Yes, that is what Norma called this quilt top. The blocks are 9 patch blocks, hand pieced. Not sure where they came from, but some of the patches were pieced to make them large enough for use in the block.
1940's 9 patch rescue #1 by Norma
Yes, that is what Norma called this quilt top. The blocks are 9 patch blocks, hand pieced. Not sure where they came from, but some of the patches were pieced to make them large enough for use in the block.
"Grand-daughter's layout" by Norma
Norma gave me 4 scrappy quilts to quilt, and appears that this one was laid out by her grand-daughter.
My instructions were to quilt it with "stars", so I found this "spinning star" design, and then we used pink thread. Great design, going to need to use that one again!
Mom's quilt by Mike
Mike's mother has passed away, so he is making quilts for his siblings and himself out of mom's clothing. This is Mike's first quilt, and I can already tell that he will go far. He mitered the borders on this quilt. I'm impressed!
Clearly, mom loved dogs. I really want a candycorn costume for my dog!
9 Sisters/Kaleidescope by Lorri
Quilted with swirls and then Madeline curve in the border.
Hannah's t-shirts.
I got to know Hannah's mom Dianna because we worked together at WW. Her son Brandon received a quilt at high school graduation, but we finally got one made for her daughter Hannah as well.9 patch leftovers by me
This is my class lesson in learning how to do borders on my computerized longarm.
Sandollar edge to edge in the body. Even found a police officer to give it to already.
"Still Flocking After all these Years" by me
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This quilt requires a bit of explanation for my focus fabric choice. My brother Joe is also my "cycling buddy", and he is the one who started me wearing unusual tights for biking (Joe's motto. "Why go for plain when you can wear flamingos!") So, each time we go to a quilt shop, I've got to search for flamingo prints to use for "someday."
"Someday" finally arrived on New Year's day 2021 when Mystery Quilts Anonymous hosted a New Years day mystery quilt. We were supposed to be able to piece the entire quilt top that day. Well not so much for me. Took me many days, and then even longer to get the quilting done. But I had such a good time!
Several prints in the flamingos, but a the secondary colors were consistent throughout.
The corner flamingos resulted in my not taking time to read up on how to make mitered borders, so of course they were too short. But, having this wonderful large print worked beautifully The quilt had to keep growing to make it the size of a California King bed with drop on the sides. Ended up at 117" square. The birds in the borders are all facing the top. I was at least careful there!
How to quilt this was also the challenge. Once I settled on the "feather theme" (since flamingos have lots of feathers), the worst part was remembering what type of feather went where. And being sure to use the correct thread color. At one point, I had 3 bright green sticky notes on my machine, and on the quilt top as reminders. They didn't even always work!
The backing is a slightly mottled grey, something that would allow the quilting to show. Wool batting to give it loft and warmth.
Comforter for Patti's son
This was an unusual request for me. Patti's son "rarely" uses a top the sheet, and he's always cold, so she brought me 2 king sized sheets, and I quilted them together with the ginkgo leaves panto.
Normally I would advise against using sheets for quilts, but since they were both sheets and therefore the same thread count, I was more comfortable with that idea. This is the top of the quilt, the bottom is a navy blue. The wool batting, added for warmth, also gives it a wonderful loft.
Nice job Patti!
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