"Garden Picnic" by Carol

Carol and I have quilted together for many years now, and I hope I'll get to see more of her now that she has retired.  Although this is a Block of the Month, where you usually complete one block per month for a year, Carol finished hers in something like 2 weeks to one month.

 A BIG quilt at 100"x101", but a lovely Hydrangea panto to finish it with a soft pink thread.  Well done

101 Maple Street by Laura for her neice

What a great quilt!  I can't believe that Laura not only appliqued the entire thing, but that she turned under the raw edges before machine stitching them!  Wow!!

Quilted with the Leafy Vine design.

My favorite block.  The fox on the swing with stitching lines for the swing ropes!

 

Baby quilt in batiks by Susan

Lots of new babies in the world!  Susan is a new to me customer who made this sweet one out of batiks, and another minky backing.  Quilted with the Wildwood panto, so flowers and feathers and swirls.  I hope that she and I will get to partner again in the future!

 

Red Riding Hood Panel by Pam

 Pam has made several Red Riding Hood quilts, and this one is specifically for her newest grand baby.  Quilted with an edge to edge "wood grain" design, and she provided minky fabric for the backing to make it extra cozy.

Two Mickey quilts from Janice

These two quilts are both made from Mickey Mouse fabrics for the mouse ears.  Love the Friendship star blocks that are also "tossed" around the edges, and a checkerboard border to finish it off

Clearly they had to have Mickey and Minnie for the quiltling to continue the theme, and I thought this deisgn was perfect.

So much fun that she made a second one with a different border!  I've also drafted out the design so that I can make one of my own in the future. 

 

The rest of Michael's

I don't do well with technology, so it took a couple of tries to get these.  Michael does love his Bigfoot, this is one of several that we've worked on together.  This one is a panel of different types of Bigfoot, Like the abominable Snowman, who would of course be in white fur

Quilted with a freehand leaf and vine design.

I love how this guy is waving "Hi!"

I'm not sure when Michael completed this quilt, but he had quilted it himself before bringing it to me.  I simply added some more quilting.  Mostly a background fill of a stipple in the yellow gingham.

Also feathers in the outer border

And in the dark blue background

 

Photo dump #1 of Michaels

Right before I left on my bike trip, Michael dropped off about 6 quilts. Here are a few.  Van Gogh's "starry night"

Quilted with an edge to edge freehand design of spirals to mimic the swirls in the painting.

"Lord of the Rings"  I read the Hobbit as a kid, just never fell in love with the rest of the story. 

I can still recognize a couple of characters at least.

"Farm Fresh", and I was just talking to a friend about 2 color quilts.  Here's a great example!

Michael and his amazing paper piecing are at it again.  This beautiful lion, quilted with free hand flames.

And the Gladiator which received an art deco design.