National Parks by Ellen

 Ellen made this fabulous BOM from Grandma's Attic in Dallas, OR.  The cornerstones are fussy cut from the same fabric as the backing, and feature small images advertising different parks.  Well done Ellen.

Christmas Tree quilt by Bernadette

Bernadette and her sister made this quilt to gift to yet another sister.  Best of all, they raided the recipients fabric stash, so she can have fun playing find the memories of her fabrics.  The backing, pieced by Sister #2 is made of 2.5 " strips of fabric.

"Greek Gods" by Michale

The original pattern is by Fancy Lad quilts, but Michael made a couple of additions.  Adding a grey border in the shape of a pediment, then blue border beyond that.

I don't have a clue as to which God/Goddess is who, but I do love that this one has a silver lame mirror to admire herself.

Quilted with a panto called "Sea of Stars"
 

3 of the 5 from Susan for her son and friends at West Point

Susan took on the task of making 5 quilts for her son, and his friends at West Point.  I have no idea what I did with the photos of the other two, but they were also stunning!  The top one is for her son, all paper pieced.

I don't know if this is paper pieced or not, but the curved piecing alone makes me want to cringe.

And finally, more my speed for quilting.  All using the same "Simply Stars" panto, and she is madly working on binding to be able to take them with her at the end of the month. 

 

Animal panel by Masha

The center is clearly a panel, and the borders added are also from the same line, but I'm not sure if it is from a different bolt, or was a part of the panel.    Ready to go to a loved grandson

 

Picnic Quilt by Zoe

 Zoe refers to this as a Picnic quilt, so that's what I shall call it as well.  Lovely piecing, as always

Another photo dump of Michaels

As always, where does he find the time?!  Nutcraker #1 and I think he's already got another made in a different color scheme.  The quilting design mimics the background fabric design.

 

Desert Scene, I think my favorite of the group

Laybrinth, which I only know was made as a film starring David Bowie, but have never seen

2nd star to the Right, depicting Peter Pan, Captain hook and the rest of the gang.  I love the sailors expression in regards to the mermaids!

More from Michael!

This is Labyrinth , based on the movie that I've never seen.  I know that it starred David Bowie.  Love the quilting design that Michael chose.

His first Nutcraker, I think there will be many!  Quilted with swirls to mimic that pattern of the background fabric.

My personal favorite of this bunch, his Desert Scene  I think the quilting design is called Wood Grain, or something like that.  Perfect on this quilt!

 

The first of 5 from Susan

Susan is making a quilt for her son, and then 4 additional for his friends.  This is the first finished, and what a beauty.  Quilted with the "Simply Stars" panto.

 

Hunter's Star by Jon

This is Jon's first quilt, and he started with a challenge of a Hunter's Star.  Going to be a baby quilt for a friend, and  a lucky friend.

Quilted with the Wind Dancer pantograph and Hobbs wool batting.  Stunning!

 

Four from Janice

A Chain variation

Janice has been working like crazy, she dropped off these four quilts, and let me play with them.  I got to choose thread colors and quilting designs.  This one with the red X's is quilted with a  pattern called "Stone Wall" since the X's reminded me of  a garden trellis, and there are lots of flowers in the background.

Square in a square variation, and all of the orange and blue print fabrics on the front came from this fabric that she used for the backing as well.

And green squares, quilted with a squared off quilt pattern as well.  So much fun!  Then when she picked up these 4, she dropped off another bag of the next batch of tops, and I don't even know how many are there yet!

 

"Shoes" by Leigh

Leigh is amazing with her handwork.  I love how she took one shoe pattern, but made them all look so different with the different colors, and especially the embellishments that she used. 

I had a great time working on this, although it did take longer than I had expected.
 

Hunter's star from Betty

Betty says that this is her last quilt for a while.  This one was made for a nephew who "Likes orange and has a pick up."  So lots of orange fabrics, and the back contains a panel of a vintage pick up truck.

 Sadly, Betty says that she is "finished" quilting for a while.  I hope that she will return soon, I so enjoy working with her.  She's also "through with orange", and I don't blame her.  Not my favorite color either.

Memory quilts by Michael

If I understand correctly, Michael made these 5 memory quilts for a friend.  The photos were printed on fabric and made into a banner for her celebration of lift.  Based on the number of photos and the size of these quilts, the banner must have been HUGE!

Michael did a great job in coordinating the photos and the fabrics and then adding filler blocks as needed.  I hope that these will bring some comfort to those she left behind.

 

French braid variation by Pat for a friend

I tried to rotate this, but now can't fix it.  Anyway, this one is huge!  Had to quilt and edge to edge design on my big machine, so a limited design choice, but I still love the Tangles panto that I have loved for a long time.  Quilted with a dark grey thread to match the borders.  Another stunner from Pat!

 

"Anne of Green Gables" by Diana

Diana made this quilt for her sister and wants to take it to her for hand delivery.  Love the soft colors and the hearts quilting design.