"Superheros"

 Not being a follower of graphic novels, or comic books, as they were called in my day, I don't recognize many of these folk.

 I can identify Captain America, Thor, Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, but from the faces above?  No clue.

Quilted with the jigsaw puzzle panto.  Now that I've finally learned the route to take on it, it'll be much easier for the next quilt.  I have to pay close attention to it though!

"Dr. Seuss" by Michael

 I have sort of an urge to go back and re-read the Dr. Seuss books to remember who all the characters are.  I recognize "Horton", and "The Cat in the Hat", and "Thing One and Thing Two".  "The Lorax" makes an appearance as well, but that's all that I remember.  Someone is going to have a really good time finding all of their favorite characters in this quilt.

"Dora The Explorer" by Michael

 It's time for "Camp Erin" quilts for Michael, so here are three of  his latest creations.  Start with a kid print, make blocks, make more blocks with coordinating prints, add borders and done!  Sweet! 

Quilted with stars and loops for her Western theme

Fancy Forest by Pam #2

 Pam has 2 daughters, and both became pregnant a few months apart.  So, she needed to make 2 quilts, one for each new grandchild.  The quilting in the blocks is the same as the previous quilt, but  different background fill.  I went with a tight meander in order to save time and thread.  Pam was on a time crunch, and I was running out of thread.  Pam made her trip, but I had to order another cone of thread to finish the last bit of background.  I really need to check on my thread supply when I see that I'm getting low.  Maybe someday I'll learn that lesson.

 My favorites are still the hedgehog and the owl.  So fun.

New pantographs!

 I have been remiss on uploading photos of pantographs, but I think this catches me up.  Above, we have "Up, Up and Away.

 Bunny Hop. I was looking for another panto, and found this and couldn't resist it.  Perfect for a kid's quilt, or Easter.

 It's called "Dandelions", but it makes me think of spiders.  Really cool all the same.

 Royal Court

 Dizzy Bees.

Quilt for granddaughter Madeline by Kelly

 This is a different Kelly.  Sweet quilt for her granddaughter.  Start with a jelly roll, add one extra fabric, add a border.

Choose a lovely quilting design of clematis, and the perfect thread that repeats all the soft colors of the quilt, and someone is very lucky to get this special treat from her grandma.

Black and White baby quilt by Kelley

I love how you can take a simple design like a half square triangle, and make something as fun as this quilt.

 

 Of course, when you start with adorable sleeping bears in opposing prints and through in some stars, then quilt it with clouds, how can you go wrong? Darling!

International Sue by Sara

 I'm sure we've all seen the many variations on Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Sam, but this was a new one for me.  9 different "Sues" from 9 different countries in traditional dress.  So cute!

 Native American.

 Scotland (I think it's my favorite because of the kilt, and my Scottish heritage)

 Mexico? She's holding a parrot in her arms.

 France (because of the paint pallet)

 Africa, love her headress

 Japan

Egypt.  Sara said she was holding a snake, but she didn't like that, so changed it to an ankh.  Much better.

 Australia, gotta love the boomerang.

And Canada.

I used to have a copy of two books.  "Stash Envy" and "That Dorky Homemade Look."  I believe it was Stash Envy where the author talked about Sunbonnet Sue, and wondered what she was hiding.  Was she really a space alien?  If anyone has a copy of either of these books, I'd love to borrow them if you've got a copy.  The library doesn't, I tried.  If you haven't read them,  check them out.  They are laugh out loud funny.  Especially if you're a quilter.

T-shirts for Johnathon's step daugher

It's graduation time, so time for t-shirt quilts!  Johnathon and others started to assemble this quilt, but then decided that they were in over their heads for quilting.  They had an interesting method of assembly, some of the blocks are stitched together, but others are simply fused with fusible fleece.  I stitched around all of the blocks to be sure that all was held down, and then also quilted my usual meander stitch across the top of the quilt.  Looks like this dance team went to state for each of her 4 years of high school.  Well done team!

Michael's "Quilt Biography"

I think that "Quilt Biography" is a perfect name for this.  We all have those bits of fabric that are too big to throw away, but too small to use in another project.  Michael took those, and made a great Rail Fence quilt out of his.

 Lots of fun memories for me in this quilt.  I remember his "Sponge Bob" quilt and the "Space Ships" one below that.  I believe that both were for Camp Erin.

 To to love Cat in the Hat, and the wood grain print from the log cabin quilt made from wood grain prints.

 Superheros!

 What's not to love about "Dora the Explorer", ladybugs, and all of those left over bits of 108" wide backing fabrics from previous quilts? Michael asked for white thread in top and bobbin, so I used King Tut on top.  Then he said to choose my favorite panto, so I opted for "Tangles", the title seemed appropriate for the "Tangle" of fabrics.

Bailey's t-shirts

 Another amazing young adult is graduating from high school and on to her next adventure.

 Bailey plays Lacrosse, in case you couldn't tell.  The red and black logo above if from a shirt of her dad's.  I love that they've included that as well.

Sorry, I've been fighting trying to get this oriented correctly, to no avail.  The shirt says "LaCrosse.Skirts are just a formality."  By the way, the black and white stripe above this shirt is from one of her referee shirts.  She's now getting paid for this fun.  Well done Bailey!

"Shop Hop"

 My dear friend Xande (who shares my love of biking and quilting) gave me three 1/2 yard cuts of fabric, all with a sewing theme.  Isn't she the best?  I fussy cut one, and just cut the others down to 6.5" blocks.  Then pulled things from my strings to make a courthouse step style block.  For the police, of course.

I love the license plates.  I looked and looked, and can't find Oregon in this quilt.

"Perfect Piecing Pond".  Wish I lived on the shores of that!

 "Seam Ripperville".  That's where I live!

 Love the Mariner's Compass above. 

"Long Arm Lane".  Now that's MY street.

Driving to work on May 5th, I happened to see a police cruiser pulled over.  I approached them, and gave the officer the quilt.  I loved his reaction.  "A quilt?  Well that's a first."  Then this afternoon I received an email from him, and here is the content of that email.  

Hi Beth, I'm the Officer you gave the quilt to this morning. I just wanted to let you know it was an honor to give your quilt to a person in need. The person in the photo was trying to keep warm with a plastic tarp. I'm sure he will cherish your quilt in honor of your father, David Turner.