Debbie's Friendship Quilt

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Debbie's Friendship Quilt came off the frame this weekend.

I'm really happy with it! She made this quilt for a friend, and let me tell you, that is one lucky friend!

I did some curvy whirlwinds in the blocks formed by the horizontal and vertical lines. I put a flower star in the square on square blocks.


The border was done with a branched scroll motif and repeats of the flower star in the cornerstones.

Debbie gave me the green light to do this one custom and it really brought the pattern to a whole new level.

I know Debbie will LOVE it!

T-shirt quilt for my Pop!

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It's done!

I pieced the top at RIM and now it is officially quilted and bound!

The shirts came from my dad's closet. He's got a bit of everything in there, including his army patches/insignias. I even put a functioning pocket from his Walgreens smock at the perfect height for a remote.

He was speechless when I revealed it to him. He said he had no idea what a tshirt quilt was but he loves it. He was especially glad that he has his army patches back in his everyday life. Emily asked Pop-Pop how he earned so many "merit badges". He got a chuckle out of that one.

I used a very lightweight non-woven fusible interfacing on the t-shirts and it went together FAST. Each block is 14" finished- 'cause my daddy's an XL kinda guy!

The quilt is now at the quilt shop up the road where I'll be teaching the tshirt quilt class in a couple of weeks. I'm getting excited!

BirdMan proves boys can quilt!

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BirdMan, one of my 9 year old triplets, took a spin on the longarm and finished the quilting on his Christmas lap quilt.

He pieced this quilt in April of 2006. At that time he told me he wanted the backing to be flannel and gave me the mandate to purchase backing fabric for him. Well, It took two years but I finally did it!
Life sort of got in the way over the last two years. It is amazing to me to think about how drastically our world has changed in the time it took to get his quilt finished.

He will be entering it in the Ky State Fair junior division this year but he said he wants a label that clearly states he would have finished this quilt a LONG time ago of mommy had just gotten herself together.

He really did a good job, didn't run over any pins and even had fun!

Garden beauty and dragonflies buzzing about

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I finished it! This Garden Trellis quilt and is so special to me. All the charm squares in it are from my internet quilt guild. My internet guild sent quilty flowers to the members when they need a pick me up. So these are my flowers!

I pieced this at the retreat I went to a few weeks ago. I just love that every time I look at it, I think of my quilty friends.

I put a meandering feather undulating across the top. I'm really happy with it.

I especially like how the values of the florals move diagonally from corner to corner. I used a variegated King Tut thread, Hobbs 80/20 batting and Bottom Line in the bobbin.

I'll be entering this quilt in the Ky State Fair. I know it won't win a ribbon but it will be fun to see it hung.

I joined The Finish Five by July challenge- so this will be my first of my five. I'm hoping to have two more done today. Wish me luck!

Today, Linda will be picking up her Bug Jar quilt but I wanted to share a close up of the dragonflies I put randomly throughout the top. I think they really add some fun to the top and fold in nicely with her bug theme.

The dragonflies and butterflies were all done freehand.

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

Linda finished another bug jar quilt. My kids love it when I work on bright, novelty quilts like this.

I did a meandering butterfly with a few dragonflies thrown in. The frog on the top will get a button eye.

Linda made this quilt for her grandson- lucky, lucky boy! Perfect boy quilt don't you think?

New life for this antique quilt

Amy's Double Wedding Ring Quilt is finally done!  

This top needed LOTS of TLC. 

 The top was hand quilted and some of the pieces had come undone.  Much repair work was needed on the edges and patchwork.  

The quilt top had also fallen victim to some water stains over its lifetime and I hope Amy will be able to get those stains out eventually.

For now, it is done and darn pretty too!

The furry scottish fellow is Yogi.  

GooseyGirl decided to put her doll hat on him.  Doesn't he look thrilled?

GooseyGirl's Candy Cane Lane Happy Dance

*sigh*

It has been a while since I've posted.  I've been so busy that it has been hard for me to keep up with keeping all of you up to date!

First off, the kids are out of school!  I'm really going to miss their teacher.  She was the best and an incredible blessing for my kids first year of public school.  

Right after school let out we headed up to Great Wolf Lodge and Kings Island.  It was a wonderful little vacation for us.

Then my little GooseyGirl finished up this quilt top she made for her cousin who just graduated from high school.  She is so proud of it.  It still needs to be bound and she is going to enter it in the fair.  GooseyGirl did every bit of the piecing and quilting.  I did the cutting but she picked out the fabrics and everything else!

I've also been working on a Double Wedding Ring that was in very rough shape.  Nursing it back to health has taken quite a bit of time but it is coming along.  I've got two borders to go and then I'll post an update shot.

