"Carpenter's Star" by Pat

Oh so pretty!  This gorgeous king sized quilt is a little large for my queen sized bed, but I don't think Pat will mind if I keep it.  This is actually for her son, and his lovely wife  The middle photo shows some of the great fabric the Pat hand dyed.  So much fun!

 Quilted with an edge to edge pattern that I call "Star Flower"

"Trees and Fairies" by Diana

Oh, sadness!  Diana has been nanny for her neighbor's daughter since she was born until she started school.  Sadly, the family is now moving away, and Diana is heartbroken.  So, she made this darling quilt for the little girl.  Who wouldn't love it?

I love the hedgehogs in the print above, as well as the fairies both her and around the trees.  So precious!

 

Twin "Hunter's Star" quilts from Carol

I think I want to be a relative of Carol.  The first quilt she brought me was an astounding double wedding ring, and she's made several since then.  This is one of 2 for her 2 nieces.  

 Quilted with "Rainbow Hearts" design.  How sweet!

"Tiles" by Sue

 That is probably not the actual name of the pattern, but it reminds me of Middle Eastern floor ties, or a screen.  Just lovely!

One of several I have from Sue right now, but the rest will be hand guided and therefore take longer to finish. 

"Something Old, Something New" by me

We are soon to attend a family wedding, and this is our gift for the couple.  I found the pattern in American Patchwork and quilting, and it was inspired by a vintage quilt.  Then modified to avoid "Y seams".  I called the quilt by this name as both a wedding with for them, as well as everything in the poem is incorporated in the quilt top.

The "Something Old" could be nearly any fabric in the quilt, but I specifically was thinking of the fabrics that I inherited from the Bride's grandmother.  There is even a small piece of fabric (including stitching) from a quilt I repaired for the bride that was given to her by her great Aunt. 

Fabric from her grandmother is the center blue in top, and the green in the bottom photo is from her Aunt

I would think that the Something borrowed" and "Something Blue" would be rather obvious.  If I've ever made you anything.  Pillowcase, pajamas, quilt, you name it, chances are good that there's a piece of it in this quilt.  The "new" is both the tan background fabrics as well as the "penny" fabric below.  Because the last line is "And a penny for her shoe"

So now she has a penny to go in her flip flop shoes. (below)

 

Michael is at it again

Questions I have asked Michael recently.  Where do you find the time?  "I only sew for about 30 min or so a day".  Clearly, his 30 min. lasts a LOT longer than mine.

What do you do with the quilts? "In a closet, floor to ceiling. 

I guess the next question would be Where do you find the great patterns?

This one is called "Bunnies Blowing Bubbles" He had to point out to me that the bubble gets larger, and larger until finally it explodes on his face.  Then he starts again.  Seems that this bunny is a slow learner.  Still adorable!

"Love Stinks"  How cute is this!!!  He even had red satin for the hearts, and white minky for the fur.

And finally "Red Panda".  I think I recognize this one as an Elizabeth Hartman design, based on the trees.  All so cute!!!

An update from Michael this morning.

Hi Beth, I saw my quilt pictures YAY thanks! Those 3 quilt patterns are all from Art East Quilting Company, same designer as the tiger ones I did. Yup I do usually sew for about 30 minutes a day but sometimes more than that too. I work from home and my sewing set up is right here by my work table. So usually I just spend my lunch break cutting or sewing etc. while I'm down here. Lots of quilts 😄 and now I have 3 more coming when the ones you have are done, I need to find more room 😄😄
 

"Sunbonnet Sue" from Janet with help from her grandmother

Janet inherited these blocks from her grandmother who probably pieced them in the 1930's  All of the girls are outlines in black thread, done by hand, and then each bonnet has hand embroidered flowers and ribbons

Janet set them all with reproduction prints in the sashing and borders and then turned me loose for quilting.  I did a simple feather in the outer border, SID around all of the girls and then a meander in the background, just something to hold them down, and let the girls shine.

 

2 Heart quilts from Trudy

Aren't these so sweet?  I love the simplicity of the block but also how well it works as both 2 colors and a rainbow.  I think I'll be taking this idea and making something of my own.

Both quilted with the same loop heart design

 

Two more donation quilts from me.

Last summer, while coming home from work I happened upon a garage sale where someone was clearing out their stash.  Thankfully, I was only about 8 blocks from home.  Much farther and I don't think I could have kept it all in my bike bag.  This panel was in that day's haul, and all I did was quilt it.

 This is another one from Mystery Quilts anonymous. The actual name of the pattern is "Sending Love" and it was designed to go to Ukraine to support the people there.  II have called it "My heart is broken" after the obvious mistake in the one block.  New rule for myself.  I MUST hang up all quilts and take a good look at them to find those missed blocks before I quilt them.  Now that this is quilted and bound, it's just a bit too late.

"Crazy Quilt" by Gerry

Gerry always seems to have more and more quilts to do, and then she gives them away.  This one is a crazy pieced quilt, and the fabrics incorporate flowers, specifically roses.

 So, I quilted it with a rose design