More Quilts From The Past Months!

 A baby quilt, edge to edge design requested. 

Peacock feathers my fastest and most useful all over design. It fits all situations.

This stunning design I made up at 2019 retreat I think. It sat there awaiting inspiration until my muse showed up and I quilted it. From the back it appears to be a "whole quilt"

                                            And from the front you see the piecing of the design.

I just realised the pics above were from before it was bound.

                                                              Not as good a picture is it?

I plan to hang it in our new home, we are currently renovating a single storey home and adding several hundred square feet of additional space for my quilt studio and a workshop for DH. We hope to move in a couple of weeks as soon as we have a kitchen!

The next is another Hannah quilt, she is so creative her quilts are always fun to quilt and it helps that she gives me free rein!

           This one is queen size, Hannah's quilts are usually large even the baby quilts are not small!

                                          I have a blast when I can make up the quilting as I go!

The second of the two I quilted for her earlier this year I apparently forgot to photograph so I will have to see if Hannah took a photo of the entire quilt.

Another Sail Away baby quilt, this one for a girl. You can tell I love this design when I make it more than once. It was for a baby girl named Molly Grace.

I turned the scallops upside down to look like waves and at the very top and bottom went back and reversed the design so it looks sort of like fish. Maybe I should call it the "Sailfish Quilt"!

                               Substituting pink for yellow made it feminine without being too girly.

The next is another queen size for Linda's bed, it's been a few years in the making. It took a little fussing to get the pieced backing lined up, that's often a challenge especially where there are special insertions as in this quilt. there are several borders and I think Linda created the design to showcase all the co-ordinate fabrics.

The backing was very complicated piecing that had to be centered and I struggled a bit to get it all aligned.

                                                      

I made up the quilting in this as I went along, trying to keep it cohesive with the different elements of design

I used a simple piano key in the border.

Then there were two shams to quilt .

                                                        Linda was happy with the final result!

More Baby Quilts

Linda from my MeetUp group gave me a lot of strips left from various projects and as of now I have made five I think of this size baby quilt. Of course I use the wonderful Quilters Dream Angel batting, non flammable and genetically modified fibre that has no chemicals or other toxic properties. In addition is is beautifully soft and drapeable. The thread is Superior King Tut "Shekels"variegated gold.

The backing and binding are pieces left over from a couple of my own projects

This is the second of this design, the other has a yellow background but it's already packed up ready for our move. I saw a photo of one, I don't remember where, and decided to make one like it. I sewed together all the strips of pinks and purples I could scavenge from stash, backed with fusible and then cut into strips and attached to the top. I did zig zag along the edges first before ironing to the background. I might have been able to get away without the zig zagging I didn't want them to fall apart with wear and washing.

Quilting the lines fairly close togethr but a bit random makes sure it will hold together well. I envision them as floor mats for baby's tummy time as they are a bit thicker and sturdier than an average baby quilt. I will look for the yellow version tomorrow to add to this post, I am sleep deprived from last night and fading fast!

Attempting To Catch Up!

I saw this cute pattern and whipped up two lickety split one for my friend Gale with a new replacement knee and one for us!

 This year, the crazy catastrophic China virus year has been a challenge for almost every one on the planet. It has made my life busier than every because I was home schooling an eleven year old and trying to keep us fed and in toilet paper!

Now that young fellow is finally back in real school as of last week, several inches taller and so happy. As an only child he has been devoid of peer companionship most of the past seven months except for some playdates with the children across the street and swimming at a friend's home. We also took him to our Colorado home twice once with friends and their grandson so we tried to give him some relief from the claustrophobia and isolation. I am sure he is really tired of adults! I know for many it has not just been challenging but also tragic and to those my heart and prayers go out. Compared to many we have survived very well, praise God for that mercy, at our age we are in the danger zone so that is even more mercy.

I have had a lot of quilting, I think that all the quilters sewed like crazy often from stash or online PJ shopping. 

I will list a few of the projects from the last months, it will probably take me several tries to get through them. I have been packing all summer because we have purchased a new home, new to us, and are moving a few miles from this house to a single level larger home where I can have a dedicated studio with all of my machines and supplies in one place. I can hardly wait, but we are planning major upgrades and a large addition so it will be a while before we are situated! So I hope to keep adding to this, but wanted to let people know that we are ok and hoping all of you are too.

Hugs and love to all.

Roslyn 

 

Three More Baby Quilts

All three are for the grandchildren of some friends at our church, two baby girls and a boy.

