Julie's Star Quilt

About 7 years ago, (yes, it really has been that long) I won a $250 gift certificate from the Fat Quarter Shop. I won this because I used the most fabric in the prior year's Stashbusting Club. We would report on our blog how much fabric we used and how much we bought. That entire previous year I only bought fabric if I needed it to finish a project and I was astonished at the end of the year that I had purchased over 100 yards. I would have guessed that I normally purchased about 100 yards/year on an average. I think I had estimated really low. Anyway, my daughter Julie helped me spend my gift certificate and this fabric and pattern was part of that. She worked on the quilt at retreats only and finished it at our Spring Break this year. I finally loaded it this week and finish it up this morning before she came to visit.

It's quilted with Bountiful Feathers, Omni Lite Tan thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

 

She did an excellent job at piecing. It's just beautiful!! Great job Julie!

Julie's Minkee

My daughter, Julie, bought a kit at the Cuddle Corner in Shipshewana in October and made this quilt for her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, Kendra. Se took her Serger with her to the retreat and that's how she sewed the strips together. It worked so well that I used that same idea to make Calise's.

I don't think I got a photo of the whole quilt, but you can see by these pics that it is just beautiful!

I quilted it with the new Flower Child panto, lite spearmint Omni thread and
Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Then she bought more minkee to make one for Tony, so they could each have one. His is browns and blacks, and very soft. Black Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. Adding batting th these makes them quite heavy, but oh-so soft.

 Square Spiral panto on his.

Julie's Baby Quilt

Julie made this cute baby quilt.

 This was the first of all the Angel Wings pantos this week. The dark pink strip is actually a flange and I basted it down as I went along. I'm not sure how it will look after it's washed, but hope it will be fine. Hobbs 80/20 batting and light pink thread.

The main fabric is a gingham, so it really is a sweet quilt!

An Antique Quilt

Chris and her mom, Julie brought me this quilt top. It was made by Julie's mother, probably 50-70 years ago. Of course it was hand pieced and the fabrics look to be quite worn. Julie wanted to have it quilted to give to her granddaughter as a wedding gift. It was a rush job as the only chance to get it to the happy couple was this week, otherwise it would need to be shipped overseas.

I quilted a simple meander and varied the size based on the fullness of an area. You can see how the size changes here. I don't think it will be as noticeable after it's washed, and expect it will crinkle nicely.

 Easing in some of that fullness!

Ta-da! The backing is just muslin, as is the binding, which I put on last week.

Julie's Onsie quilt

At our Spring Break retreat my daughter, Julie, put together this adorable quilt made with onsies. Her friend had seen one on Pinterest and asked her to make it with Hunters onsies.

She did it much like a t-shirt quilt, using a lightweight fusible interfacing.
I quilted it with Popcorn, Lite Chambray Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

This Christmas one is the only one that gave me a bit of trouble, as the brim was quite worn out and not totally attached.

We fused his name on the top border, too.

All in all, I LOVE how it turned out and what a great idea for doing something for those onsies they have outgrown. It's an heirloom for sure!

Julie's Holly Jolly

Here's Julie's Holly Jolly wall hanging/table topper. I'm not sure how she will use it. I quilted straight lines in the setting triangles, serpentine lines in the candy canes and meandering long-arm feathers in the blocks, with white PermaCore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Julie got these fabrics and the pattern a couple years ago when I won the $250 Fat Quarter shop gift certificate for stashbusting. I was so used to not shopping for fabric, that I had a hard time spending that much, so I told Julie to go pick out what she wanted. I'm happy she picked this one cause it's cute as can be.

Kylee's quilt is quilted

I finished the quilting, Popcorn, on Kylee's quilt this evening after a wonderful dinner with Julie, Andrew and Elizabeth. Tomorrow I'll tackle the binding.

I can't believe how quickly they are growing up. They are both very well behaved and I actually asked Julie tonight if they ever throw a fit. You know the kind, it usually happens in a store, and those big crocodile tears are pouring down some little child's face. I can only imagine they didn't get what they wanted and they'll be fine in a few minutes.

Anyway, Julie, I think you're a wonderful mom!

Pam's Crazy Nine-Patch
Very seldom do I have a customer that doesn't want their quilt's photos posted online. When Pam picked up her quilt last night, she decided to not sign the release for me to post them because she is planning to write her own version of the pattern. So, that one won't be shown here, and you'll just have to take my work for it that it turned out nice.