"Pinwheels" by me

There are lots of new babies to be, or recent arrivals to my friends, so I've been making quilts for them.  This is for a toddler who likes pinwheels, hence the pinwheel design.  All pulled form my stash and just a quick fun quilt to make.

 

"One inch strings" by me

 

I found the idea for this quilt is a magazine, and then didn't even keep the pattern.  (There isn't much too the pattern).  Just cut strips of fabric to equal widths.  The pattern called for 1.5 in wide pieces.  Then the length can be whatever scraps you've got.   Piece them together into long "strings" of the desired length.  My measurement was to stretch my arms wide and when the piece reached between my fingers with arms outstretched, it was the right length.  Since this isn't an accurate measurement, you end up with crooked edges.  Those were cut off straight before quilting.

The backing is also pieced from multiple fabrics.I had a collection of flannel squares that I had serged together into several small potential quilt tops or backings, but changed my mind.  Stitched them all together to make the backing nearly large enough, then had to add a couple of pieces of found pieces of flannel from mom to make it large enough.  The only thing in this quilt that is not leftovers from another project is the batting!

Donated to a police officer who has someone in her life who has recently started a medical treatment and will gift this to that person.  I felt badly that they are getting such a funky quilt and not a "nice" one, but I hope that this will bring them some comfort.

"Work in Progress" from Ann

Ann contacted me about quilting another quilt for her, and then gifted this one to me!  It is all hand pieced, and has some extra fullness in most of the Dresden plates.  I found these two pieces of the same fabric in a recent section and noticed that these are the only two pieces found so far that are machine pieced.  After thinking about this for some time, I realized that they were probably made form purchased clothing.  These could be the yoke from the back of a shirt.  Either way, clearly our unknown piecer used up what they had at hand.

 

"Pokemon" by Betty for a great nephew

Where Betty finds her patterns is beyond me, but I love what she does with them.  This is for a great nephew, and since neither of us know anything about Pokemon, she let me choose the quilting design.  I opted for a modern Asian weave design.  Hope that he likes it too!

 

Cats in Cups by Michael

I believe that the order of design on this quilt is that Michael found the pattern and liked it.  Then he found the backing and knew that he had to make the quilt.  So cute!

I have "claimed" this one as being my Rumples cat.  Currently on my lap and highly annoyed that I am not petting him, or at least letting him la on the keyboard as I type.

 

Tree of LIfe for Ann

This is the "Sister quilt" to the Dresden Plate quilt top that Ann gave me.  Pieced by the same maker, and all done by hand.  Amazing!

Ann chose the design "Budding" for quilting, leaving lots of open space but the top was still friendly enough that we had a coupe of wrinkles included in the end result. 

 It's no wonder there were some friendly bits on this quilt with all of those bias edges that were pieced  by hand!  Still, Ann seemed pleased with the end result.

Donated Dresden Plates in progress

Ann is a "new to me" customer and I am so happy that she reached out to me!  During our initial conversation, she asked if I knew of anyone who would take quilt tops to complete and then donate them to a charity.  I told her my store of police quilts, and when we met to discuss her quilt, she gifted this one to me.  Ann's story is that she received the top from her neighbor when she lived at the coast, and that her neighbor's mother may have pieced it, or inherited it.  Regardless, I'm thrilled!

The fabrics appear to be vintage 1930's, and it is all hand pieced,  Consequently, there is some "friendly-ness" in the piecing, meaning that it doesn't lay quite flat, but has some extra puff.  I am quilting it by SID around each petal, and the following the quilting design that was already marked on it.

There is a petal design in the center of each plate, and a spider web design drawn on the background.  I'm quilting it by following those lines and using wool batt for extra loft. 

 Final photos to come after completion of the binding.

"Everything is Coming up Roses" by Sharyle

Sharyle and I both made this quilt as a Block of Month from Heart to Hand quilt shop.  I did mine in the opposite colorway, but really enjoyed Sharyle's bright colors here.

Sharyle kindly offered the quilt top to me to finish as a donation quilt., and of course I jumped at the change!  Quilted with an edge to edge feather and flower design.

