Quilts, quilts, quilts

April 29, 2014Uncategorized 

So many wonderful quilts I want to share!  Today’s quilts are quilts I have quilted for my customers.  So much  color, variety and fun!

Vicky’s quilt is a beautiful combination of blues.  It’s color and striations are reminiscent of the sea, and therefore it is quilted with an angelfish pattern. 

 

Remember the stories about people who accomplished the things that had always been considered impossible, because the person who accomplished the task didn’t know it couldn’t be done?  Well, there is nothing like a non-quilter to teach this old quilter what can be done when it comes to quilts!    Megan had a vision of a quilt, but is not a quilter.  I agreed to make a baby quilt for her, and when I opened the box of fabrics she sent, I was surprised to say the least.  I knew she wanted fabric from a bridesmaid’s dress included in the quilt, and I knew she wanted Minky on the back.  I had not, however ,expected cotton duck, which is a thick heavy fabric for those of you who are unfamiliar with it.  Very unlike quilting cotton.   She sent a wonderful selection of contemporary colors and designs, and I was up for  quilting “outside the box”.   I think it turned out will, as I hope she does.  The quilt should serve the baby well, being thick  and soft enough to provide cushion and insulation from  cold hard floors.  The minky backing  will also be soft against baby’s skin.  The navy fabric is from the dress, and the small blocks are minky.      Top    Back

Lianne brought me a very cheerful and colorful scrappy log cabin.  The quilting design is an edge to edge called Roll With The Punches.

Lianne also had a pretty Thimbleberries quilt, which I custom quilted.

The Sandy Hook shooting took place at the time that  Lianne was working on this quilt.  The number of circles matched the number of victims of the shooting, so this quilt is dedicated to those who died.  Each circle contains a unique motif and there is a quilted starburst for each circle, as they move through space towards the golden star.

My quilting “partner in crime” aka shop hop friend, put together blocks that had been pieced by her neighbor’s mother.  Even though I’m not usually a big fan of the color pink, I love this wall hanging, with it’s traditional charm.

I hope you have enjoyed viewing these quilts.  I will have a few more pictures at a later date.  I am currently having difficulty getting the pictures of the rest of the quilts from my camera to the old computer.  New technology may be great, but my camera software is too old to run on Windows 8, and that is not a good thing.  I’m just hoping the old computer never dies, there are still things that I can do with it that I can’t with the newer version of windows–without spending money on new software and a new camera, that is.