Lavender by Susan

Susan approached me about quilting for her many months ago, she was initially interviewing quilters.  Then she waited 2 months for her backing fabric to come in, only to find that it had been discontinued.  She also decided that the front of the quilt was too busy, so took many blocks out and rearranged them, and ended up using those on the back. (Bottom)  Beautifully pieced and with tiny little fussy cut cornerstones.  I'm looking forward to seeing what else she brings!

 

"Farm Scene" by Joy

Sorry the photo is upside down, I've got it saved correctly, but am being tormented by a computer.  I'm not completely sure, but I think that Joy drafted this quilt based on another that she has.  I do recall that she had several "naughty" words to say and spent much time with her seam ripper when working on the horse.  Which is my favorite block by the way

 Joy had asked me to quilt this for her, but my schedule for my little machine was full and I initially turned her down.  Then realized that I have 2 machines and we could surely find something wonderful for her to choose from.  Hence the "Dizzy Bee" pantograph, and that's about the only "farm animal" not in the quilt, so that worked quite well.

"Cross" by Carol B

 Ready for the Easter celebration at her church, Carol made this one as a donation.  Quilted with the "Curly Swirly" panto

"Kissing Leftovers" by me

 I'm doing the handwork on my Christmas Kissing Ball quilt, and found all these leftover bits in the bin.  So, threw them up on the design wall, added a few bits and stitched it into a Cop quilt.  Now to find my officers to donate it too.

'Super Mario" and Q-bert" by Betty

Another amazing one from Betty for a grandson who loves video games and couldn't decide if he wanted Super Mario or Qbert.  So Betty gave him both using Qbert on the back.

A shot of the solid black backing, but trying to show the "Jacob's Other Ladder" pantograph

 

Two from Janice

I'm calling this quilt "Big T Block" but that's probably not it's actual name.  I'm always so happy to see the full shot of the quilt because when I'm working on them, I only see a portion at a time and the full view is so much better!

And a series of Friendship star blocks.  A rainbow print background and rainbow colors for the star blocks.

 

Two Bow Tie Quilts by me.

Babies galore!  My great niece Juni will soon be a Big Sister to Brother "Bean".  His in utero name, and Juni was called "Sprout" until she arrived in the world.

Fabrics are all hand dyed by me and some came from my stash of previous projects.

This is the backing, ice dyed, so less consistency in color saturation.  Quilted with an E2E design called "Bean Sprout" and what could have been more perfect?

  My darling neighbors Julia and Pete and Big Sister Indie are going to have a new baby boy.  I'd had so much fun making Beans quilt that I used the same fabrics for the blocks and dyed a slightly darker shade of blue for the background.  Can't wait to meet him!

"Animals With Quilts" (or Show and Tell) by Michael

Where he finds the time to make all these quilts is beyond me, but I'm always thrilled to hear from Michael.  This is so cute!!  Several animals showing off quilts that they have made!

The brown Bear with his heart Block

The shy Fox and I don't know what block

A Bunny with a star block

And a Deer with halfsquare triangles

 

Leigh Big Stitch Collage

Leigh calls this her "Big Stitch Collage" quilt.  She's carefully stitched down with large hand stitches the fabrics to a backing fabric, then added embellishments, a few of which are shown here.  I love how Leigh comes up with these great ideas, and then turns me loose to finish them.  This one was only stitched in the ditch as there was no way that my machine could go over most of the items. So my quilting was mostly something to hold all the layers together, no for decor.

Yes, that's a small stick with some dry moss on it.

An old watch face

A small stone

Someone's hand crotchet piece about 2" across

An old key and the string that it's attached to.

 

Baby quilt for Mary Beth's newest grandson

 A very simple quilt, the fabrics are a mountain scene as the family lives in Colorado.  Quilted with an edge to edge called "Backwoods" so moose and deer and a tent for camping.  Lots of fun things to look for on the back.

Portland Frog and 2025 BOM by Michael

As always, I think that Michael has about 15 projects going at any one time.  Here are the two most recent, and one more to follow that's not even unloaded from my machine.  

Michael clearly thinks that my machine can quilt through anything, so in addition to these being paper pieced and multiple seams, there are some "unusual" fabrics.  Like lame.  However, my amazing APQS Lenni tackles them all without complaint.

This was a Block of the Month for 2025, with a block each month.  Each block is of course, paper pieced, and I think that the Bunny is my favorite.

And in honor of the Portland protestors, here's his Frog resister.

"Trip Around the World" by Carol

All made in lovely batiks by Carol, I believe for her sister?

 Quilted with Curly Swirly panto and hot pink thread.  So fun!

"Bow Ties for Bean"

"Bean" if the in utero name of my future great nephew..  (His older sister was known as "Sprout" until she arrived)

We know that he is a boy, and I decided that he needed some Bow Ties.  All the fabrics are hand dyed by me, and that was the most fun!  Taking a plain white fabric and making it come out a completely different color and sometimes with a great print where the dye didn't take.  Not to mention all the gradations in the colors since they are done by hand.  Quilted with a design called "Bean Sprout", because what else could I possibly use?

 

"Big Leaf Panel" by me

 This is just what it looks like.  I panel of fabric, and I bought it about 2020.  On my way to a quilting retreat/lesson.  They were quite popular at the time, and I planned on free motion quilting it.  Currently hanging in the quilt studio, with a plan for a hopeful donation at a future time.

"Cats in Pajamas by Beter

Oh how cute!!  All of the cats are made from flannel fabrics so they are a little fuzzy.  Then the "Pajamas" are made from fabric prints that would resemble patters from kids pajamas.  So there are bicycles, cars and even sharks!