"Links of Love" for Maddy and Dan

 When your sweet niece finds her "Mr. Wonderful" of course you make them a wedding quilt.  Maddy asked for the colors "Pink, purple and yellow", so here we are.  All of the fabrics started out as white, and where hand dyed by me to match her color request.  It's also king sized, so HUGE!

Because the dye doesn't absorb on the white designs of white on white prints, you get a pattern that shows through the dye.  Not to mention how much fun I had dying the fabric and making the quilt!

"The Merging of Two Souls" by me for Cody

Cody is my "nephew in law", married to my niece Katie.  Cody's brother got married in April 2026, and Cody asked if I would be willing to make them a quilt for him to give to them as a wedding gift.  Of course the answer was an enthusiastic "Yes!"  Cody and I met at the fabric store, I had a few quilt patterns with me for him to look through, and he chose a Trip Around the World pattern.  Then he chose all of the fabrics representing things that are important to Cody's brother and his bride.  So we have water, sailing, dogs and music to name a few. Last step was for Cody to decide what the label should say and that's where the name comes from.

Leftover fabrics for Erin and Jason by Liz

I love scrappy quilts because they are often made from fabrics that are leftover from other projects. Liz made quilts for the grand-children starting with the fabrics in this quilt  She then made this quilt for Erin and Jason, the parents of the kiddos.

Liz got the pattern off Etsy, but didn't recall the name.  The larger rectangles are 11"x13" though, and the sashing is 1.5".  Simple enough to draft out if you're interested in making one as well.

I love the hand embroidery around the border.  The kids quilts have their names too, per Liz.

Quilted with "Diagonal Plaid" pantograph, but hand guided as the quilt is too larger to fit on my computerized machine.  The kid's quilts were quilted with a very similar pattern.
 

"Carpenter's Star" by Pat

Oh so pretty!  This gorgeous king sized quilt is a little large for my queen sized bed, but I don't think Pat will mind if I keep it.  This is actually for her son, and his lovely wife  The middle photo shows some of the great fabric the Pat hand dyed.  So much fun!

 Quilted with an edge to edge pattern that I call "Star Flower"

"Swanky Baubles" by me

Another great quilt design from Mystery Quilts anonymous.  Being tested out by Sam (the dog)

Since it's my quilt, I had a good time playing with the quilting and put feathers everywhere I could find a spot.  Also having used wool batt, it's got a great loft.

 

"Shine" by Jodi

This is Jodi's very first quilt!  Queen sized, because why would we ever start small?  I asked Jodi why she started quilting, and laughed at her response.  She and her mother have opposing political views, but mom is a quilter, so this gave them something to share together.  

Quilted with "to and fro" panto.
 

Embroidered blocks by Vickie

This quilt has been sitting in my studio for a long time waiting for it's turn for quilting, and I hope that Vickie thinks it was worth the wait.  She hand embroidered the blocks.  That alone astounds me.  Quilted with an edge to edge design of star meander, with a little swoop in the "star blocks"

Jack in the Box, by me and for me.

 This is a quilt from Debi Montgomery on Facebook as Mystery Quilts Anonymous.  I think we started this one in about spring of 2019, then I got involved in taking a quilting class, and homework got in the way.  Then once together, it had to wait it's turn for quilting.  However, I'm so very pleased with how it turned out!

 3 colors of thread to match the fabrics, wool batting for loft (and warmth)  And how many different ways can I include feathers in this quilt?  It appears, quite a few different ways.  About 10 days on my machine, and I think there were 23 bobbins of thread.  (That's a lot of thread.)

Thanks to Pat for pointing out that the photos had disappeared, but now they are back.

"Elvira" by Nela

 Nela and I have yet to meet in person, but she does amazing piecing!  This quilt is for her daughter.  Quilted with Karlee's circles #22 and bright green and yellow thread.  Wish I could be there when she sees it, but to the post office we go.

