"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