"Home" by Leigh

Every time I have a quilt from Leigh loaded and a customer comes to pick up or drop off, they always comment on these.   I continue to tell others that many of us think Leigh is touched in the head for her desire to do so much hand applique and embroidery, but whatever it is that you love, do more of it!

I quilted this with lots of little pebbles in the background and SID around the appliques.  Another stunner.

  This block reminded me of the "Shoes on the Danube" memorial in Budapest that we were able to visit in Sept. 2022.  I kept thinking of the people who were killed after removing their shoes on the banks of such a beautiful city.

I pray that the world will never see such violence again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes_on_the_Danube_Bank
 

Snowballs by Gerry T

Oh drat.  The colors in the top photo are really inaccurate.  These are actually bright jewel towns all Laurel Burch holiday prints.  Well, the focus fabric is.

Quilted with "Flurries" panto, and gold thread, on a black backing.  Not the nearly brown that my camera shows.  Great job Gerry.

 

A String quilt by me.

 I love string quilts and being able to empty out at least a part of my stash.  This one really did nearly empty my red strings drawer!  Of course, it's nearly full again, but for a brief shining moment it was nearly empty.

Currently being driven around town with others, waiting to find the police officer for it.

Two from Susan

I have already told Susan that I intend to follow her example and use some of those pieces of fabric in my stash that are not yardage, but still too large to cut up into other sizes.  I even have some of this same jungle animal print in my closet right now!  Quilted with Sun Scallops panto

Dino quilt based on the focus fabric of the dinosaurs.  I love their hats.  Another great example of something that can be pulled from the stash, and made in a weekend or two.  Love it!

 

9 patch sharks

Found out over thanksgiving that there will be a new baby arriving in December 2022 for the really extended family.  So, what do you do, but make a quilt?  What do the parents like?  "The Cowboys, and Sharks".  I'm hoping that this meant the Cowboys football team, as I tried go with their colors.  Sharks were easy to find a great digital design.

Again, raided the stash!

 

A couple of police quilts from me

I am calling this ;one "Grey flannel" simply because of the grey flannel setting squares.  I have no idea where the grey flannel came from, but I had just enough to add to these random cut 2" squares that I've been using as a beginner/ender quilt for some time.  As you may be able to see in the photo, even the binding is scrappy.  I LOVE pulling things from my stash and then using them up!  (Not that you can notice a dent in any part of my stash)

This is "Stars Over Bethlehem" from Mystery Quilts Anonymous (MQA)  Again, raided the stash, and had such a good time piecing it.  I love all the different animals in it.  My only regret is that many of the larger animals were cut apart, so you can't see all of them.  Still a personal favorite.

 

Baby quilt by Sara

 Sara and 3 other friends brought me the original of this quilt after making the blocks for their friends who were recently married.  These 4 blocks didn't make it into the first quilt, so Sara put them together as a baby quilt for her co-worker.  All flannel, so soft and cuddly and perfect for a baby!

For Sandy's daughter

I haven't seen Sandy for some time, she usually mails me her quilt tops, and then her daughter will pick them up.  This one is for that daughter, so we're actually going to meet in person for pick up. 

Another soft and lovely colored quilt, quilted with a leafy vine design in wool batting.
 

Two from Sue

This is a "Scrabble" quilt for Sue's daughter.  Sue told me that she and a friend found the scrabble letters in a quilt shop, and each bought two panels.  The letters in the quilt are things that are important to her daughter.  So the grandkids and spouse's names, hobbies, etc.  What a fun idea!

I can't wait to see how Sue finishes this quilt.  She has machine appliqued all of these darling little sea creatures onto the white, and then will add additional embellishments to it.  I SID around each one, and quilted a wavy design in the background and outer border.

 

2 more for Christmas from Mary Beth

 

Last year, Mary Beth made quilts for all the grandkids.  This year, her children will get their own.  This one I'm calling "Spring Dreams" the name of the panto that she chose for it.   The colors are so soft, and the fabric has a lovely hand as well.

And a Rail Fence for her son.  Quilted with the "Double Diamond Cat design that she chose  Clearly, I'm going to need to use this one again.

2 from Betty

Here we have Paintbox.  A kit from years ago.  Love the rainbow design of the colors across the top of the quilt. Quilted with "Asti" design, which someone had to point out to me is like Asti Spumante.  Oh!

And "Windmill".  I don't usually do this, but I changed thread colors for Betty without her permission.  Thankfully, she was thrilled.  Impossible to tell in this photo, but the background fabric has a lot of gold in it.  So, instead of the white thread she had chosen, I went for a gold, and it's is stunning!

 

Police quilt time

I am having so much fun with my Lenni quilting machine and his computer, because this has freed up my big girl, Pearly.  Since I didn't have any customer quilts that were3n't needing the computer, I whipped out the quilting on several police quilts that needed to be quilted.  Quilted, bound, in the car, and now waiting for an officer to be available to give them to.  Above, is Brown Strings.  Take all those bits of fabric that are too large to keep, too small to toss, and sew them into a rail fence-ish design.

Leftovers will have to be the name of this.   I had a bunch of extra blocks from an officer quilt, so threw them all together, or cut them down if needed to get to a consistent size.

Jelly roll.  Years ago, I bought a jelly roll because it was so cute!  Now I realize that you need to add other fabrics  to jelly rolls to get more contrast. Not thrilled with this, but it will keep someone warmer.

 

And 2 from Pat

This one is for Ash, a young man who likes ships, and paleontology.  The body of the quilt has various sailing ships on it, lots of blue and nautical themed fabrics in the border.  The backing has dinosaurs, but I didn't get a photo of that. 

And, "Hearts for Robin" a friend of Pat's.  Quilted with Sitara Seashells, and the perfect design on this quilt.

 

BOM by Gerry H.

This is a quilt top the Gerry's daughter found in a closet.  I have forgotten the year that Gerry pieced it, but it was several years ago.

This one took some time. Each block has a slightly different design quilted in it, plus ruler work and background fills.  I'm quite pleased with the results and Gerry says "You do good work." so I will take that as a compliment.

 

Fussy Cut Paisley by Sue

I think Sue isn't very happy with the designer of this pattern.  She told me that she "Got it for free, and it was about worth what I paid for it."  However, it made a lovely quilt!

Quilted in pale grey thread and Baptist fans.