Baby quilt for Diana's grandson

Diana's first grand baby is about to be born, and this is stitched with much love for him.

 Quilted with a "Nautical" design, so lighthouses, ships wheels and a few shells.  Very cute.

"Cathedral Window" by Gerry

Gerry asked me if I'd be willing to finish this quilt top and then donate it.  Well of course I will! 

I've never made a Cathedral Window quilt, and I admire those of you who have.  Since it's a donation quilt, I used scrap wool batting, so it's extra fluffy and warm.  Quilted with a meandering heart design, and a curve in the windows.  

Now I just need to find the police officer to get it to.

 

"Jungle Animals" by Susan

Susan is another quilter after my own heart.  She loves to make scrappy quilts and uses up her fabric supply.  Which means that we can buy more!)

Lots of cute animals in the focus fabric, and then quilted with "Heat Wave" to either have some heat shimmers or leaves for the animals to eat.  Darling quilt.

 

"owls" by Diana B

Isn't this sweet?  Diana loves to decorate for fall, so made this fun quilt  The black fabric has owls, so that was a great jumping off point for the quilting design which is called "Owl always Love you."  (yes, bad pun, but cute design!)

 

Scraps and Strings by Kathleen

Oh wow, I do love string quilts!Kathleen is a new to me customer.  She came with her daughter to share ideas when her daughter dropped off a quilt ,and asked if I could quilt this for her.

 I'm going to keep this one in the back of my mind as a quilt to copy or at least use as a jumping off point for a future quilt of my own.  Quilted with "Twist and Turn"

Mary Beth is starting Christmas early

I hope I'm not giving away any secrets, but Mary Beth is making more quilts for her family for Christmas.  

This lovely is done in linen fabrics, and resembles the beach.  Can't you see the grass, then the shallow waves and the deeper waves?  Quilted with a wavy line to get the "waves"

We have called this one "Red and Gold" and then quilted it with Sitara Seashells design.  Lovely lightweight fabrics, and a very pretty design.

 

2 from Michael (and 2 more to come)

I've got to hurry and get this to Michael before Halloween.   Really fun Trip Around the World in Halloween fabrics, and I think the bright green is one of my hand dye.  Quilted with Spider Web panto, in green glow in the dark thread, and the fabric in the outer border also glows in the dark!

This one, I've got time on.  Santa faces!

All quilted with a fun Stocking panto that you can't see in the photo.  Trust me, it's adorable!

 

Leigh with help from Beth

Leigh was here dropping off or picking up another quilt, and brought me a bag of quilt blocks that she had made, as well as the leftover fabrics from that she had used.  Clearly, she was now overwhelmed at the idea of putting them into a quilt top, and asked me to help out.  So, for a few months, I had this project in my sewing room, work on it for a bit, then take a break, and start again.  Finally got it together and quilted.

As always, amazing hand embroidery by Leigh

 

"Bike Love" by me

When I was in high school, we hosted several foreign exchange students, and although my family didn't directly host Ursi, she and her host brothers are my "other siblings".

We've stayed in touch all these years, I went to her wedding, she came to ours.  So, when we decided to ride the Danube Trail from Passau, Germany to Budapest, Hungary, clearly we'd be visiting her.  So, she needed a quilt!  Last time I made her one was I don't know how many years ago.  Fabrics are leftover white for the background, some red and white birds with hearts for wings, then quilted with a bike design.  SMF!  (So much Fun!) an acronym my brother and I used during our ride.

 

Some from me.

Nothing like going to see your doctor (who is a delight) and finding that she is several months pregnant.  Well clearly, you need to make a quilt for the baby!  This is simply leftover waste corners from another quilt that I recently finished.  Throw it together, bind and drop off.  Received a lovely thank you note from her as well. 

Then, the day that you are returning from vacation your darling neighbors are moving to Amsterdam for at least a year.  Clearly they need something to remind them of their home in our neighborhood, so this is done to represent the colors of their house.  She's also the one who introduced me to ice dying, so all of the fabrics are dyed.

 

4 from Michael

Let's see, we have an Eleanor Burns Bargello.  This one is quilted with a large Hawaiian Flower design.  My check in sheet says for how to quilt it ""Beth to pick.  Big and Floral"  Many of the fabrics had a Hawaiian theme to my mind, so that's why I went with that design.

This has got to be another Elizabeth Hartman design.  Again, my choice of design, and I went with Tea Leaves.  Koalas eat Eucalyptus leaves, but I don't have those in a quilting design.  I love their furry little ears!

First, is the "Trip Around the World" design.  Quilted with Seashells and Bubbles pattern.

Then, since there was just enough left over fabrics, he made a table runner.  Quilted with the same thread, but only Seashells for the design

Same backing fabric, but easier to see the difference in the quilting design here.

 

"Wall Hanging" by Leigh

Leigh tells me that she has a new favorite designer, but didn't tell me their name.  Guess I'd better get that.  Leigh's only complaint is that the patterns make small quilts, but she thinks she's got an idea to make them larger.  Based on the photo below with the dime for comparison, I can't imagine!

Those little tiny embroidery stitches to get the "fluff" on the flowers astound me.

 

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.
 

One for Ellie from me

I have actually never met Ellie.  She is the 11yo daughter of a friend of my friend/bike mechanic Brian.  Brian posted a fund raiser on facebook as Ellie is facing a heart transplant, and her family needs funds to live while they are in California waiting for her heart.

The quilt pattern is called "Good Fortune" and I don't even recall where I got it, it is so old.  But it was quick, scrappy, and something relatively non-de script for an unknown girl.  Hope she likes purples and pinks.

Quilted with Hearts and Bubble panto