Baby Quilts a Plenty

My brother and Sis-in-Law are finally having a baby.  They have struggled with infertility for 6+ years so we are all really excited they are having a baby!  I think I went a little crazy and ended up making 3 quilts for them.  The first is a scrap quilt where I used my new ruffle foot to make some puffy flowers.  The second pic shows the close-up.

 

 

Sam had picked out some fabric for her nursery and I made this one for her!

 

 

 

As you can see, Sam picked Peach for her Nursery!  This last one was made when I found out they were prego.  It is fabric from my Mom (who died 2 years ago), from Rebecca (my dad's new wife) and some that I had.  It may not be the prettiest, but it means the most to me!

 

 

 

 

 

Circle Cat

I made this cute little cat bed for my daughters cats.  They love it!  She picked out all the scrap material from Granma Rebecca's scrap bag and I got to use the circle sewer I got for Mothers Day!  All in all a great project.  I moved out of my comfort zone and sewed with some BOLD fabrics and got to make my daughter one happy Cat Kid!  If you look really close you can see cat and dog theme fabrics with some crazy contemporary prints mixed in.

 

Here are Tyler and Otis.  I think I woke them up taking the picture.  I assure you that they LOVE the bed!

Ugly Quilt

Usually I like the quilts I make, but this one was an epic fail.  I ran out of the grey floral fabric and had to use a substitute to finish.  I added a brown border fabric that coordinates with the dark turquoise, and it looks terrible.  I didn't notice until just now, but I put one row in upside down.  This was a difficult quilt with each block containing 25 pieces.   It may be one of the most intense quilts I've made, but I missed the mark on color.  Oh well, I guess, I can't win 'em all.  It will be good to use for machine quilting practice. I used the pattern called Autumn Crown. I love how hers turned out!

 

 

Here is a close up of the Crown of Thorns block.  I was very hopeful at this point.

 

Royal Blue

Royal Blue is finally quilted and ready to sell on etsy.com.  I love the way it turned out!!!  https://www.etsy.com/listing/129674329/royal-blue



Finished Quilt of Valor!

Applique King

 

Applique King is a quilt I made based on an antique quilt that was left to me after my mom died.  I copied the applique flower and the use of white with warm sashing blocks in my favorite colors.  I also added a wide dark colored border.  This is the first applique quilt I have done and also the first quilt with white background.   This has been one of the most labor intensive quilts I have done.  Each flower took about 30 minutes to applique and there are 36 flowers.  This, in addition to the sashing and outside borders made this top take about a month to complete.  I still plan on actually quilting it and using it on my bed, but that part will have to wait until after the holidays!

 

 The single flowers are a super-sized bud.  I love the way the single buds make such a bold statement.  I can see myself using the single bud again in another quilt.

 

Miriam

 

 

Warm Wonders

Warm Wonders is a 2-block pattern that I got out of a 1950's book that my mom had.  This is the first 2-block quilt I have done.  I love it!  I love how the colors play off each other and the blocks are invisible.  It makes me very happy!  It was also very quick to put together...only about 2 or 3 mornings sewing; and another 1 or 2 to quilt.  I machine quilted this one using a utility diagonal stitch.  Pattern is available upon request, just mssg me.  Finished size is 70" square which makes it perfect for a lap quilt.