I'm off to a retreat this week but I'll post more when I return!

Noah's Ark

Here's a baby quilt I finished for a new client.  She is giving it to her itty bitty great grandson.  

Lucky boy!  

I really liked how she elevated the center panel with her pieced pinwheel blocks.  The fabric uses storm clouds as a theme.  It is a perfect companion block!

Here's the latest finished T-shirt quilt!

Here's the latest T-shirt quilt I pulled off the frame and delivered.  

My client loved it and said it was going to be incredibly difficult to keep it a secret until the big presentation moment.  The shirts are from all the teams her daughter was a member of over the course of her school years.  

I had so much fun making this memory for my client!

Sleepy field of flowers

This quilt is from a new client and it reminds me of a sleepy field of flowers.  It's watercolor palate is very calming, isn't it?

My client is a relatively new quilter who has a friend that owns a quilt shop.  

Her friend's quilt shop is a few states away but she sends little quilty boxes of fun to entice my client every now and again.  

This is the product of one of those quilty care packages.  

Wouldn't you love to have a quilt fairy like that??? (can you see me turning green with envy yet?)

Stained Glass Rose

This quilt was also made by my client who did the baby fish quilt.  This stained glass quilt is her original design.  It is a wedding gift and the couple who open this gem will have a lovely wall hanging to commemorate their big day.  

She specifically asked me to treat her creation as a regular quilt and not as faux stained glass.  

I put a peacock filler behind the rose and used McTavishing in on the rose petals.  I outlined the leaves and added ribbons along the outside borders.  The hearts have ribbons on the outside heart and nested hearts on the lighter pink heart.

Pretty!

Water World

Isn't this baby quilt great?! 

I put a water freehand meander across the top and stayed off the fish so they would pop up in a trapunto effect.  

My client agreed to use a variegated King Tut blue thread that adds to the water shimmer effect.  It looks GREAT!

Custom Quilting

I finally get to deliver this custom quilt to my client, Linda, this afternoon.  

The top was made by her now deceased Mother-In-Law, Nellie.  

I'm thrilled with the quilting and humbled by the opportunity to finish this quilt for her. 

 The border will be scalloped.  I did McTavishing in the background of the blocks.  Flower petals in the blossoms, veins in the leaves and feathers with piano key border on the outside.  I used the applique on the outside border as the spine for the feathers.  

This quilt took a bunch more time than I estimated but it was worth it for the result!

Moda Jelly Roll Strip Quilt

This is a strip quilt using a Moda Jelly Roll.  

My client, Rhonda, made this quilt at one of our Nimble Thimble guild classes.

  Didn't it turn out pretty?  She is giving it to her mother for mother's day.  I was able to turn it around for her pretty quick so she can get it bound.  The edge to edge design is one of my all time favorites.  It is called Featheration.

My New Fleet

I got some magnetic signs to adorn my car and my parent's car.  I've got a fleet now!  

I've been kinda quiet this week because I've been working on a custom quilt.  I finished it today and I'm really happy with it.  I can't wait for my client to see it- she's gonna LOVE it!

I don't want to post a wide shot of it until I unveil it for her.  I want to suprise her with it's beauty.

T-shirt quilt fun!

This t-shirt quilt was made by a brand new quilter who pieced it for her son.

I didn't realize it until I opened it up and found that the t-shirts were from Male High School.

I went to Male for a semester way back when so it was fun to do this quilt!

I did a freehand looped design over the top.  

I think her son is going to love it!

Swishing Cat Tails

The nine patch cat quilt is done.  The quilting design on top looks like swishing cat tails making their way through the top. 

 I deliver this to my client on Wednesday.  

She's gonna love it!

Dancing Dahlias. Foster Teen Quilt

An amazing quilter friend of mine makes fantastic quilts for teens in foster care.  I was privileged enough to quilt it for her today.  

Can't you just see the smile on the teen's face when they get this? 

 I put different sized dahlia's sprinkled throughout.

Then I used a meandering vine with tendrils growing between and throughout the flowers. 

 It turned out great!

Bug Jar Quilt Fluttering Fun!

Cute little butterflies are now swirling around this wonderful Bug Jar quilt.

This "bug" quilt will be the show piece for the "Taste of Derby Festival" silent auction...an official Derby event benefiting Dare to Care Food Bank.. a non profit agency providing food to those less fortunate in our community.
This year's "Taste of Derby Festival" is on April 22nd at Louisville Slugger Field.

Some lucky kiddo will get to enjoy snuggling with all these critters. I really like the jellybean jar too!