Asian French Braid

I know, this quilt looks awfully long and narrow. That's because it's designed to drape over a fainting couch to keep the dogs from getting hair all over the upholstery. Easier to was a quilt than to clean the couch. I can't believe that they had enough fabrics in their stash to make an entire quilt. I've got an extensive stash, but mine would probably end up being a lot scrappier and not nearly so organized as theirs. I'm sure the pups will love to have a place to leave their soft fur without too much consequences.

Ron's T-Shirts

A couple of years ago, I had given a gift certificate for quilting to a fundraising auction for a cycling group. Dot bought the gift certificate with the intent to make her husband Ron a t-shirt quilt. In order to save some money, she was going to do the piecing work, and I was to quilt it for them. Time went by, and no word from Dot about the quilt, but then there was an e-mail from Ron asking if I could make the quilt, as Dot was just too busy. All the shirts had been cut down, and they had given me this great giraffe print fabric. No direction on how they wanted the quilt, just a queen sized quilt. With such a great opening, I was a little apprehensive that they might not like what I did with it, but I guess I was wrong. Sashed with the giraffe fabric, and black cornerstones to set them off. Too many shirts to end up evenly on the front of the quilt, but how do you just not include them? You don't! You put them on the back of the quilt! I love all the bike shirts, and the "Have you petted your therapist today?" one. But Boris and Natasha, from the Bullwinkle cartoon of my childhood, has got to be one of the best!

Cats by Michael

Wouldn't it be wild if cats came in all these colors? This quilt is rekindling my interest in paper piecing, but I've got a few projects to finish before I get to start anything new. Wouldn't it be fun to give the cats Mohawk haircuts and have their spines be spiky with the opposing direction of the spikes match the background? Oh the possibilities! Michale asked for a cat quilting design, and we found "Flat Cat" online. Very fun! This is the back of the quilt.

Fiesta by Grace

This is one of those quilts that the minute I saw it, I knew how to quilt it, and even what type of thread to use. I didn't know what color it would be, but everything else was clear right away. Turns out I used a thread color called "Pinata". Seemed appropriate with the Hispanic theme of the quilt top. The quilting design is called Sunfire.

Butterfly Applique

I bet that Greta's mom and I would have gotten along really well. These are blocks that appear to be from a block swap with friends. All are hand appliqued and hand blanket stitched down. They appear to my untrained eye to be original 1930's prints. The blocks were all finished, but never got made into a quilt top. Greta found time to set them and made this lovely quilt for her sister. It's a surprise, so don't tell!

Pink and blue Irish Chain

I can't quite decide if this is an Irish Chain quilt or not. Either way, it's really turned out lovely. I believe that Evelyn said that she got all of the fabrics from a thrift store, so doing a good deed by supporting charity, and getting a good deal of fabric as well.
She chose and all over design of Clamshells, and I think it really works on this quilt.
While sad, I love the forethought that Evelyn is using. She has many grand-children, and probably greats too, and wants them all to have a wedding quilt from her. Knowing that she won't be around forever (that's the sad part), she is making them ahead of time so that they'll be ready for the kids as they are needed. Isn't that just cool?

Drunkards path

The name of this block is called a "Drunkards Path", and I must have been intoxicated when I chose these colors to go together! I remember that the plan was a scrappy yellow and blue quilt, allegedly to be a 12 block, block of the month. I made 4 blocks before giving up on it. Now I see why I stopped! This one will be a dog bed, and we'll surely hope that dogs are color blind. It certainly looks better to me with my eyes closed!

We'll try this quilt again in the future, but we'll stick with 2 distinct fabrics, not go for the "scrappy" look this time. Horrors! However, this is one more "PhD" (project half done) that is out of my closet and on to a better home.

Colleen's Betsey-Tacy #3

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Last grouping. All of the panels were outlined with a tight meander, and no quilting in the design itself. The top left photo shows the binding before I got it sewn down. I love bias binding when it's a stripe. Makes it look to pretty.

Betsey-Tacy part 2

Here's some shots of the back of the quilt. Aren't I mean? Colleen was so excited to get her quilt, but I didn't want to show her the whole thing until the binding was finished. Besides, she'd seen the front of the quilt before it was quilted. So I sent her these photos of the back to show off the quilting. I think it turned out great!

Betsey Tacy for Colleen

This is going to be in several posts because I have so many photos, I can' fit them all at once! Colleen introduced me to the Betsey Tacy books when she brought a quilt for her friend to be quilted. Then she was able to find more panels and had a bed quilt made for herself. I just had a great time playing with the quilting on this quilt. We chose a poly batt to give it some loft, and because Colleen is sadly, allergic to wool.

Dr. Seuss by Deanna

Quilting this quilt really took me back to reading all these great books. They are all here from "Horton Hears a Who" through "The Sneeches"and of course "The Cat in the Hat." Well done Deanna

Wine Logt Cabin by Sylvia

What's not to love? Wine, log cabin blocks and a quilt? It's perfect! Another lucky Christmas recipient here!

Christmas quilt by Michael

It's not a scrappy quilt from Michael! Love the traditional Christmas reds and greens, and the snowflake design that he chose to have quilted in it.

Michael's Stars

Michael and I share a love of scrappy quilts. I love to work with and look at scrappy quilts and remember the project that the fabric was initially purchased for. This quilt will be a Christmas gift for some lucky person, so Shh! Don't tell!

Hummel Figures by Carol and Joyce

Joyce is Carol's mom, and she did the machine embroidery of these Hummel figures in the blocks. Carol then put them all together into this lovely Irish Chain quilt. Then I got to play with continuous curves in the chains, feathered wreaths around the embroidery, and just fun border designs. I bet it's gorgeous on the guest room bed.