"Hunter's Starr" by Kathleen

This lovely quilt is made for a man who is a deep sea fisherman.  Made from blue, grey and bits of green fabrics, which mirror the colors of the Pacific Ocean.

Quilted with en E2E deisgn called "Wood Grain", but chosen because it mimics the waves and swells of the ocean.

 

"Monstera" by Janice

When I first saw a portion of this quilt, I thought that the fabrics looked Asian.  Boy was I wrong!  In fact, my husband has a shirt with the same parrot design that we purchased on our honeymoon in Cancun  (Great fabric stores there 24 years ago)

Quilted in a bright green thread with the "Monstera" quilt design. 

 

John Deere Tractor and Wool Applique by Marlene

Marlene is a new to me customer, but I have a feeling we're going to be become long term friends.  She brought me 3 quilts, and I missed getting a photo of one!  Trust me, it was adorable.

This is made up of farm scenes, and then the tractor in the center.  I quilted leaves in the background, then added some details to the tractor  Too cute!

Another person who does amazing wool applique by hand.  Wow.  The patience.  SID around all the flowers, and then a loopy meander in the background to hold everything together.  I can hardly wait to see what comes next.

 

"Sparkle and Shine" by Doana

Isn't this pretty!  I love medallion quilts.  Okay, I guess I love quilts, period  Doana is new to me customer, but I hope that we'll get to work together again soon.  Her piecing was lovely, the quilt rolled up like a dream with perfectly straight edges. 

 Out of my comfort zone in that she asked me to choose a "simple edge to edge" design.  I opted for Curly Swirly as it is something that just holds the quilt top together and doesn't detract from the beautiful piecing.  Bound and ready for snuggling on the sofa, and on a snowy day like today, that sounds like a perfect plan.

A quilt for "2nd mom" by Zoe

Zoe made this lovely quilt from fabrics she inherited from her mother.  It will be a gift for a former or current neighbor who was like a 2nd mom to Zoe.
  I love the pinks and greens.  Quilted with "Curly Swirly" as loosely as possible per Zoe's request.  So lovely.

 

"Still Flocking After all these Years" by me

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This quilt requires a bit of explanation for my focus fabric choice.  My brother Joe is also my "cycling buddy", and he is the one who started me wearing unusual tights for biking (Joe's motto.  "Why go for plain when you can wear flamingos!")  So, each time we go to a quilt shop, I've got to search for flamingo prints to use for "someday."  

"Someday" finally arrived on New Year's day 2021 when Mystery Quilts Anonymous hosted a New Years day mystery quilt.  We were supposed to be able to piece the entire quilt top that day.  Well not so much for me.  Took me many days, and then even longer to get the quilting done.  But I had such a good time! 

Several prints in the flamingos, but a the secondary colors were consistent throughout.The corner flamingos resulted in my not taking time to read up on how to make mitered borders, so of course they were too short.  But, having this wonderful large print worked beautifully  The quilt had to keep growing to make it the size of a California King bed with drop on the sides.  Ended up at 117" square.  The birds in the borders are all facing the top.  I was at least careful there!

How to quilt this was also the challenge.  Once I settled on the "feather theme" (since flamingos have lots of feathers), the worst part was remembering what type of feather went where.  And being sure to use the correct thread color.  At one point, I had 3 bright green sticky notes on my machine, and on the quilt top as reminders.  They didn't even always work!

The backing is a slightly mottled grey, something that would allow the quilting to show.  Wool batting to give it loft and warmth.

 

Irish Mystery by Sharyle

Here's an old favorite from Heart to Hand.  Way back in the day when we had the mystery quilt club. 

Sharyle added the the shamrocks in the corners

I'm quite pleased with the quilting design.  It's called "Celtic Knot", and I love the secondary pattern that it creates where the two rows meet.

 

"Crossed Circuits"

This quilt is really a work of leftovers.  The blocks are made from "strings" those strips that are too small to throw away, but too large to keep.  The backing is pieced from the same fabric, but bits that weren't large enough and in one piece.  But, it was pre-washed, and that was important.  The batting is again, leftover bits that are too large to just throw away.  The border is from fabric a vintage quilt that Anne brought for quilting.  Her original backing wasn't big enough to use again, and she kindly let me keep it for just such an occasion.  I had planned on making this just two colors, but actually used up all the strings from my green and brown bins.  I had the blue blocks leftover from a previous quilt, so threw those in there.  I think it all works, and will keep someone warm.

 The name of the quilt is taken from the quilting design which is called "Circuitry"  , but I had to add the crossed part after I made a mistake in the quilting. Obviously I would have fixed this for a customer quilt, but this one will be going to the next police officer I find, so I let it add to the fun.

"Knights and Dragons" by me

This is actually another mystery quilt from "Mystery Quilts anonymous", but I am not taking the time to find the correct name.Besides, this name fits so well.

The focus fabrics were found on yet another bike ride.  I think this one was a 2 day Seattle to Portland.  We rode it in 2 days because darling brother Joe had to ride the Elliptigo.  He did the whole route, but needed 2 days to make it.  So, an overnight in Centralia, WA resulted in a quilt shop!  Had to steal fabric from my friend Xande who I knew had bought some of the same.

At first, I was so happy that they had included a "girl" knight in the fabric. You can tell she's a girl, there's a bow on her helmet.   It wasn't until I took this photo that I realized that the girls were left behind at the castle.  No dragon hunting for them.  Still the fabric is/was darling.
 

"Tumblers" by Norma

 

 

Norma is making I believe 7 Covid Quilts for family members.  This is the first.  Lovely piecing with points all matching.  I was surprised at how well this digital design worked out.  I didn't think they'd line up that well. Very pleased though.

 

"Deconstructed Airplane" by Renee

 

I don't see the airplane in here, and I'm not sure I'd want to fly in one that was deconstructed.

 

I found a panto of "Jet Fighters", I recognize some shapes, but only know that they are jets  Cool design though.

 

 

"Virtual Studio" by me

 This is a quilt pattern called "Quarantine" from Deb Montgomery of "Mystery Quilts Anonymous".  Started in late March 2020, right when we were encouraged to socially distance from one another due to Covid 19.

This will go to my boss at WW.  Right when I started this quilt, was when WW went to virtual studios, hence the name.  In the WW plan colors of green, blue and purple (on the binding)

String pieced Log Cabin by Robin

 I love string pieced quilts.  That's where you use those narrow little leftover bits of fabric that are too big to throw away, but too small to keep.  Time consuming to make a quilt out of them, but I think it was well worth the effort.  Nicely done.

Rail Fence made by Beth's mother in law

This is a quilt that Beth's mother in law pieced some time ago, and never got around to quilting it. 
Quilted with the swirls board, and ready for giving this Christmas.  So pretty.  Love the shading on the blocks.

"French Braid" by Jan

Here's a blast from the past.  Jan used to come to Heart to Hand, and found me again for quilting.  Here's a lovely French Braid quilt for her grandson, quilted with Pine Trees design. 

"Green Squares" by Zoe

 Kelli made a simple quilt of squares, then chose the "pond water meander" free hand design for quilting.  Very pretty.

"Paris" by Fay

Fay's grand-daughter has been promised a trip to Paris, so this is a gift for her.  Fay chose Minky fabric for the backing, and no batting.  Something I've never done before, so I got to learn something new as well.

"Ghana batiks" by Isabelle

If I am remembering correctly, Isabelle did a mission trip to Ghana, and made this gorgeous batik fabric while there.  Lovely to work with.  Quilted with free hand leaves on the green background, avoiding the white designs.  Finished the binding as well, but the photo was taken before the binding was attached.