My darling mom also contributed to this quilt by clearing out her sewing room and gifting me the contents.  I needed a backing for this quilt, and found something just right and ready to go.  One quick seam to make it large enough, and ready to quilt it.

As soon as I find a police officer, this quilt will go to them for donation.  Thanks to all!

"Vintage" by Jean

Jean got my name an number from my dear friend/customer Pat.  Seems Jean had inherited these blocks from a family member, and they are all hand pieced and consequently, a bit wonky in places.  She will gift this quilt and potential others to family members.
Quilted with Baptist Fans a perfect traditional design for this era of quilt blocks.

 

T-shirts by Darcy for her Son

Darcy calls this quilt "A labor of Love".  How delightlful for a mom to give this to her son.  Per Darcy, he enjoys gaming, so the sashing strips are Mario brothers print.

 Doesn't everyone need a "lucky" shirt?

Hand appliqued Owls by Leigh

I wish I knew what I was doing to ruin my photos or at least make the colors so off in the computer.  So, the middle photo while bad, shows all the owls in their glory.  The top and bottom are much better representations of Leigh's color choices.

As usual, I have my moment of panic as to how to quilt the quilt, but this time, inspiration
hit quickly.  They are "Barn Owls"!  I quilted a design of woodgrain in the background with an occasional "knot" shape.  Reminiscent of the ancient barn that was on the farm where I grew up.  Probably a barn owl in there over the years, but I never got to see one.

 

"Officer Moose failure" by me.

This quilt is made from the blocks that I pieced for a pattern called "Moose be quilting" because it features appliqued moose.  1 large, and 12 small, then these blocks were to be placed under the moose heads.  I had sort of followed the fabrics suggested by the designer in the pattern and pulled from my stash.  By the time I finished piecing them, I decided that I really didn't like the fabrics, and that the way the blocks came together really didn't work for me.  So, added some sashing strips, and put it together to become a cop quilt for donation.

I was going to do an edge to edge design, but when I went to do that, I opted to make it special quilting and that was quite fun.  There are only about 3 different quilting designs in the blocks, but I like the cohesive aspect that gives it.

Then I used leftover pieces of wool batting that have been hanging out beneath my longarm for way too long.  Those are all now all used up, and off to a good home!
 

Three from Kathy Y.

Kathy loves her Kaffee Fasseet prints, and has used them before, and again in 2 of these quilts.  The top is large fussy cut prints of flowers, but it works so well.

I feel that I should recognize this pattern, but I can't name it.  It's called "Pink, black, and whites" in my info.  Quilted with a hot pink thread to really show up nicely.

And a panel in the style of Gustav Klimt.  Not sure who the actual fabric designer is, but it's very pretty.  Quilted with a shiny gold thread that really matches  the gold in the fabric.
 

Laurel Burch for Sharyle's grand-daughter

The colors are again, not accurate in my photo.  Poor photographer.  Deep purples and blacks.

A panel of Laurel Burch, probably cut into smaller bits and then rearranged.  Very pretty, and fun.

 

Yellow Brick Road from Julie, my sort of neighbor

Although my darling husband professes to be "shy", he apparently will talk to people with dogs.  

This all started when he started to take the dog for a daily walk.  Through that, he met Katie and her dog, as well as Julie.  Being terribly "non-shy" myself, I was on a bike ride through the neighborhood and saw 2 people with dogs conversing.   The woman mentioned "quilt", and my ears perked up and I quickly turned around to apologize for eaves dropping, but wanted to talk more about quilts.  Turns out that this is Katie who needs help with binding a quilt and Randall has told me of her, but we had never met.  The gentleman she was speaking to walked away and then called back that I would be meeting his wife, Julie, soon for quilting.

So, this is Julie's "Yellow Brick Road" quilt for her husband for Christmas.  He got to choose the pattern and the fabrics, but won't get to see it again until it's completed for Christmas. 

 I love how dogs, and quilting can bring people together and I find that I have fun "new neighbors" about 6 blocks away from her.