"Chrost,as Fat Qiarters by Joy

I love having projects ready for the holidays long before the stressors of the holidays begin, and clearly so does Joy.  Fun Christmas quilt top made out of fat quarters and ready for binding.  Quilted with the panto called "Flurries" in a slightly gold colored thread.  Well done!

 

"Odds and Ends" by me.

The block is named "Odds and Ends" and it was made for a friends who is graduating from High School this year.  Her preferred colors are green and blue, and I had such a good time making it.  All of the fabrics are hand dyed, starting with either plain white for the green or a white on white fabric for the blue the left me with white feathers on the blue background

The "spoltches" are a part of the hand dye process, and when I inadvertently splashed the green fabric that was soaking as I started the blue. 

 Even with all of my careful measuring and calculating how much fabric I'd need, and then allowing an extra yard for each, I was still short on the dark blue for the binding!  Thankfully, I had some of the same fabric dyed light blue from a previous project, so used that for the little bit of leftover binding.

"Ghost Puppies" and "Skinny Puppies" by Leigh

I cam up with the name "Ghost puppies" because they look so sad and skinny!  I felt sorry for them! The lower photos is a much better representation of the colors, my camera wants to make things more orange.I quilted these with a background fill of many designs including leaves, feathers, swirls, you name it.

 

And "Skinny Puppies" although they aren't all that skinny like the others above.  These puppies all became "feathered wreaths" with the feathers growing from their bodies.  so much fun for me!

 

Bear Paw Sampler by me

I wanted to learn more about color theory, so purchased a book and this was the suggested block to make and practice your skills.  All the fabrics are from my stash, and I had such a good time working on it.  (although still not a fan of Bear Paw Blocks, they are too each to rotate and make a mistake)

 Ready to go to a police officer for donation

Beach Huts and the North American Mystery by Sharyle

 This was a mystery quilt from Heart to Hand, but I don't recall the exact name of the pattern.  This is quilted with a design of Palm Trees, and it took an hour to quilt each pass of the quilt.  Wow.

And here is the North American Mystery from around the same time.  Reminiscent of a Native American Blanket pattern

"Red Riding Hood" by Pamela

Whenever I see a panel quilt, I think "Yes cute, but what do you do with it?"  Well Pamela certainly answered that question.  You add sashing, borders, and hand applique and turn it into a stunning heirloom!

I didn't quilt too much in the panels, just added a bit of detail to give them texture.  What fun to work on this!

 

"For Amy" by Pat

 Pat is one of the most caring people I know.  She had a friend in high school, and finished this quilt for them.  She's used the pattern before, but in different colors.  I love how this gives it a different feel.  Very calming to me.

"Art deco" by Pat

I cannot recall the correct title of this pattern, but when Pat opened it up, my first thought was Art Deco.  This led  us to choose the "Clam Glam" panto, which shows up perfectly on the back of the quilt.  So much fun to watch this come to life on my machine.

 

"Whales" by Pat

There's a new baby coming to Pat's family, and the family requested a "Nautical themed" quilt.  Pat went through her stash and found whales, shells, fish and some other coordinates to come up with this great design.  Quilted with the "Whales" panto, which ties it all together perfectly.

 

"Fish!" by Leigh

So many times I would like to find the time that Leigh does to complete all these quilts!  This is the first of at least 3 more that I still have at my house.

I love the bright colors and the addition of the buttons as "bubbles" on a couple of blocks couldn't be more perfect!

 

"Scrappy squares with embroidery" by Pam

What a great idea to use an orphan block as a focal point.  I don't know what type of embroidery this is, but Pam did it all by hand.  Then made scrappy squares that all finish at about 3" squares

Quilted with an edge to edge design of sunflowers and it incorporated the flowers beautifully.
 

"Squares on Point" by Kas

 Kas is a new to me customer, but when she picked up this quilt today, she asked about another that she is piecing, so I hope we'll work together again soon.

A simple design, but so very effective!

"Emma's Sunflower quilt" by Mary Beth

 This quilt has been patiently waiting it's turn for quilting.  I was loading it up, and realized that it was too large to put on my computerized machine!  Oh no!  So, reach out to Mary Beth to choose a different design, then wait until the current quilt was finished on the larger machine. 

All made from probably fabrics from Liberty of London, so very soft to the touch, and the wool batting inside will make it warm and cozy.

"For Kelise" by me

 When you have friend's who are graduating, you, make them a quilt.  Kelise likes pinks and blues ,and this is a pattern that I had made many years ago, and wanted to do again.

I pulled all of the fabrics from my stash, and there are a lot of memories in the fabrics.  Bike rides with friends, leftovers from other quilts, my blouse made with fabric gifted to me from mom.  Hope she enjoys it as much as I did making it.

"Moose Be the Quilting Stars" by me

Anybody want to buy a quilt?

This quilt has been a long time coming, but has been fun all the same.  It started in Sept. 2023 when a copy of Quiltmaker magazine arrived in my mailbox.  I found this cute pattern and decided to make it.  Pulled fabrics from my stash similar to the pattern and dove in.  First part, make 13 pieced and appliqued moose blocks.  (I don't like to applique)  All the same, made the blocks, and then realized that this was done in installments, so waited for the next issue to make the rest of the quilt.  2 months later, the next issue gives clue #2 of 4! Dang!  I've got to wait to finish the quilt!  8 months later I'm ready to sew it all together and decide that I really don't like the fabrics I've chosen for the blocks,  Pull the 12 smaller ones into a quilt for an officer, and make the center block another cop quilt.  Start over again with hand dyed fabrics curated for this, choose different blocks since I wasn't happy with how many of the original ones turned out.  Including drafting a large center block.  NOW I'm ready to put it together!  Oh now, didn't read the directions, my center block is way too big.  Another cop quilt from that block, and make the correct size.  

Now that it's all together, and ready for quilting and I got to play.  Feathered wreaths in the pieced blocks and a feather background fill.  But how to quilt a moose?  While on a bike trip to Utah, there was a taxidermy moose at a restaurant, so I tried to mimic the fur and antlers of the moose there.

The quilt is oversized queen, a combination of hand dyed and commercially dyed fabrics, heirloom quilted, wool batting and hand finished binding.  If you are interested in this, please email me at Beth@eocquilting.com

 

Two from Betty

This stunning Treble Clef quilt is for one of her grandsons who plays the saxophone

Quilted with a edge to edge design of music

 symbols in a grey thread that would blend well on both the black and white fabrics.

And a lovely log cabin quilt, but I'm not sure who will receive this one.  Lovely batiks and white tone on tone

 

Memory quilt by Liz

Liz is a "new to me" customer.  She had made this quilt out of shirts from a family member who had had passed away, but was a pilot in his lifetime.  Liz chose a Propeller block to represent his flight training, and then set the blocks on point with black setting squares.  Sadly, Liz had had the quilt quilted, but was not happy with how it turned out, so she took it completely apart and we started again.

Each propeller black was SID and a background fill added that was freehand.  Due to time constraints, a similar pattern was quilted in setting squares and a similar design in the outer border.

Exquisitely pieced, and I hope that we'll get to work together again.

 

"Baby's Star" by me

We have a new baby on the way in our family!  My husband's nephew and his wife are expecting their first baby, and I don't know if it's a boy or a girl.  So, I opted for "neutral" colors.  The background is actually seam foam green, but I ran out of dye and it's not as deep of a color as I had hoped.  I still like it though.  This next photo is of the backing, also seafoam, but a darker shade.  All of the fabrics started out as white, but I hand dyed them all.  So much fun and a new addiction for me to be involved with!