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"Fab Farm" by Michael

I really think that Michael must have a time machine. How else does he get all these quilt tops made? Sure, he says he doesn't so that much, but maybe he doesn't sleep much either.

Another stunning design from Elizabeth Hartman. Having grown up on a farm, with all of these animals (except the pigs), this makes me smile.

I think the chicken blocks are my favorite. Love the legs!

Michael says this is his "interpretation of an Appaloosa horse"

"Patriotic Flannels" by Masha

I think this block is a variation on a Jacob's Ladder block. Or at least, that's what my quick research came up with/.

Quilted with Baptist Fans in cream thread, but it barely shows on the flannels (Front and backing)

Notice the creative piecing in the borders and corners? What happens when you run out of fabric. Well done.

Mary Beth's "Special Quilt"

This one is "special" because she made it for herself! First one for her I believe. Lovely wools mixed with some cottons.

The quilting design is called "Path O'Coneflower" Another one that will need to be used again, and again!

A donation quilt from Mary Beth

Mary Beth dove into her scraps and came up with this fun design. All linen fabrics. She will donate this to the Franciscan Center.

Quilted with Double Diamond Cat design, and those kitties look a little chunky in the behind. Better watch my measurements in the future.

Green Strings by Betty

Another fun scrappy quilt and a great way to use up leftovers. All pretty batiks (except the white) Makes me think of springtime.

2 more from Sue

I love scrappy quilts! This pattern is called "Bulls Eye", and how appropriate for it. Quilted with a computerized variation of Baptist Fans called :Radiant

This one I am simply calling Large Flowers Also a computerized e2e design

Lindsay is a "new to me" customer, referred by Elaine. She is a delightful lady, and we had a nice visit talking about these quilts. The first one here is on that she started to hand quilt for her daughter. Based on the artwork, it was in celebration of her daughter's 16th birthday, and her friends were hopeful that she'd get a car. Nearly all the blocks have some representation or mention of a car. The most "historical" one for me is the one at the top right of the page. Drawing of a fish, but with an oversized fin in the foredground. Seems that the girls were eating pizza and had been sworn to not spill on the quilt. Of course, that's what happened, so the "fin" is actually a stain from pizza. A part of the quilt's history.

Lindsay got everything but the outer border quilted, all by hand, and asked me to just finish that and make a binding for her to finish off.

This is a small table topper quilt. You don't realize how small it is until you see the lower photo with a bit of my thumb holding the binding open. Quilted with crosshatching through those little blocks, and then feathers in the outer border.

And a table runner, this one quilted with a computerized design of water.

A "leftovers" baby quilt for the police

There's a lot of love in this quilt. 8 of the blocks were left overs from my niece and her husband's wedding quilt from about 4 years ago, and a part of the backing is a bit of leftover flannel from her sister's boyfriend's pajama bottoms. The batting, backing and binding all came from my stash as leftovers as well.

"Birds" by Susan

This is a sweet baby quilt for a future great niece. Quilted with a ginkgo leaf design as they are a symbol of longevity.

Pretty Batiks by Masha

Masha made this quilt for her daughter, the pattern is from a Women's Day magazine from the 1990's. A classic!

"David" by Michael

Oh my stars, words cannot describe this. Nor will pictures ever do it justice.

This quilt is entirely paper pieced, both front and back. Yes, this is one quilt. Measures 69"x90". Michael started it during the 2nd week of October 2022, and dropped it off for quilting on Jan. 14, 2023. Took me a week to quilt it.

Trying to show some perspective of the size of the fabric pieces.

Quilted with "Tangled Triangles"

Lone Star pieced by Nancy's mother

I'm going to have to talk with Nancy. She told me that her mother pieced this quilt top for her some time ago, but she also had a "stash" of fabric to choose the binding from. So Nancy, are you a quilter too? Nosy people named Beth want to know.

I think my love of Lone Star quilts comes from my late Grandmother Esther. She was the quilter and my mother has a lone star quilt that she made for my parents A little worn after all these years ,but still stnning

Quilted with the panto of "Kay's Shamrock"

Vintage Dresden Plate from Betty

Another lovely vintage quilt that I do not know the history of. All machine pieced. I hand guided a design across the quilt using a meander in the white background and the orange centers. Then each individual fan received curves.

While quilting this I kept thinking of the Dresden Plate blocks that I inherited from my wonderful mother in law. They've made it to my UFO list for 2023. Progress!

Vintage Spider Web from Betty

I wish I'd ask Betty the history of this quilt top, but it's not written down. Clearly a vintage quilt.

This makes me curious as to how to make one, but I'm not sure I'm quite ready to do any serious research into it. All quilted with continues curves so that I could avoid the somewhat bulky seams in the centers.

These two photos (and below) are taken of the backside of the quilt top. Each piece was stitched to muslin as a stabilizer first. I just wanted some documentation of what is now hidden from view.