Fresh Sunshine Quilt

Nothing like hanging a freshly finished quilt top in the sunshine!

Tumbler Quilt

I finished up my 3rd tumbler quilt this morning. I think I work in 3's a lot. I wanted to try one with white for the upside down tumblers. This one I made to either use as a donation or a gift or sell - the typical ... list in in my etsy shop until I have a need for it!

The fabric has little dragonflies and bees and pea pods. I quilted in meandering loops inspired by the flight of the bees. It came out 40" by 52". 

Thanks for visiting!

PLUS quilt.

Plus I love to quilt.

Made of 2.5" squares, 891 total, made into 9 patch blocks. 

Started it 10 months ago, it did some shelf time while I worked on other ones, but finally surfaced back out and got finished. Quilted on long arm with straight rows. Backing is a cotton lawn. Gifted to a bestie friend.  Plus I love to quilt. 

April Quilts

Just as I thought the quilting season was winding down for Summer, I volunteered to help with some quilts going to Fiji children. This month I quilted for stashbuilderbox.com. 

The first picture is two that I made start to finish, they are crib size app 40 X 50. My first try at tumbler blocks on one of them.

 

This stack of pretties are some I quilted. The quilt tops/backs were sent to me to quilt.

And this last one was a top I'd made a while back, finished it up to donate as well.

Happy Spring!

Easter Quilt

Easter is special to me. I treasure the cross and the meaning of what transpired Easter morning over 2000 years ago. 

Love Never Fails

Love

In celebration of the love month coming up, I quilt-scripted 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 onto a quilt today. I haven't put the binding on yet, but was so happy about it I wanted to share. :)  

I don't know the fate of this quilt yet. Maybe etsy.  I've been working on a lot of "healing quilts" for donation quilts as well.  I also have another similar top to this ready for a poem...

Have a happy.

Thanks for peeking in!!

Added picture. Added to Etsy shop for now. [sold]

Baby Quilt finishes

 This is a baby quilt finish. The top is improv log cabin in orange, aqua, neutrals. Backed with minky with little owls on it.  It came out wonderful soft.  Little problem is I have tiny specks of black that carried up from the bottom with the needle as it would go thru the black parts on the owl. I don't think it was a tension problem because my tension was good. ???

A second baby quilt, I quilted in the same concentric loops, but with a fuzzy white minky backing. It shows off the quilting more. 

That's it for the weekend. I better decorate the Christmas tree!

A little more color

A few of my favorite things....

color

shapes

fabric

making things out of color and shape

sunshine

Quilt finishes

These are quilt finishes after an upgrade to my quilting machine. For years I have quilted with my Juki on a Grace frame, now I'm using an Avante 18 on it's frame from Handiquilter.  I've been finishing up some tops that have been sitting for a long while, plus making new.

1. Green Cross quilt. Made just because.

 2. Crown Royal quilt.  Made for a nephew to gift his father-in-law.

 3. Wintry stars.  Made with fabric gifted to me. Will gift at Christmas.

 4. Alabama Crimson Red quilt. Made for a friend to gift to his wife.

 5. Small squares of all scraps.  Gifted to son's girlfriend. 

6. Improv baby quilt. Just mellowing out with lighter colors.

That's the stack. I still have tops to quilt, and squares to make tops out of, and ideas to materialize.

Quilt finishes

1.  Flying Geese quilt, it's a keeper, matches my living room. It is big and cuddly!

2. Women's healing quilt with Bible words stitched in. In Etsy shop. 

  3.  Men's healing quilt with positive affirmation words stitched in. In Etsy shop. 

Next... working on a plus quilt, and about 25 other... :)

I think I'm addicted.

Pink Quilt

It's not only July already, but nearing the end of July. 

I, again, am guilty of ignoring my blog. Much due to a steady summer and some due to the fact that I just don't know how to work pictures between the iPhone and mac anymore! These ones I took and emailed to myself and etc.  These are of a quilt for a one year old girl, whom I haven't met yet, but she is going to have to have her leg amputated towards the end of August. She is the child of a friend of one of my sons. It touched my heart, so of course - a quilt was made. 

Just a note, lets be thankful for all we have and all that modern medicine can do.

UPDATE

Here is the sweetie with her quilt. She was blessed to only loose her ankle and foot, not further up. Precious baby.

Wonky Cross Quilt

I need a quilt for a 13year old young man. I think he might like this.

So...fingers crossed that he likes wonky crosses and feels the love.

Red, White and Blue Star Quilt

Finished!  20 Star squares. 

Curved piecing

These have been on my mind and on my sewing machine. 

The block size (1 wheel) is 12 inches, which helps make that curve a bit easier to sew than on a smaller block. They are still more time consuming than I am used to with my "want it now" type of quilt making. :)  But I like these, and will make more...

There is a pattern called "Steam Punk Pattern" by Jen Kingwell Designs, the square comes out about 9.25" I believe and the outer ring is thinner. There have been a lot of awesome Steampunk blocks on Instagram. It is a really cool modern design. I have not done the research to see similar designs in older quilts, but I can't think of any. I have seen this with straight lines and no circles in the center.

Quilting has changed. I have never bought a quilt pattern, nor have I ever sold a quilt pattern. My day job is a Designer / drafter.  I know how to use AutoCAD, and can draw up a design very quickly.  My point... is that quilting has changed in that now so many people are selling patterns (and that is great with the big surge of new quilters), but that makes me question copyrights.  I think it is acceptable to still draw up ones own pattern to use.

At any rate. Love this design, and would love it in a smaller block if I had the patience. :) 

The Colorful Quilt

I don't remember how long ago I made this bright quilt top, but was able to get it on the frame and quilted up last week, then the binding done yesterday evening.  It has a wonderfully soft minky back.  I still need to measure the quilt and get a full picture, then list it in the shop. I can imagine this would be a pretty happy spot in a girls room!

Locomotive Springs

This is at Locomotive Springs, it is at the northwest end of the Great Salt Lake.

This last photo was "Elephant Arch" just a couple miles from the Springs. 

Happy Easter.

Signs of Spring

It is a sign of Spring that I don't have much to post on quilting. (Just a pile of string pieced 7" squares) 

It is a sign of Spring that at the end of the day I have more dirt on me than I have threads. 

It has been a wonderful Spring weekend, including a motorcycle ride, beautiful weather, digging weeds... 

Cheers to Spring!!

Bible Precept Quilt

This weekend I finished up a Bible Precept Quilt with 22 phrases stitched into it. I used 4" scraps that I'd been saving from many projects, and joined them together with the fabric from Ikea with the birds and nature print on white, and with yellow little squares and yellow binding. It's a happy quilt!

broken window quilt

Here's what I'm working on. The center is finished and I need to sew the outer area together and on. It is scraps. It reminds me of a broken window. Maybe a dirty window with two Jacks looking out!  :)