My personal quilts from start to finish!
I doesn’t seem like I get a lot of my own quilts done - or even my quilts “want to be”! I always have many in my mind and sometimes the fabrics on my shelves. But when I get something done, I will share. (Just don’t hold your breathe ;)
The first quilt I finished for myself January 2024. A good way to get rid of scraps! But doesn’t seem like I made a dent in my scrap box :) Each block is made by sewing any width strips on a light muslin square. After it is covered, the square is cut down to the size wanted. The blocks can then put in a number of different arrangements but I chose to make a larger block out of 4 smaller blocks. Then made the top from these larger blocks. The best thing is that there is no matching of any seams until you put the larger blocks together.
My niece in Ohio will have her first baby in April. I made this quilt from a kit. The fabric is Cuddle Minky - it is so extremely soft that you just want to keep holding it. I had enough fabric left over to make a little “lovey” doll. Goggle that and get a free tutorial. I’m sending this off soon so that she has it for the shower that her sister is hosting. My niece and her husband are so excited. :)
Front of quilt - sideways
Back of quilt
Quilt and "Lovey" doll
This is about the only thing I finished for myself in 2022. Sigh…… That’s ok. I get to quilt lots of wonderful quilts that so many people will love.
Living in a farming area, I thought I’d do something with a layer cake I bought with a farm theme. So, I made a simple good sized throw to use when watching tv in the evenings. I used a simple pattern from one of Missouri Star’s Block books (sorry can’t remember the name and returned the book to a friend). I used some cream fabric that I already had. Wished I had bought a type of green now but it’s still ok. I love all the chickens, pigs, cows, eggs, field patterns. I even used the rest of the fabrics and older blocks, from a pattern that I once was going to make. on the back. Don’t waste fabric!
I put on a little corner label. Always label with at least the date !
Don’t you love the chicken pantograph pecking over the quilt!! So now I have another flock of chickens around my house. Haha :) I’ve talked about my obsession with chickens a while earlier. A Simple and Done quilt!
quilt bqck
“Home” table topper. I Finished! Feels good to finish something after starting...and thinking about it…for at least 2 years. I based my design on https://lavieenrosie.typepad.com/AroundThePinkHood.pdf pattern. Increased size and appliqued HOME on the corners.
Quilting: used my domestic machine - free motion, rulers, decorative machine stitches. Word of caution: entirely used scraps. I usually wash all fabric but I guess a few of the reds sneaked in without being washed. After carefully using a damp cloth to remove small blue marks, a faint amount of dye bleeding onto the ivory occurred. It’s ok because it was slight but now I must be careful if this topper gets washed.
My son at one time did some scuba diving. I made this for him. I now have it hanging in the room he stays in when he comes to visit. Says someday he will take it :)???
"Let's go on a picnic!" 2020; Wedding gift
A perfect wedding gift for a coffee drinking couple!
Mom's cat quilt honoring Lucy & Ricky ! Guess what color they are?? They sure do show up!
"Let's have a picnic" 2018; wedding gift for niece
The watermelon plates and cooler I found were perfect addiiions!
Close up of an apple longarm quilting design
A quilt made for a special Aunt
The "Fish" quilt being loaded to be quilted
A "Fish" Quilt for a special fisherman
My wonderful Dad's 90th birthday "Tie" quilt!
The "Tie" quilt made from Dad's ties
Grandchildren loved to sign the back of their Pappy's 90th birthday "Tie" quilt
My "Piece of Cake quilt 2015
Quilting detail "Drunken Feathers" of Piece of Cake quilt
Cozy rag quilt for grand-niece 2020
Baby quilt for a niece's first child. Her mother is definitely a cat person. Maybe Josephine will be too :)
See the balls of yarn and the cat tail?! Free motioned lots of loops - a ball of yarn would be a "spaghetti" mess!
Decorating with my winter "snowflake" quilt
Niece & her husband's wedding quilt 2019
Panels make wonderful quilt gifts!
I love making T-shirt quilts! My son had a Hard Rock Cafe shirt collection :)
Animal shirts with a bear hug for a son :)
The first T-shirt quilt I ever made ! Elementary children collect lots of shirts :)
Showing the quilting detail on the winter quilt
A graduation quilt for a special young man
I cut the "Bear Hug" from his T-shirt and sewed it to the backing for the above graduation quilt
This was a Hoffman kit " Crystal Prism ". It is Designed by Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero and uses Hoffman Bali Watercolors hand-dye fabric. I made this quilt for Alpine Sewing Machine Store - a wonderful store! - in Roanoke, VA January 2020
Quilt made to celebrate my son's long bike ride!
The yellow binding makes the bike ride quilt pop!
A "scrappy" quilt gift to a friend helping her to keep warm while ill.
A sweet overall free motion flower quilting design for the scrappy quilt
This is not really a quilt but a large wall hanging made for Christmas. I hung it above our TV. The blocks were appliqued with the embroidery machine and then pieced together and quilted.
My spring quilt with BIG tulips! The plan was to make a quilt for each season. Have I done that yet?????
My French Rose (or rosey posey) quilt that hangs on the bedroom wall in the summer. Blocks were from a quilt guild block exchange. I thought a white picket fence would keep my garden tidy.