Marla's 1600 Quilt

Here's another beautiful quilt for my niece, Marla, a fairly new quilter.

This pattern is just the right one for a new quilter. Marla will be at quilt camp next week and I'm excited to see what she will stay up almost all night to do this year.

Because of all the calicos in this one, I chose Hearts n Roses panto. Hobbs 80/20 batting, and Omni Khaki thread looks great on the light and the dark fabrics.

Great job Marla!

Deb's Baby Quilts

Deb made 2 of these cute flannel baby quilts. Makes me want to get out my tote of baby flannels and make some myself.

I chose Hearts and Roses panto and used Pearl White Omni thread and Hobbs 80/20 bleached batting. This photo shows the fabrics much better.

And the backing:

She also make this cute quilt with cottons.

Angel Wings panto and the same thread and batting.

And the backing of this one. I had to add a piece in the center for her.

Hands 2 Help

I finished my Hands 2 Help quilt, well, except for a label.



The quilting is Hearts and Roses panto and I just love it.


I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put on my label, but I'll find out. I don't know what I was thinking, but I was sure it would be wide enough and my original plan was to use only the medium mauve as the borders. But, alas, it wasn't even close to the 60" square recommended size. So, it got another border.

Comfort Quilts

I've been working on these 2 quilts for a couple weeks now, but of course, I haven't been able to post much here about them.

Adrienne, one of our guild members is battling cancer now and we decided she needed a little comfort from her fellow guild members. So we made signature blocks. I assembled, quilted and bound this one and gave it to her last night.



The second one is for our guild president, Laurie. You might remember a post I did about her quilting a quilt for her daughter, who has just started her struggle with cancer. Well, a mom needs to be comforted too. So, we make signature blocks for her also. Peggy and I sewed on borders Sunday afternoon and then I quilted it and applied the binding so we could present it to her at last nights meeting.





And the back:


Hearts and Roses panto on Adriennes and Double Rose Vine on Lauries, Hobbs 80/20 batting and permacore thread on both.

Floral Baby Quilt

My daughter-in-law is attending a baby shower next week and asked me about a quilt. I had this one ready to be quilted and loaded it up and quilted it last weekend. I finished the binding at quilt guild last night. Hearts and roses panto, Hobbs 80/20 batting and Permacore Eggshell thread.



Such a pretty soft green for the back:


Before guild I sewed some leftover strips together and stitched them down the center of some bibs for burp cloths to match.



I even used one of my decorative stitches to stitch down the seams. You probably have lots of those stitches also and if you're like me, seldom use them. As I make more clothes for Elizabeth I will probably use more of them.


I threw it in the washer and dryer last night and now it's all ready to be sent to Dané.




Row-by-row
I can show you the latest row that I made as we meet later today to exchange row totes. This one is Cheryl's and she has a very retro style, even her house has a retro look to it, just cute as can be. Anyway, her fabrics are 1930's and I picked a bowtie block for her. I'm not sure of the "actual" size of a bow tie block, but I made mine 6" finished. I cut the big squares 3.5" and the little ones 1.75, so I could cut one 3.5" strip and then subcut.

Mary's Courthouse Steps

I quilted this before I took Mabel in for a tune-up yesterday and it is such a pretty quilt. These pictures make it look much brighter than it is. Kind of reminds me of sherbet.



Hearts and Roses by Timeless Quilting is the panto, Eggshell Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.



After I brought Mabel back home, I loaded this little quilt of mine to see how she was doing. I used the same panto, thread and batting. I also applied the binding on this one tonight.





If you can stand one more photo of Kylee's quilt...the border kind of dwarfs the center looking at the whole thing, but on a bed it looks wonderful!



I think she likes it!

Happy Hour #2

I quilted Stephanie's pastel Happpy Hour last night and dropped it off at the quilt shop this morning. I think it turned out great and I hope she likes it.



I used a new panto, Hearts n Roses by Timeless Quilting, eggshell PermaCore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. I will certainly be using this panto again soon, as I really like it.




I applied the machine part of binding on 3 quilts this afternoon, so I'll have lots to do in the upcoming evenings.