"Pollenators" by Carol

Carol has actually named this quilt "Spring Garden", but after she told me that it was filled with flowers and pollinators that's all I can think of to call it!  Each small center square has some type of pollinator in it.  Butterflies, dragonflies, bees etc.  So very darling and a fund raiser for The Friendly House in Portland

 

A T-shirt quilt made by Jan for a friend

Jan pieced this great quilt top from T-shirts belonging to her friend's late husband.  Clearly the man was very active as all the shirts are from triathalons, runs or bike rides.  Mostly staged in Hawaii, so Jan chose this perfect shell fabric for the border, backing and binding.  Then I quilted it with a shell design to match the theme and a lightweight thread. 

 

Two more vintage quilts from Jean

The top quilt is made from leftover blocks from the first quilt that Jan brought me.  It seems that it was requested by the recipients that she make them smaller.  So the top set of blocks yielded 2 quilts and the 9-patch below is larger. 

I love the secondary design that is created with the sashing strips.  Great idea!  Both quilted with the Baptist Fan design, perfect for the era of the fabrics in the  blocks
 

A trip to the Farm with Leigh

 

These are actually 4 different quilts from Leigh, but I'm putting them all together here.    She dropped off 4 quilts at one time, and now tells me that there are 3 more to be dropped off.  Where does she find the time and energy?

Here are her sweet owls, clearly out in the barn, so I quilted narrow lines to mimic the barn wood in the barn from the farm where I grew up.

Cows!  Quilted with tufts of grass so that they are all out standing in the fields.

Chickens have escaped from the coop and are running free through the yard.  Meaning the eggs are being left in all sorts of strange places. 

I love the fluffy one above, and the use of the stripes on the bias to get more texture in them!

And finally the dogs to help keep the livestock under control.  I tried repeatedly to get photos that better match the colors of brown background and dark batiks for the sashing, but my camera and I are not working well together.

This fun guy is the best match for accurate colors and I love him!

"Cats for Abigail" by Susan

Susan creates the most amazing quilt designs from scraps, and this is no exception.  Abigail is a new baby in her life, and her grandparents have a "Catio", so Susan started with a cat fabric.  Then continued the theme with the "Double Diamond Cats" panto.  Darling!

 

Two from Ellen

First we have one we have simply called "Holiday".  Made with solids, but as you can see below, one small Christmas print.  Quilted with a design of Holly Berries.

"Dogs and Bones" is so sweet!  I love how there is no "right side up" to the quilt,  And the backing fabric with all those cute puppies is perfect!

Quilted with grey thread and "Paw Prints" panto

 

"Icy Waters" by Robin

Another amazing quilt from Robin.  All paper pieced to get those great sharp points.  Made with cool, solid colors, and quilted with a panto called "Pooling Waters" in a pale green thread.

 

"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.