"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!

 

Panel quilt by Pam

Pam found this panel and liked it so much that she used the same panel for the backing!  Added a border to both and sent it to me.  I'm not sure if there is a baby to receive this or not, but it'll be ready when there is.

Since Pam mails her quilts to me, I get to choose the quilting designs.  This is called "Windy Woods", and when I found it in my book, it leapt out at me and said "use me!" I hope Pam loves it as much as I do.

 

"Merman #2" by Michael

Okay, here's a Merman I'd like to meet!  What a stunner!

Quilted with "Intersteallar" panto  Gorgeous!

 

Vintage Dresden Plates from Ann

This quilt has quite a story.

Ann contacted me about quilting a vintage quilt of hers, and in the course of our conversation, mentioned that she had a second quilt top that she did not want to finish, but did I know of anyone who would like to finish it and donate it?  Clearly, I told her my story of charity quilts, and she gifted me the quilt.

These are all the pictures of the quilt that I took in process.  Either when it was loaded on the quilt, or after I've finished it.  

The quilt top was completely hand pieced, and appliqued to the background muslin, and the quilting lines had clearly been marked in pencil.  I followed these lines throughout, then purchased new fabric for the binding, and finished that by hand.

This quilt's next destination is to go to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and hopefully it will be sold there.  All proceeds from the sale of this quilt will go to C.O.P.S. https://www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org/

These are one of about 3 pieces of the plates that are clearly taken from a garment, you can see the seam that appears to be from a shirt yoke, and then top stitched by machine. 

In progress

 

Strings by Ann

Ann brought me this quilt top that she made from "Strings", small strips of fabrics that are too big to throw away, but too small to keep.  She also pieced it to a muslin foundation to stabilize the edges  of the fabrics, and help it to lay nice and flat for quilting.

 

"Pollenators" by Carol

Carol has actually named this quilt "Spring Garden", but after she told me that it was filled with flowers and pollinators that's all I can think of to call it!  Each small center square has some type of pollinator in it.  Butterflies, dragonflies, bees etc.  So very darling and a fund raiser for The Friendly House in Portland

 

A T-shirt quilt made by Jan for a friend

Jan pieced this great quilt top from T-shirts belonging to her friend's late husband.  Clearly the man was very active as all the shirts are from triathalons, runs or bike rides.  Mostly staged in Hawaii, so Jan chose this perfect shell fabric for the border, backing and binding.  Then I quilted it with a shell design to match the theme and a lightweight thread. 

 

Two more vintage quilts from Jean

The top quilt is made from leftover blocks from the first quilt that Jan brought me.  It seems that it was requested by the recipients that she make them smaller.  So the top set of blocks yielded 2 quilts and the 9-patch below is larger. 

I love the secondary design that is created with the sashing strips.  Great idea!  Both quilted with the Baptist Fan design, perfect for the era of the fabrics in the  blocks
 

A trip to the Farm with Leigh

 

These are actually 4 different quilts from Leigh, but I'm putting them all together here.    She dropped off 4 quilts at one time, and now tells me that there are 3 more to be dropped off.  Where does she find the time and energy?

Here are her sweet owls, clearly out in the barn, so I quilted narrow lines to mimic the barn wood in the barn from the farm where I grew up.

Cows!  Quilted with tufts of grass so that they are all out standing in the fields.

Chickens have escaped from the coop and are running free through the yard.  Meaning the eggs are being left in all sorts of strange places. 

I love the fluffy one above, and the use of the stripes on the bias to get more texture in them!

And finally the dogs to help keep the livestock under control.  I tried repeatedly to get photos that better match the colors of brown background and dark batiks for the sashing, but my camera and I are not working well together.

This fun guy is the best match for accurate colors and I love him!

"Cats for Abigail" by Susan

Susan creates the most amazing quilt designs from scraps, and this is no exception.  Abigail is a new baby in her life, and her grandparents have a "Catio", so Susan started with a cat fabric.  Then continued the theme with the "Double Diamond Cats" panto.  Darling!

 

Two from Ellen

First we have one we have simply called "Holiday".  Made with solids, but as you can see below, one small Christmas print.  Quilted with a design of Holly Berries.

"Dogs and Bones" is so sweet!  I love how there is no "right side up" to the quilt,  And the backing fabric with all those cute puppies is perfect!

Quilted with grey thread and "Paw Prints" panto