A quilt for "2nd mom" by Zoe

Zoe made this lovely quilt from fabrics she inherited from her mother.  It will be a gift for a former or current neighbor who was like a 2nd mom to Zoe.
  I love the pinks and greens.  Quilted with "Curly Swirly" as loosely as possible per Zoe's request.  So lovely.

 

"Flag" and "Rockets" by Pat

Pat's nephew is in the military, stationed overseas at this time
.  (Thank you for your service sir.)  Here is a great quilt that Pat made for him, then it's quilted with wavy lines to give the effect of the flag blowing in the breeze.

And Rocket Ships for a new baby.

Great fabric choices made the decision of "Blast Off" for the quilting an easy choice.

 

"Pandemic Spring" by Leigh

2020 was a rough year for many of us, so Leigh coped with it by making quilts.  Then she turned me loose on it to "Do whatever you want."  I played, threw in many different designs throughout.

 Did a half feather border around the lettering, and then filled that in with a tight pebble design.

Quilt repair for Michael

No not "that Michael", this is a new customer.  Michael's sweet puppy got hold of a quilt that Michael's grandmother made for him, and the quilt didn't fare well.  Grandma is no 92 years, and still making quilts, something for me to shoot for.

A few of the fabrics were able to put pulled back together and then zigzag stitched back together.

In most of them though, the pup pretty much at the fabric.  Raid my stash, and find something of a similar color scheme, and then keep that consistent throughout.  Grandma had tied the quilt, but since there were large gaping holes in the quilt top, and then large patches of batting also were lost.  I added some batting pieces back in, but then the quilt needed some actual quilting to hold the batting pieces in place. So just a big loopy meander to hold things together.

Now that Michael takes pup for LONG walks, she is too tired to be after his quilt anymore.  I think that the quilt will now stay together for many more years of cuddling and "hugs" from grandma.

 

Hand dyed fabrics by me

Because I don't have enough things to do, my neighbor Andi introduced me to fabric dyeing.  So much fun!  My plan is to use the first 3 in an upcoming mystery quilt, and then just keep adding to my collection.  The red is "Chinese Red"

"Cobalt Blue"

"Marigold"

 "Wisteria" which is actually much more purple.  

My hope is to make more, and then start to sell them.  I'll be getting 108" wide white fabric, then will dye it and cut them to 3 yard lengths, just about perfect for a queen quilt.  I had to stop dyeing for now because I am out of fabric to start with.  As soon as it comes in, look out, I'll be having even more fun!

Shirts for Jaime's mom

 I'm not sure if I've got the relationship correct here, but these shirts belonged to Darrell, Jamie's mom's husband.  Since most of the shirts were button downs, there were pockets that needed to be included.  Then you can't quilt over them, or you won't be able to get into them.  Maybe there is something stored in there.

I'm not making the political statement in the middle block of the quilt.  That was a request from Jaime's mom that that shirt go in the center of the quilt.

Cats and Turtles by Elaine

This quilt amazes me because the grey fabric is actually a print, not pieced like it appears in the photo.  Since the secondary fabric is a cat print, Elaine chose a quilt panto for quilting.  Perfect!  (or "Purrfect")

As well, here is a stunning sashiko wall hanging.  Hand stitched on the sashiko.  Simple quilting, a wave design in the background, then just SID around the borders to let the handwork shine.

 

"Sparkle" by Sue

Some lucky little girl will receive this quilt when she's older and ready for a big girl bed.  Sue used at least a couple of jelly rolls (2" wide precut strips of fabric) to make this, then found the perfect design for quilting. "Spiral Stars."

 

Vintage fan from Janet

This is the
last of the most recent 3 vintage fans quilt from Janet.  This one has a slight stain on the block, but then if I'd been "born" in the 1930's or so, I'd probably have a few age spots as well.

 These were all quilted with wool batt, feathered wreaths in the blocks and and arc of feathers over each fan.

2 More 1930"s Dresdan Fans for Janet

This is one of two more for Janet.  Still one more to go!

She has been making these quilts with passed down Dresden Fan blocks from a family member.  

Each quilt will go to a descendant of the pieces

This block needed a little love. There was a small tear in the fabric, and because the fans are appliqued to the background, no way to get another piece of fabric under to help stabilize.  So, I pulled the edges together as best as I could, then just stitched them down.  Encircled the stitching with a freehand heart because someone they love made these quilts for them.

Each fan blade is stitched along it's edges and no further stitching on the actual fans.

The 2nd of 3, and below are some photos of the backing.  Really gives the quilting a chance to show

Feathered wreaths with curved cross hatching in the open blocks.

 

"Birds" by Ellen

I am always amazed at the creativity of people, and here's another great example.  Lovely blue background and these lovely little birdies all across the quilt top.  I'm just about ready for them to fly away.  Small pieces too.  The eyes of the birds are probably finished at 3/4". 

 

"Confetti" by Sue

What a striking quilt!  It's really quite a simple design when you look at the piecing, but the fabric choices just make me feel happy!

Isn't this just the perfect fabric for the back?  Little squares of "confetti".

 

Blue and green baticks by Karolyn

What a stunning quilt!  Karolyn 

doesn't recall the name of the pattern, something that she found in a magazine that I passed on to her.  Stunning!

Quilted with "Curly Swirly" panto and variegated thread that perfectly matches the fabric colors.

 

"Kaffee Fasset" by Leigh

I have to giggle at Leigh.  These fabrics and colors are just NOT her style, and yet, here's a 2nd one (at least) from this same fabric.  Her comment was "I have so much leftover."  All circles with hand embroidery around each one.  Then she just turned me loose on it, no instructions on how to quilt it.  So, I played...

Each large circle had additional circular designs quilted into them.  Some crossing over each other, or whatever I felt like doing at that time.  Then a background fill in some of the negative space to add dimension to the quilt.

Each block was separated from the one next to it with 3
 squares of fabric stacked on top of each other.  These were all "pebbled" with quite tight quilting.

 The background of each circle block was quilted with up and down lines that had been marked off with a ruler so that they would all end up approximately the same height.

"Penny Cross"by me

Another of my 2" square quilts.  

I'm disappointed that the squares don't show up as well in the overall design, guess I'll call this a learning experience.

I can't recall where I found the pattern, but it's 3 sets of different fabrics, then scrappy squares surrounding them.

I think the quilting design is "Kelpie", but I do recall that it's gold thread.  Going to go to a police officer