Baby grand-daughter's quilt by Ren

The story of this quilt is lovely.  Much of the fabric is from an outfit of Ren's daughter when she was a child.  This daughter is now grown up with her own daughter.  She had asked her mom, Ren, to make her a quilt out of this outfit, so additional fabrics were purchased and combined, and now we've got a quilt for this new baby.

 

Quilted with a daisy chain meander in the outer border and sashing strips.  Loopy meander in the body of the quilt.

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The fabric in this circle is from the original outfit.  How sweet!

Pat's Monkeys

Oh what fun!  So subtle, but so cute.  The colors are grey, yellow and silver.  The Monkeys are in the outer border, but a few other animals in the quilt top as well.  Quilted with the "Funky Monkeys" panto, and a perfect choice!

Alphabet Baby quilt by Pat

I am starting to see the usefulness of panels more.  Not that I've made any panel quilts, but I've bought tow of them! 

 This is an alphabet quilt, so A is for apple, etc.  However, I need some help on "X" and "Z"  I haven't a clue as to what they are supposed to represent, so if you know, or have a suggestion, please add it to this.

We have two suggestions for what they stand for from Michael.  "X" could be for Exercise, and "Z" for Zzz's since they appear to be going to bed.  His other suggestion is that "Z may be for Zoloft".  Anyone else want to offer up an idea?  Serious or funny, all are taken.

Family Quilt by Pat

I think that this is the "family quilt" because it's got bits from lots of different themes.  There's some Batman, some military, just a little bit of everything.

 Quilted with the Clematis Panto

It's a Friendship star block inside of the larger stars.

Michael's Tree skirt

On my every growing list of things to do is to make a new tree skirt for our house for Christmas.  Probably won't happen this year, but at least I've got Michael's for inspiration.  I love the idea of sampler blocks so you never get bored making the same block over and over.  Then the 1/2 square triangles on the edges add the perfect finish.

Quilted with the "Tannenbaum" panto.

Two Nativity wall hangings by Michael

 Michael, you are amazing!  First, the amount of quilts that you produce is astounding.  Then you do exquisite paper piecing.  I can't believe how tiny some of these pieces are!  Then one isn't enough, so you make two at teh same time.  Wow.  Made my life easier though.  I loaded one backing fabric and batting, and then quilted the left one, then the right.  Advanced the quilt and changed thread, and back to the left, then the right.

Michael brought some "Halo" thread from Superior threads.  The company may "guarantee" that the thread will work, but I still have a love/hate relationship with it.  I love the way it looks, but it's rather finicky to work with.  Really loosen up the tension, and quilt really S-L-O-W.  I put loops and little stars in the skies with that, and added a "swirly design" in the outer border.

In the sand of the quilts, I used my favorite King Tut thread and quilted two different "sand" textures.  One horizontal, and the other on the diagonal.

Asian Squares by Michael

 This is another on of those quilts that you don't realize how cool it is until you hang it up to take a photo.  I hadn't noticed the darker sashing on the center squares until then.

Quilted with the "Oriental Clouds" panto and a gold variegated thread.  The backing is black and the gold thread in the bobbin really shows up.