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.

Judy's Steelers Quilt

Judy made this quilt for someone in her family, a Steeler's fan, I'll bet.

She used a Steeler's flag as the center and stabilized it first. Her sense of color is just fabulous.

I quilted it with square spiral panto, Omni Gray thread and Hobbs 80/20  batting.

Judy's Yankees Quilt

Judy from my guild made this unique quilt. I've never seen anything quite like it, but I like it.

She used a banner for the center and stabilized it. I wasn't sure how it would quilt, but it did fine.

Square Spiral panto, Omni Silver thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

She's made another one and it's hanging on the to-be-quilted rack, but I can't remember the team. It will get quilted in the next couple of weeks, so be sure to look for it.

Angie's Zippy Strippy

Angie made this quilt for her son and it so reminds us of 1980's video games. It's a 1600, zippy strippy quilt and she added colored squares in between each of the black strips. It's interesting how they are all clumped together. I wonder if she mixed up the colored squares or added all the same color before moving on to the next.

Square Spiral panto, black Permacore thread and Black Hobbs 80/20 batting.

 An in-progress shot:

Matt's Carmel Latte

While shopping at  Back Door Quilts in Greenwood for my birthday outing with Julie and the kids last summer, I told Matt, my 16 year old grandson, to pick out a pattern for a quilt for his bed. This is what he chose:

It wouldn't have been my first choice as it's a bit too...... I'm not sure what the correct word is.
The end result is fine from far away, but there is just too much going on up close for my liking.

I purchased only a few dark browns and the rest came from my stash. I didn't follow the pattern as it calls for you to make a strata and then cut out only six 6.5" blocks on the diagonal from it. That seemed like a huge waste of fabric for me. The amount of fabric suggested on the pattern is way too high, 13-15 yards!

So, I cut up an old phone book and strip-pieced all the blocks and them trimmed them down. The outer row of blocks was to have been strip pieced blocks cut in half, but I chose to use the border fabric. The pattern doesn't call for a border, but I wanted it larger than 76" x 76" so he could use it on  his full-size bed.

I quilted it with Square Spiral and the backing is a mottled light brown flannel.

This pattern is up for grabs to the first person that says they would like to have it. Just leave me a comment and I'll get it out to you.

Kelly's Strip Quilt

Kelly made this queen size quilt for her adult son, who is pretty picky, she said. I asked her if she sewed it together like a 1600 quilt and she did not. She laid out all the strips in her foyer. Yikes, that's a lot of work, but it paid off because it's a stunning quilt.

Since there were some short strips, I thought that some of the fabrics were actually shirts and she said no, that it is all purchased fabric. She was going to have a meander, but I suggested Square Spiral and she agreed. I think it looks great on this one.

I used PermaCore Mother Goose thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Virginia's Quilts for Christmas

My friend Virginia from Ohio makes quilt for Christmas gifts. I also make some quilts for Christmas, but not like Virginia.  I've already quilted and sent back 3 to her. Here are two more and there are five still waiting for me.

I love this one!
It's a pattern from JudyL called Peaches and Dreams, but I think this may be the best one I've seen.

Just look at these fabrics! Her ability to put fabrics together amazes me. I really love it. I used Square Spiral and So Fine lime green thread and it gave it some really nice definition. It's for a guy so I didn't want to use anything floral.

The next one is her Bricks and Stepping Stones. That is a Bonnie Hunter pattern over at Quiltville.

This one got Popcorn in a tan PermaCore thread.

Stay tuned for more of Virginia's beautiful quilts later in the week after a couple of Carla's get quilted.

Angie's Turning Twenty

Angie made this great quilt with some fat quarts that Julie bought for her at Always In titches. They have this great sale where you can get 25 FQs for $30. She bought a set for herself and one for Angie.



Angie did a great job at distributing the colors and I love the Square Spiral pantograph on it.



Hobbs 80/20 batting and PermaCore Eggshell thread.

Great T-shirt Quilt

I finished this quilt that Lois made last night and she picked it up today. I think it's one of the nicest t-shirt quilts I've seen and it was a joy to quilt.



I chose Square Spiral and used Hobbs 80/20 batting and PermaCore White thread.

A close up:



And the back:

January UFO - #6

I finished my UFO for January tonight. Winter Pines is the pattern by Kay Capps Cross and I only made 9 of these trees, well, actually 10 of them and the other will become a pillow, or something.



I quilted it today using Square Spiral by Keryn Emmerson, Eggshell Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.



I stitched the binding on the machine this time. I intended to do it by hand, but Dan was watching something on TV that I didn't want to watch, so I shut the door to my sewing room and emerged later with a finished quilt.

2 More Quilts On and Off!

I finished Deb's Tractor Quilt this evening. I believe this one is for her dad and I'm sure he will love it. I used the Circle Lord Baptist Fan templates, PermaCore white thread, and Hobbs 80/20 batting



The back is muslin and I love it!


This one is Mary's and she needs it for a baby shower this Sunday. She's been spending lots of time watching baseball games lately, but still found time to assemble this cute quilt.



It is from a book panel, and I would say by the thin gold sashing around the blocks that it is a Golden Book panel. Again, I used white PermaCore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. The quilting is Square Spiral and just as a reference, I took the tractor quilt off at 8:00 and loaded this one and was finished 5 minutes after American Idol started at 9:05. It's only 50 x 42, but that's still pretty good time, I think.


Just look at this cute fabric on the back

Aaron's Batik Quilt

I finished quilting this beautiful batik quilt this evening. It was made by my guild friend Gwen and her son Aaron. What a great idea, right? They even made a really cute label for the back.



The center is Square Spiral by Keryn Emmerson, and I used Hobbs 80/20 batting and PermaCore Chambray thread. And since he's a boy, she wanted some spider webs or something like that, so they are in the corners.

Andrew's 2nd Birthday Quilt

I got the first side of the binding sewn on last night and will certainly have the hand sewing finished by his party on Sunday. Notice, I said Sunday....for several weeks now I have been thinking his birthday party at Chuck E Cheese was going to be on Saturday. Thank heavens I talked to Julie last night and she confirmed what Jason and Kathy told me about the day of the party.



The panels of this quilt are from a fabric book kit I purchased from Joann's right after Christmas. they were on clearance for $4.97 and it was during one of those special sales where all the clearance is an additional 50% off. I think I bought 5 different ones at that time. I'm not sure I will use all of them this way, but I love how it turned out.



Since it was a book, one of the panels says, "This book belongs to:"
I appliqued a matching piece of fabric over the work book and wrote "Quilt" on it. Not perfect, but at least it doesn't say book anymore.

Julie said last night that he can climb out of his bed now, so it won't be long before he is sleeping in the twin bed in his room.

the pantograph is Square Spiral by Keryn Emmerson, the batting is Hobbs 80/20 and the thread is good old PermaCore White.

I hope he cuddles with it for many years.