Four from Janice

A Chain variation

Janice has been working like crazy, she dropped off these four quilts, and let me play with them.  I got to choose thread colors and quilting designs.  This one with the red X's is quilted with a  pattern called "Stone Wall" since the X's reminded me of  a garden trellis, and there are lots of flowers in the background.

Square in a square variation, and all of the orange and blue print fabrics on the front came from this fabric that she used for the backing as well.

And green squares, quilted with a squared off quilt pattern as well.  So much fun!  Then when she picked up these 4, she dropped off another bag of the next batch of tops, and I don't even know how many are there yet!

 

"Shoes" by Leigh

Leigh is amazing with her handwork.  I love how she took one shoe pattern, but made them all look so different with the different colors, and especially the embellishments that she used. 

I had a great time working on this, although it did take longer than I had expected.
 

Hunter's star from Betty

Betty says that this is her last quilt for a while.  This one was made for a nephew who "Likes orange and has a pick up."  So lots of orange fabrics, and the back contains a panel of a vintage pick up truck.

 Sadly, Betty says that she is "finished" quilting for a while.  I hope that she will return soon, I so enjoy working with her.  She's also "through with orange", and I don't blame her.  Not my favorite color either.

Memory quilts by Michael

If I understand correctly, Michael made these 5 memory quilts for a friend.  The photos were printed on fabric and made into a banner for her celebration of lift.  Based on the number of photos and the size of these quilts, the banner must have been HUGE!

Michael did a great job in coordinating the photos and the fabrics and then adding filler blocks as needed.  I hope that these will bring some comfort to those she left behind.

 

French braid variation by Pat for a friend

I tried to rotate this, but now can't fix it.  Anyway, this one is huge!  Had to quilt and edge to edge design on my big machine, so a limited design choice, but I still love the Tangles panto that I have loved for a long time.  Quilted with a dark grey thread to match the borders.  Another stunner from Pat!

 

"Anne of Green Gables" by Diana

Diana made this quilt for her sister and wants to take it to her for hand delivery.  Love the soft colors and the hearts quilting design.

 

"Kittens in Mittens" also finished!

Quilted and bound and ready for the Sisters Outdoor quilt show.

Also designed by Wendy Shepherd and found in a magazine.  Quilted with a computerized design called "Snowplace Like Home".

 

"Library Cats" are finished!

I found this pattern and another by Wendy Sheppherd in a magazine and knew I had to make it.  She had left 2 open spaces on the shelves, I decided to fill those spaces with books standing upright with bookends on either side. 

Can't believe I had enough of both black and grey snowflake material to make all the cats, but there is one orange one to represent my strange cat "Rumples".  Quilted with what else, but a design of open books!

 

"Silent Night" by Kristin

This is the 2nd quilt of Kristin's that I've helped with and I really hope this is the beginning of a long term relationship.  Beautifully pieced and appliqued by machine.  All pieces stitched down with metallic thread (which can't be pleasant to work with).  My job was to add dimension, and to add some background fills to the larger areas.  Namely the black sky, and the cream areas.  Then I SID around many of the pieces to add dimension with matching threads  So very pretty!

I added some stitching to the church "siding"

That is one piece of fabric cut out to spell Silent

These last 2 are photos of the Minky backing to show the textures of the quilting

 

"Jungle Animals on Green" by Susan

I'm sure I've stated before how I love Susan's creative piecing.  I tend to just cut things down to consistent sizes, and then use them that way.  Clearly Susan uses her math skills to figure out her quilts designs, and they are all so much fun!

 

"2nd Tradewinds" quilt by Betty

I didn't even realize until I went to save the photos that Betty had made this quilt before, but in much different colors.  This is for a family member who requested "grey" as her colors.  Very soft and elegant looking

These two photos are an attempt to show the quilting design, called "Wildwood"

 

"Zoomies" by Leigh

I called this quilt "Zoomies" after the quilting design of large and small loopy circles.  Much like when my dog spins in circles in play.  Usually on a bed, "remaking" it in his fashion.

Since this is Leigh's all hand appliqued in wool and so much fun to work with!

 

"Phoenix" by Michael

Sadly, the photos of this quilt don't do it justice.  The colors are much brighter in person.  It's flat out stunning!  Quilted with a design called "Freeform" and since it's Michael's it's paper pieced.

 

"Log Cabin variation" by Gerry

Gerry is such a sweet lady, always making quilts for fund raisers and this is no exception.  This will be a fundraiser for a no kill cat shelter, and all of the fabrics are cat themed prints.

So the quilting is a Baptist Fan design with animal paw prints in the the outer edge.  So cute and I can't wait to use it again.

 

9 patch and stars variation from Kristin

 Oh what a stunner!  I've commented on this before that when I am working on a quilt, I only see a small portion at a time.  Yes, it's very pretty, and I see the details.  Like how beautifully pieced this is, not a point cut off.  But then you hang it up and WOW! So very pretty.  This is a first quilt for me from Kristin, and I've got another going to my big machine very soon.  Can't wait to post it!

"It's what you do"

The name of this quilt came out of the idea that it's what you do when you find out that your friend's father has been diagnosed with Leukemia.  Orange is the ribbon color for Leukemia, so that's where that choice came from.  Simply half square triangles placed together in a pleasing manner.

Quilted with a simple rectangular panto.