Cross Stiched quilt top

I believe that Peggy's grandmother started the embroidery on this quilt, and it was eventually finished by Peggy.  The above photo show about a 1" square area that didn't get embroidered.  Oh well, finished is better than perfect.

This quilt has been a journey for Peggy and grandmother.  When the top was originally shipped, they sent two of the same side of the quilt top.  So, either two rights, or two left panels, and that really won't work. I'm not sure who finally tracked down the missing panel, but it was found and the quilt finished.

 The cross stitch design was printed on the fabric top, and the same with the quilting designs.  Some were more faded than others, making it difficult to follow, but again, finished is better...

 This quilt was intended to be hand quilted, not machine, so lots of little bits that required stops and starts and moves to the next space.  I think I got most of the jump threads cut, but I'm sure there are more.

 The outer edge just needed a feather to wraparound it, and then the entire background of the quilt was cross hatched.  Just stunning.

French Braid by Lorri

 This quilt is ginormous!  I have a 14' table, and it barely made it on there.  So lovely though.  I've never made a French Braid, but I love the scrappy braids in the quilt.

A sample of the border quilting.

Memory quilt by Barbara

While sad, memory quilts are still such a lovely thing to do.  Take clothing from a loved one and make a quilt for someone else out of the clothes.  Barbara set the blocks on point when cutting and then her layout make them into X's and O's, or hugs and kisses.  How lovely.

"Lone Star" by Emily

 Here's another amazing Lone Star quilt by Emily, and finally one for her!  Talk about a stunner.

I loved doing all the continuous curves in the star

1/2 square triangles by Betsy

 Betsy tells me that she is a garment sewer, but still made this really cool quilt.  I'm very impressed with her matching points, she says "I was kind of anal about it.".  Nice work!

Straight lines for quilting, which is quite effective.

"Blue for Niece" by Pat

Here's the 2nd one for Pat's niece.

Sorry, can't recall the name of the design on Lenni, but it is very pretty!

"Squares with White Modern Quilt" by Amanda.

 I am not much for the modern quilt movement, but I can see the attraction of the simplicity of this one. 

The squares finish at approx. 4", and the quilting is straight lines from top to bottom, randomly spaced apart.  Very fun.

"Fiftyfour Fourty" by Ann with help from family.

 This is a wedding quilt for Ann's son and his new bride.  The family tradition is that many people get together and piece the blocks for the happy couple.  So, lots of people stitched a lot of love into this quilt for them. 

Quilted with the Ginkgo Garden panto, so ginkgo leaves and dragonflies scattered across the quilt.  Wishing the happy couple much happiness and love.

"Wedding Quilt Leftovers" by me

 My darling niece Katie married her love Cody on Aug. 3, 2019.  Of course I had to make them a wedding quilt!  I started to piece the quilt which involved literally hundreds of 2" squares of fabric.  I also wanted to make it larger than the pattern, so rather than count how many squares I had, I just kept cutting.  I got the quilt pieced, and was binding it by hand with much help from Rumples the kitten, the week before the wedding.  In my rush to finish this, I completely forgot to take a picture of the actual wedding quilt!  However, since I hadn't bothered to count fabrics, I ended up with enough leftover blocks to make this baby quilt top.  Again, it went for donation to Project Linus.  The wedding quilt has a lavender inner border and a green outer border just like this one.  Those colors were chosen because when asked for their color choices, she chose purple and he chose green.  All of the tiniest star blocks are made up of either a green or purple center square with the opposite color for the star points to represent to two of them.  The rest of the quilt is from my stash, with some last minute purchases of background fabrics.  And yes, I found lots more after having gone to the store, twice!

"Dresden Plate by Vickie and her mom

I don't know how long since Vickie's mom has passed, but Vickie found portions of all these lovely Dresden plate blocks among mom's "stuff" and made them into a truly lovely quilt. 

 I love the variety of fabrics, no one ear or style, and every color under the rainbow.

Quilted with freehand leaves so that I could slide my hopping foot over the edges of the plates and make sure that everything would be smooth in the end.  Lovely work, Vickie