 The label is hard to read, the thread is too close a match darn it! The girls quilts are almost identical except for backing and binding. This is October's quilt [a very unusual name for a little girl I know.]

 And Avery's quilt

It has a cute pieced flannel backing

One of the fabrics looks almost orange but it is actually a nice soft salmon color, and I used a pale pink thread 

 The nursery rhyme quilt is for the boy.

 "The Cow Jumped Over The Moon" is a flannel collection from Connecting Threads, but it's a couple of years ago so there is none left anywhere I looked. Consequently I had to fill in with a striped yellow flannel that did nicely for the back also. A pale yellow thread blended in nicely. All three quilts of course have that lovely Quilter's Dream Angel batting that is genetically engineered to be non flammable, absolutely no chemicals and soft as can be.

Two More Quilts Of Valor

These are for Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Reunion in May when four QOV's will be presented to veteran's.

 This is the back of one only, no pic of the front!

 The second, lots of mainly ruler work in these quilts, it seems to suit the patriotic style blocks best

Pretty In Pink

The adorable baby girl for whom I made this quilt, Erica's granddaughter, what a doll!

"Setting Sail" Baby Quilt

For an expected baby boy, I think it's adorable. The pattern came from issue #19 of the now extinct Modern Quilts Unlimited magazine. I was very sad to see this magazine die, but I did find a substitute in an online Aussie modern quilting magazine.
The quilting is meant to resemble waves and I placed a fishy looking row at the very top and bottom. I love the clean modern look of the quilt and it's so fast and simple, once the HST's were done it went together really fast.  I used batiks for the three blues and the yellow but next time I will make more contrast between the two darker blues. I say "next time" because I am sure I will make this again.

As frequently happens in my quilting life the backing I chose from stash was a bit small so I was able to use up most of a scrap of blue to enlarge the back and make it more interesting.
And of course the wonderful soft and safe Dream Angel batting from my favorite [and really only] batting company, Quilter's Dream!

The Very Cheddar Quilt

An Angela quilt with major emphasis on cheddar- she is from Wisconsin, maybe that's it?

I quilted a swirl down the colored/pieced ribbon and ruler work in the cheddar-are you getting a theme here? I am hooked on rulers! When we return from vacation I have two more QOV's to quilt and you know what that means? Yep, more ruler work, LOL.

Two Comfort Quilts

This past year saw two members of our quilt group fighting cancer, and one of the members donated two quilt tops and I quilted them for these ladies

 This one was for Anne who is doing splendidly now. 

 Quilted with a freehand floral E-E and the same design in the borders.

 Very sadly our friend Limbania lost her six year battle with cancer so we took this quilt to her family and hope it will be a comfort.

 Lots of ruler work in this one.

 Another of Shiela's creative backings.

A Quilt for Aunty!

This sweet quilt's colors were chosen by an "older" lady for her bed!

So her loving niece made it for her.

E-E feathers in the body of the quilt, and feathers in the border

 Another of Shiela's interesting backings with label.

My 2018 Bonnie Hunter Mystery

Last year I decided to take the pressure off the very busy Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons and make a smaller size version of the mystery.It is around 60+" square.

I was guessing at how many of each clue I would need and came up short of one clue for the border so I had to do some creative thinking!

 Working from stash I pieced the backing.

 I started out doing ruler work for quilting but soon tired of that and ended up with an E-E for the body of the quilt.

I was not very enamored of the colors but one of my daughters in law liked it for a lap quilt for their TV room so that's where it now resides and if I wanted I could visit it LOL.

Nicky's Dinosaur Quilt

This has gone to Poland, my friend Shiela made it for her little grandson.

 The dinosaur tracks lead to Nana's house so I decided to put Nicky's footprints around the border

 Shiela's backings are always very creative.

Erica's New Granddaughter's Quilt

We searched the web while on our recent visit to Rocky Point to find an idea for this quilt.  It turned out exactly as planned and I like it so much I will probably make a few more in the same colors, I have the fabric now! I especially like the striped binding.

 The backing is a delicious soft pink minkee, the baby will love it!

Quilt Of Valor

This one is for a Vietnam Vet, Purple Heart recipient.

The border has a variety of historical names, places and military units chosen because the recipient is a historian.

 A simple white backing shows the quilting detail, lots of ruler work which I do enjoy!

Baby Shower Update

Just a couple of pics of the expectant couple with their baby boy's quilt.