Photos and histories of quilts I made from 2015 to 2017
with a way to use the roses in a quilt. I later learned it is called a 'fussy cut'
when you select particular parts of a piece of fabric to cut out.
Rose for Christmas. I learned a LOT when making this quilt! (The hard way.)
Completed December 2015.
away many years before that. I had always dreamed of hand-quilting it, but that was not
happening. Thankfully though, I was able to machine quilt it so that now it can be used.
also free motion quilting. Completed January 2016.
4. Rebecca's Quilt
over after finishing that quilt. I decided to make two more blocks so that I could have
another, similar quilt.
Now I wish I'd have done cornerstones in the sashing, but I still enjoy this quilt.
Completed January 2016. Rose bought it for a graduation gift for my neice
Rebecca later that year.
5. George's quilt
I hope baby Li gets a lot of use out of this quilt!
I decided to use it in a low-pressure exercise to learn some new skills.
This was completed in March of 2016.
blocks, then cut them up and re-arrange them in a random way. Yes, I did
something random! Eric was shocked too. Rose's sister, Aunt Mary Ann
very kindly purchased this from my Etsy store.
7. Patriotic Rail Fence
making the borders as much as the rest of the quilt. This one was completed in March of 2016.
a collection of mistakes. I consider that real progress! This was given to my neice Cami
for a wedding gift.
8. Seminole Patchwork
border for the Disappearing 9 Patch. It did not. I didn't want to waste all that patchwork
though, so I decided to play around with a couple more patterns to see what happened.
It was a fun learning experience. This was completed in April of 2016.
Seminole Patchwork is really neat how it comes together like magic in the end.
I give props to my Mom for giving me her great
patchwork book long ago.
I also gave the quilt to Mom as a Christmas gift.
9. Carpenter's Star
From my other hobby of Estate Sales, I ended up with a $2 wool blanket and a $3 sheet
of fleece. I decided to put that together with some flannel to make the warmest, most
snuggly lap blanket I could make. This one was completed in April of 2016.
I used colors that would match in our house in Montana, since that's the
place where a
warm, snuggly blanket really comes in handy! This one now proudly
lives on the back of
our couch in Montana.
10. Rolling Waves
This quilt was supposed to be an optical illusion quilt called,
"Rolling Waves." I can see the rolling waves effect in the
pictures, but it does not jump out as well in real life.
Completed in August 2016. Purchased from my Etsy store.
11. Woven Rail Fence
Trying to show the squiggly lines I used for quilting, along with stitch-in-the-ditch.
colors in a way to (hopefully) create a weave effect.
Completed in August 2016. Given to our friends Rusty & Cody Blackmon.
I pieced it in no time, but it took me forever to get around to finishing the quilting.
free motion quilting I did around the edges, making hearts to decorate the setting triangles.
A close-up of the quilting from behind. I'm pretty happy with how
this turned out.
Rose bought this from me as a graduation gift for my niece Kaitlyn.
13. Digital Geode
until January 2017. I had to build up my machine quilting skills a lot before trying this one!
I changed the thread color to best coordinate with each diamond. They aren't
perfect, but the overall effect turned out great.
It also has echo lines through the blue fabric at each corner.
This one sold from my Etsy store.
Detail of the quilting for little Nathan's quilt.
15. Baby Elim's Quilt
Quilting detail. This quilt was finished in April 2017.
tractor tracks, eggs, milk bottles, and trees. I wanted to send a piece of Oklahoma back
to China with baby Elim and his parents, David & Rayleigh.
16. Floral Striped Medallian
This quilt started with some floral striped fabric I found at an estate
sale. I didn't want to cut it up, so I
came up with this idea to make it into a medallion quilt. I thought it
would be fun to add stripes to the
edges that would drape over the side of the bed in the opposite direction
to the medallion design.
17. Charming Flowers
the same floral pattern in many different colors. A few days later I was
reading a quilting book and came across the pattern called, "Charming
Flowers". I knew that would be a great use for the fabric I'd seen, so I
rushed back over there to get it before it was all gone.
I intended for the flowers to be arranged in a random fashion, but
the
hubs is a big fan of order and symmetry. (Usually I am too, but I
was
trying to branch out!) So we agreed that the colors should be
lined up
instead of scattered about. I think it turned out nice, fresh, and
fun.
It is also quite big! (80 X 95 inches)
This was my first attempt at an all-over meander free motion quilting design.
viewer's choice in it's category of "Domestic
machine quilted" - woo hoo!
This quilt was purchased from my Etsy shop
by a very nice lady who truly appreciated it.
She also had me make matching pillow shams
to go with it. I'm thrilled that this quilt found
such a good home.
They had sold out of the pattern, but months later I happened to go into the store that
had the pattern and saw it again. It was the last copy they had, so it must be a popular
pattern.
I collected fabric for months until I had the right set of solids and
floral prints. When I
put it together, I added four tiny pinwheels to the sashing and a large
border to make
the quilt better fit a queen-sized bed. It came out to 87.5 X 94
inches. I really like it.
to make something out of them.
It is a full-sized or large twin size quilt.
This one was purchased from the Eureka Montana Quilt show. I don't
know for sure who
bought it, but I just happened to be standing near it when a man said, "I
really like this quilt!"
So I hope he's the one who got it. It was such a thrill to hear
that!
I added the border and used it as my practice quilt during my first lesson
on a long arm quilting machine. I loved quilting that way, it was MUCH
easier than shoving a large quilt around on a regular sewing machine.
where the fabric can distract you! :-)
This one sold at the Eureka Montana Quilt Show.