Mary's Twister

Mary made this adorable little Twister quilt for an upcoming baby shower. I'm sure the new mom will be thrilled with it.

She used a charm pack and the colors are so soft, just lovely.

I quilted it with Popcorn pantograph because it was already on the table. I think it's a perfect match!

Omni Lilac thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Janet's 9-patch

Janet started this 9-patch at our retreat in St. Louis in June. It's for her new grandson, born just a couple weeks ago.

 I quilted it with Popcorn,  Omni White thread, and used Hobbs 80/20 batting

I did the quilting the day before he was born and started the binding for her. She finished it up the day he was born.

Cute as can be and made with love by his grandma!

24 Hours For Me!

From Friday about 7 pm till Saturday about the same time, I spent time quilting some of the projects I had made. They aren't necessarily going to stay here, but I did make them.

First was the baby boy quilt for a co-workers son who is almost a year old. I'm a bad quilter, I know, but maybe he will appreciate it more, I don't know.

Raindrops panto, which is a free one, Hobbs 80/20 batting and white Omni thread.

Just look at this cute backing I found to give it a kid friendly look:

Second was this Quilts For Kids Sample strip quilt. I determined that 17 3.5" strips makes the right size.

Popcorn panto for this one and the next:

This is just a little NICU quilt with some leftovers:

Trip Around The World

Charlotte made another Trip Around The World baby quilt. I think she makes one of these for every baby shower she attends. What a great, simple idea!

Flannel fabrics on the front, popcorn panto, Warm & Natural batting and Chambray PermaCore thread

 Minkee on the back!

Quilts For Kids

Last month at the Sew and Meet, I taught them how to make sudoku quilts. Cathy had packets of 4.5" squares and a completed Sudoku puzzle all made up to they just picked a packet and were ready to start sewing.

I worked on the brown batiks at the Sew and Meet. The red quilt was one I started at home and I had each step completed for demonstration purposes. So, when I got home after the sewing day it was easy to finish that one, too.

 They both have Popcorn panto and a gold Omni thread. The batting is one that I'm not fond of. I purchased a roll of seconds from Quilters Dream to use for charity quilting and it is very firm, like a heavy fleece. I imagine it would make a great wall hanging batting, but I don't get a lot of wall hanging charity projects.

There will be a Quilts For Kids Sew & Meet tomorrow, June 8th at Bethany Presbyterian Church from 9-4, if you're in the are and would like to join us.

Quilts for a good cause

One of my guild members has made about fourteen 52" square quilts to give to her county police officers to keep in their cars. She started this project in memory of those lost in the Sandy Hook Shootings. I have 3 of them to quilt and have done 2 of them.

Popcorn panto on both of these cute scrappy quilts and Quilters dream poly batting.

Look at the wonderful variety of fabrics.

Virginia's Quilts

Here are #2 & #3 of Virginia's Christmas quilts.

I've had the #2 Brown and Green one done for a couple weeks now, but hadn't taken any pictures of it besides the one for "What's on Mabel."

I think she made one similar to this last year also and this one is just a great. I love all the different greens.

I chose Popcorn for the pantograph, and Permacore Camel thread.

This one with 1930's fabrics is just too cute. Dan said last night it would make a great baby quilt, so I'll have to remember the pattern when I need another baby quilt.

The center is Angel Wings panto, and the inner border has rick-rack. At least that's what I'm calling it because it reminds me of rick-rack.

The outer border is just a meander.

I couldn't get all of the the last row of the panto in, so I changed the butterflies to have 2 bumps on their wings instead of 3. It was a struggle to remember that each time I approached the butterflies.

Sharon's Baby Quilt

I keep calling this a baby quilt and maybe that's not what it really is. It was made with baby clothes and receiving blankets, and of course, some added modern fabrics to give it that zing. It sure has a lot of zing!

Look at these cute fabrics!

She fused the knits to interfacing and they behaved for the most part. Omni spearmint thread, Hobbs 80/20 batting and Popcorn panto.

What a great backing:

Mary's Twister

What a cute baby quilt and probably the biggest I've quilted. The fabrics are just adoarable!

She said to do whatever, so I chose Popcorn and I think it works very well.
See these cute fabrics!

Hobbs bleached 80/20 and Omni thread. And the back

Lucky baby!

Stephanie's Baby Quilt

A very cute baby quilt made by Stephanie. She wanted Popcorn panto in the center and something else in the border. I have had lots of requests for this kind of quilting lately....must be the new thing, and I don't mind quilting it that way at all.



Darling fabric line!


She made this table runner also and wanted something tropical.



I chose Aloha panto for this one.

Animal Baby Quilt

Deb made this darling baby quilt and the back is just as cute as the front. Lucky baby!!



I chose Popcorn panto for it, along with Omni Safari thread, which just blends in perfectly.



And the back:

Betty's Black and White

On Wednesday I finished quilting this cute black and white quilt that Betty made. Just got pictures taken this morning.

It looks pretty simple, but very striking. I have lots of black on white and white on blacks that I cound use to make one of these.



Popcorn panto with white thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting

Charlotte's Baby Quilt

This flannel Trip Around The World made by Charlotte is just the cutest thing. Makes me want to make one for Jeff and Dane's little one, who we're waiting patiently to arrive.



We chose Popcorn for the quilting design and as I was stitching, I was remembering 4+ years ago when I stitched this design for the first time. I can't believe I can remember that, but it was for Shelly's baby quilt and I believe I used a vareigated thread.




Here's the minkee backing: