to write up a new blog post as well that I'll post separately. I hope this information is helpful to those doing ruler work on their sit down quilting machines.

Working on borders on a customer quilt. No feathers this time. Instead, a spiked swirl that alternates from one edge of your border to the other is really easy and looks great! Make your swirl in about 2/3 of the border space, curl back around with a spike over the top and then make another swirl going the other direction in 2/3 of the space, curl back, and repeat. Fast and easy! Happy stitching!

Amateur video of me quilting feathers along the border of my current project. Big and airy so as to be in balance with the rest of the quilt that is not densely quilted. I quilt these in groups of six, alternating direction. No need to prequilt a spine like I used to. Finally gained enough confidence to quilt in blue on black so they show on a customer quilt! Thanks to my sweetie for filming for me. #sitdownquilting #HandiQuilter #hqsweetsixteen #freemotionfeathers

The days are flying by already! Our roadtrip has brought us to California where we spent the day with my brother and his family. The high point was bringing in the doll cradle made by her great-great-grandfather, along with a doll quilt pieced by her great-grandmother that I finished and quilted for her. She knew immediately what to do! Building precious connections and memories!

Today has been about finishing the final border on the jelly-roll quilt I'll be delivering tomorrow night. It is a double run stencil. This raw video was taken at the end of the final section and shows starts & stops to reposition my hands. More organic and still pretty. Who else quilts to music? Gotta love Amy Grant!

This beautiful Ozark Star quilt is done. It's ready to go back to the owner for binding. My friend's husband's great grandmother hand pieced it and when completed it will be displayed on the rocker where she sat to do her piecing. I'm so happy with how it turned out! Larger scale than the linens we have been custom quilting, but still #quiltingvintage.