T-shirt quilt for Carol's friend

This quilt was pieced from the shirts and patches from her friend's husband who has passed away.  He was an EMT, and did a lot of work in Asia to support that.  Hence the center panel below.

But this shirt just makes me happy.

 

"Loralie" #2 by Sue

This is Sue's second quilt  from a Loralie panel.  This one is the summer version, the original was winter, per Sue 

This panel is what I think I look like.  Tall svelte.  I even have the treadle sewing machine.

Probably closer to what I look like.  Wild curly hair, too short pants, and fabric clutched in my arms.

 

Photo dump of my quilts

Here's a bunch of my quilts.  My friend is having a significant birthday next month, so I am "gifting" a stack of quilts to her party for people to take and give to police officers in their area.  She is the mom of Tom, so this is in support of her, as well as Tom.  

This one is called "Child's Play", from mystery quilts anonymous (MQA) Since it's child's play, I chose a quilting design that kids could look for things.  This is the Rainforest set, so all kinds of animals and birds.  Black backing and gold thread so that it would show, doesn't photograph accurately.

Parrot

Gecko and leavesComodo dragon? and a gecko

Japanese Mystery from Heart to Hand.  This is a really old quilt top that I've been waiting to quilt "until I'm good enough."  Well pooh on that, just finish it!  All computerized, and designs placed in the squares and triangles.  I would much prefer edge to edge on computer, I don't like having to reposition all the time.  Good learning for me though.

Sadly, this is called "Forgotten mystery" from MQA because I don't recall the name of the pattern.  Then when I had it totally quilted and bound, I found the huge mistake in the left corner.  Oops.  Someone will hopefully not care too much.  Quilted with City of Light panto

Eye Spy.  We all have that stack of 5" squares.  Well I finally put them to use.  A bunch of leftover small orange squares too, so there was my sashing and cornerstones."To Celebrate this Day" a wedding gift for my friend's daughter.  The pattern is really "Attic Stars" from MQA, but I've called mine something more fitting for the recipient.  All hand dyed fabrics, and so much fun!  The dark purple is Imperial purple, Bubble gum for the pink and Parakeet for the background.  All hand quided heirloom quilting.

  The backing is Mist Grey dye.  I'm loving hand dying fabrics!

"Quilt Blocks on American Barns" by Michael.

Michael says that this pattern is from Eleanor Burns.  Really sweet quilt, but some of those pieces are tiny!  Not sure that I want to deal with things that small, or the applique.  To each their own

Love the silo

The windmill, and the chickens along the bottom of the barn

 Quilted with a new design called "At the Farm Gate."  Horses, cows, pigs and sheep all waiting at the fence.  Even though I made the quilting design nearly as large as recommended, it still took nearly an hour to quilt each row.  There were 10 rows.  That's a long time.

3 from Anna

Anna is another "new to me quilter" who sadly is moving to Texas.  I've really enjoyed the brief interactions I've had with her.   

This first quilt is a Tessellations" pattern.  I'm not sure if it's done with a template or not, but I love her color placement.

These two quilts are both "I spy" quilts.  Meaning that there are lots of little fun things for kids to find in the fabrics.  Anna made one, and her daughter made the other, and they will go to Anna's grandkids. 

Since they are "I Spy", it's always fun to include a design on the back for the kids to find still more things.  These two are both the same royal blue backing fabric, but reads as grey or black with the camera.  Hopefully, you can identify some of the critters.  On top, a skunk, being chased by a dog, and of screen is a little girl either calling the dog back, or holding her nose against the skunk.

Here we have the picnic table with the chipmunk on it.  

The backing of the 2nd quilt was a really fun print, but you couldn't see the animals quilted in that one.  It had a "Safari" theme.   She has also just brought another one that will get a Rainforest design.  And she's inspired me to make some I spy quilts of my own, and plan the placement, as opposed to the reach in the box and grab method that I usually use.    I hope this inspires you as well.

 

John Deere Tractor and Wool Applique by Marlene

Marlene is a new to me customer, but I have a feeling we're going to be become long term friends.  She brought me 3 quilts, and I missed getting a photo of one!  Trust me, it was adorable.

This is made up of farm scenes, and then the tractor in the center.  I quilted leaves in the background, then added some details to the tractor  Too cute!

Another person who does amazing wool applique by hand.  Wow.  The patience.  SID around all the flowers, and then a loopy meander in the background to hold everything together.  I can hardly wait to see what comes next.

 

"Chocolate Bars" by Mary Beth

This quilt isn't quite finished, I still need to bind it for Mary Beth.  However, I do have a bone to pick with her!  It's not nice to leave with a quilt that is made up of different chocolates, then to have it quilted with chocolate kisses!

Imagine staring at all these lovely yummys while you are quilting.  I work for WW!!  Thankfully, I was able to stay on plan and not eat her quilt.

 

3 from me

I'd rather be quilting, bike riding, piecing, so I'm doing mine in a bunch.  The top on "Thank You for Your Service" will be a cop quilt.  My dear friend Judith is the mother of Tom who was killed in the line of duty.  She is having a birthday next month, and we're going to have as many "co9p quilts" as I can get finished on a table for the guests to take and give to a police officer in their area.  The fabrics fro this quilt were given to me by Judith after another friend of hers started to downsize.  All these lovely squares of fabric, cut out and ready to be sewn into a quilt top.  I simply alternated red and blue.

 "Welcome Home" is for your newer neighbors  Their home is the first home that they have purchased, and they are expecting a baby girl next month, so obviously, I got to make a quilt!  Fun to shop my stash, but also to get the perfect house fabric for the background.  Quilted with "Ginger Flower" design so that the baby can always have flowers.