This is another quilt from the group "Mystery Quilts Anonymous" Since most of my quilts are for donation, I usually make them scrappy. Sometimes they turn out great, others I king of think "What was I thinking?" This one probably falls some where in between. I sill like it though.
Quilted in gold thread with a piece of black backing the magically appeared. The panto is called "Jim's Stars and Stripes". The quilt is currently in the car waiting a chance to find a police officer to give it to.
Carol is a new to me customer. This is a quilt that Carol's mother pieced and then tied. Since tied quilts don't usually last as long as quilted ones, the top was in great shape, not staying together anymore. Carol asked me to finish it so that she can give it to her 1 yo grandson.
It's fun for me to see the process people go through as they are choosing how to finish their quilt. Carol was looking through my book of designs, and she came up the "Woof" panto. Her face lit up, and she commented that this is the one since the family that will receive the quilt has at least one, if not more dogs.
Yep, Leigh is at it again with her amazing hand embroidery and applique. True confession. Whenever Leigh brings me a quilt my thought process goes something like "Well heck. What to do with this one?" Then I get going on them, and pretty soon I'm having a blast finding just what it needs in each spot.
I was on a bike ride, thinking about Leigh's quilt, and what to do with all the different buildings. Looking around downtown Vancouver was great inspiration! We have "bricks" on the addition of the church, and horizontal siding in the school to name a few.
This is the "Ninja Trailing" pattern from the website Mystery Quilts Anonymous. It was made to honor a police officer who was injured some time ago, and now has passed away. It will go to his family to offer support to them. There is a thin blue border, hence the name of the quilt. Thank you for your service, and the service and sacrifice of your family.
These are the remaining 4 of 6 memory quilts commissioned by Carrie. Since the fronts are all pretty much the same (the borders are all different fabrics), I've taken photos of the backs which is how I ended up remembering and referring to them. Above "Footballs". Clearly, I am not a sports fan. I tried to mentally put the team name with the city, but I think I may have had many that I didn't even now, some assigned to the wrong city, and some that were probably the entirely wrong sport. Oh well, something to think about while playing with fabric.
"Snow Bears. Almost makes me want to go skiing. Almost.
Noah's ark