Appliqued flowers for Judith, Pat's hairdresser

I didn't realize how large these flowers are until I had it finished to hang up for photos.  Wow.  That's a lot of petals to stitch down.  Each one was cut out of two pieces of fabric, stitched wrong sides together, then turned inside out to get nice points.  Then machine stitched onto the background

This is for Pat's hairdresser, and each of the background fabrics have some meaning for her.  Sewing patterns, a dictionary, music notes and scissors.  Quilted with a background fill of meandering spiral waves and veins in the petals of the flowers.

 

"Swept Away" by Carol

Carol started this quilt right before her father passed away, so it's quite meaningful to her.  She chose threads to match the fabrics, and then let me do what I wanted in terms of quilting.  I believe the only directions where "I like feathers."  So we quilted LOTS of feathers in this quilt.

Background fill of meandering feathers, a feathered wreath in the center and pretty much anyplace I could find a place to fit them.  Such fun to play with this quilt!

 

Two of mine

This is a quilt that I made out of leftover half square triangles that I don't even recall what project they were made for.  Quilted with a chevron design that I wanted to try out, and leftover wool batting.  This will go to a police officer as soon as I find one.

This is a Dresden Plate quilt that was started by my darling mother in law, Delores Stearns Durand.  Based on the fabrics, 1970's or 1980's?  After she passed away, I inherited the blocks, all but one were complete 3except for the inner circle.  I finally pulled them from the closet and started in appliqueing them to background fabric.  I chose the brown because it seemed to work with the original fabrics.

Heirloom quilted with wool batting, SID around each blade and a feathered wreath in the setting blocks.  Then a background fill to keep it from looking "Like a comforter" per my friend Pat.  It was sent to a great niece of my husband so we kept it in the family.

 

Mer-Man and Quilt Soup by Michael

Here is Michael's "Mer-Man", and I think he's adorable.  Quilted with Shells and Bubbles panto and a blue variegated thread.  All made from batiks. 

Well done Michael!

Michael calls this one "quilt soup:".  Another of his scrappy quilts with leftover blocks, like the whale, or sometimes just random pieces of fabric, like the one one the right.  The red is a prequilted fabric that he used for tote bags, and then the amazing NY Beauty portion next to it.

 

Michael's Folk Art Sampler quilt along

This is so cute!  All these different animals and objects done in two colors.  And some of those pieces are tiny!

Quilted with Ginger Flower panto

 

Progress on Carol B's BOM

These are just some shots of what I'm currently working on for Carol B.  A Block of the Month, completed in 6 months. 

While Carol chose several thread colors to match the fabrics, my directions for quilting are limited.  Something to effect of "Carol likes feathers.", so that's what we're giving her!

I started by basting the entire quilt by machine, then as I needed to roll the quilt back and forth to get to different areas, I knew it wouldn't shift the layers.  Rather than quilt a small sections in one color, then change and continue, I'm doing all of a specific color at one time.    Next is the dark green, and some time to consider what to do there!

 

"Christmas Triangles" by Trudy

Trudy is well ahead of the game, having started this quilt before July, then dropped off for quilting in that month.  She'll take it on a retreat with her in Aug. to finish the binding. 

While not traditional Christmas colors, it's really more of a winter quilt, with a few decorations thrown in. 

Quilted with the "Wiggo" pattern
 

Purples and Whites by Carol

This quilt is actually shade of deep purple and white, not black as my camera thinks it is.  Carol will donate this to NW Pilot Project for a fund raiser.

The backing, above right, is light greys and white, and shows the "Fair Flowers" quilting design.
 

Beverly's log cabin

Beverly made this stunner for her son.  She let me choose the thread and quilting design, so I chose green to match the fabrics, and a pattern called Avocado.  This is one of those quilts that you don't realize how gorgeous it is until you've hung it up to get a full camera shot.  Stunning!

 

2 from Susan

I love how Susan uses up fabrics to make these fun kid quilts.  Clearly, this one is Jungle Animals, and quilted with design called "Monstera".  Just big tropical leaves for the animals to munch on.

And "Space", quilted with Circuitry panto.  Perfect for a quilt with robots!!

 

Hand quilted quilt from Rich's grandmother circa 1961, needed some love

Richs' grandmother made this for him, probably finished in 1961, based on the embroidery on the back.  I don't have a "before" photo, but the quilt has been well loved since it was made, and some of the fabrics had completely 

 worn through, others it was just quite thin.  I chose fabrics from my stash to cover the 9 patch squares, and purchased a bit of green to match the background as closely as possible. 

The pins mark where I need to put new fabric. 

After patching, I stitched around the raw edges, then within about 1/4"  like grandma's hand quilting.  If you look closely, you can tell which ones I patched, and certainly on the background.  However, with some additional care, this quilt will last a long time!

 

Kaffee Fassett prints by Carla

I love Kaffee Fasset prints, but don't ever seem to know what to do with them.  Carla had a great idea, use them all together!  This is made for her sister in law, and even the backing has the print.  Quilted with a panto called "Zest"