Two from me for the police

I have decided to call this one "Sometimes a lack of math skills can be a blessing."  For those who don't know me, "Beth Math" is a common joke.  Yes, you'd think a quilter and musician would have better math skills, but no.   The name of this quilt comes from the fact that I pulled fabrics to start a quilt with  a plan to use up large quantities of a leftover piece of fabric, as well as make one for the police.  That turned into the initial quilt and a one made of leftovers.  Then there were STILL fabrics left that were cut to size, so I put them up on the design wall to come up with a pleasing arrangement.  I also got to dig through my stash of batting to find enough leftover bits to pull enough for these two quilts.  Quilted with continuous curves and a leaf meander in the border to hold it all togerher.

 This is called "An Out of this World Vacation."  I was about 3 days from leaving on a 3.5 week bike trip, but needed to finish a quilt on my computerized machine, with no other quilts to work on with my freehand machine.  Finally decided to pull a panel from the stash, add borders and quilt it for the police.  This panel was probably purchased on a bike ride as well.  

I quilted the path of the planetary rings, around each planet and astronaut.  Again, leftover batting and the same backing that was already loaded from the quilt above.  Dig through the binding bag and now it's complete and ready to give to an officer.

"100 Acre Wood" by Michael

One more from Michael.  AA Milne and his Winnie the Pooh characters on a blustery day.  Quilted with a panto called "Natural Music", and it took me a long time to realize that the "wind" makes the lines of a music staff.

My favorite part of this quilt is Christopher Robin's socks where one isn't fully pulled up.  So dang cute!

Yes, Pooh is flying with a mylar balloon, made from a satiny fabric

 

Michael's "Halloweener Dogs", "Vintage Hallowen" and "Rooftop View"

As always, Michael has been busy.  This one is my favorite though!  All the little Dachshunds in Halloween Costumes, but the ones in the pumpkins are the best

check out his fangs!

Vintage Halloween seems to have been a panel or at least all from the same fabric line.  Such fun to try to read all of the "newspaper advertisements"

Rooftop view (either sunrise or sunset, I've forgotten)  I think that this is one of two that Micheal will create and quilted with a strong diagonal design to mimic the rooflines

 

"It all started with Andy" by me

 I got to know our neighbor Andy through a brief conversation in the winter.  We got to know one another better and by summer she had shared that she had ice dyed several garments.  I immediately saw the potential for fabric and that's where this all started.  All of the fabrics started as solid white, some were tone on tone.  So when the dye reacts, many of the white print doesn't absorb the dye.  

This is a baby quilt for a future great grandbaby of a biking friend, and grandbaby of her son. 

For Julie Ann's niece

I wish I'd asked for the name of this pattern.  I love the striking graphic design.  Quilted as well with a strong diagonal design to mirror that.

 

For grandson by Judy

I lived next door to Judy when I was a kid, and even babysat her sons at some point.  She made this quilt for her grandson who is starting college in the fall.  He will wrestle for school, so a part of the quilting design were circles to represent the wrestling mats.  Another hobby is fishing, so the fishing lures in the cornerstones are perfect!

 

Applique Flower and "Joanne's star" from Lynne

Lynne inherited these quilt tops from family.  The appliqued flowers were machine appliqued to batting before they were pieced together.  Quilted with a "Loopy Hearts" meander

Joanne's stars had been a tied quilt and used for some time that way.  Then taken apart and I re-quilted it.  A few worn spots but it all worked out beautifully.  I love that Joanne embroidered here name and the date in the quilt.

 

"T-shirts" by Mary Beth

This is a memory quilt for a friend of Mary Beth's who's husband has passed.  So this needed to be done as quickly as possible.

 I love how she incorporated the zipper into the quilt.

"Cats" and "Lambs" by Leigh

Leigh is known for her amazing applique, and here she is at it again.  I love that all the kitties are polka dotted, and with their red bowties. 

Quilted with a feather meander so that they'd have something to play with.

And some sweet lambs.  Having grown up on a farm, I'm familiar with sheep and lambs, and if they were this cute in person I'd probably love them more.  Quilted with a curly meander in the background to mimic their wool, and wool batting to come full circle.