2nd quilt from Dad's T-shirts and Hawaiian shirts

Missy had so many shirts that we made 2 quilts for her mom.  One, the smaller, will be a "travel quilt" that she can take with her.  This one is much larger, probably close to a queen sized quilt.

We initially had 28 shirts, so the quilt would be 4 blocks wide and 7 long, making it very long and skinny and out of proportion  I suggested that 2 more shirts would make it a more even size, and  Missy mentioned that there were some things that her dad had written, so she printed them onto fabric and we included them in the quilt.  This is clearly a card that was included with flowers as you can see "Minot's Flowers" on the bottom of the card.  Then he wrote "Thanks for the perfect family."

There is also a poem/story that he wrote about meeting his wife when he was 11 years old, and how they came to be married.  I nearly cried the first time I read that!

 

"Large quilt for Betsy's bed"

This is an amazingly well pieced quilt.  No points cut off, all perfectly matched.  Wish my piecing was as precise

 Quilted with the Buzzsaw design

"Highland Coos" by Michael

Oh how cute!!!  I love the breed Highland Cows with their great shaggy bangs handing over their foreheads ,and here Michael has made them into a quilt!

Complete with a "Tam O'Shanter" hat on a few of them

And Scotch thistle in the corners.  Quilted with a thistle quilting design in green thread that doesn't show up on the background.
 

Mary Beth's "Modern for her daughter in law"

Another amazing quilt from Mary Beth.  So simple, yet so wonderfully graphic.

Mary Beth also shared that this amazing woman is going to nursing school full time, so thank you to a future RN.
 

"Food and Drink" quilt by Carol

Here is another "crumb quilt" by Carol  This one will be donated to Friendly House.

All of the fabrics in this quilt feature some type of food or drink item.  This is NOT the quilt to work on right before dinner.  I finally had to go upstairs and get a snack, but like a true Weight Watchers member, it was low in points and filling

Although impossible to see the quilting design, it's called "Simple Apple"

 

"Rail Fence" quilts for Officers

These two quilts are made from the same "3 yard quilt" pattern and it's a rail fence.  Recently 2 officers from City of Portland were injured on duty, so these are for them.

This is the backing of the top quilt, Both are solid black fabric with gold thread.  The design is called "Victory Salute"

This one has the "Spiral Stars" quilting design

 

"Sweet Lettering" by Leigh

I don't think that I knew until this quilt that Leigh does all of her lettering freehanded.  Amazing!

  This is her most recent creation.  No quilting on the embroidered blocks like I usually would so, the background fabrics are just too thick for my machine's hopping foot to navigate.  However, vines in the outer border and "wheat" in the inner and then pebbles, Leigh's favorite, as a background fill.  Stunning as always. 

I love the stitching on the stone walls.

This phrase is my favoirite

This is "Tucker", her sweet dog.