DGS blocks and Arrowhead Quilt

Here are a couple blocks from May and June for my Nurture circle at doGood Stitches. Heather gave us a quick one using a 5 inch square with a border around it, cut into quarters, and put back together randomly. One in a gray and another in white backgrounds. The leftovers got sent along too.

This one was called Spools and was sent to Heather as well. She is going to quilt and finish both of these quilts up and take them along to India on a mission trip and give to families in need.

Becki made this Arrowhead quilt pattern for a wedding gift in a variety of reds, blues, and browns.

I quilted an all-over design of feathers on the half-shell with some leaves added in.

I used a light brown thread.

The back. This one turned out so nice! Thanks Becki!

ISU I-Beams

Mary Jo made this I-Beam quilt to gift to a very lucky Iowa State fan. She requested quilting in some words in the quilt...

...And being an ISU alumni myself, I consider myself an expert on certain ISU lingo. So I had lots of fun thinking of words and phrases to include. I used a bright red thread throughout the quilt, top and bobbin.  Here is "Sweet Caroline" baa-baa-baaaaaaaa!

"Beat Iowa"--our in-state rivals

"Jack Trice" with a football.  (the name of our football stadium)

"loyal sons forever true"--a line from the fight song.

"first down"

"Cardinal and Gold"-- our school colors

"every yard for ISU'--another fight song line.

The back shows better, so I reversed the images to read them easier. Here we have "Hilton Magic" which refers to the Basketball stadium and the great home court winning record advantage we have. And "Hey Go State!" is just a popular cheer, usually involving the marching or pep band.

"Cy" the mascot, and "loyal sons forever true" again.

Yep. Had a lot of fun with this one and reminiscing on those fun college days. Your ISU quilt was definitely in the right hands Mary Jo! 

Paula's Mystery Quilt

Paula made this quilt from our local guild's mystery quilt challenge. You can see two other versions of the same pattern that I quilted--Mary Jo's, and Penny's.

I quilted an all-over feathered paisley design with a few leaves here and there.

The back. Thanks Paula! I really liked this pattern and regret a little bit not participating. But quilting it for 3 others was just as fun! Our quilt guild has started another mystery quilt challenge. And this time I am participating! We have received our first set of clues, and I have my fabrics all picked out (all from my stash btw) and ready to cut into. It will have lots of greens and teals in it. We will have until our February meeting to get the top together for show and tell. 

Vintage hand-pieced pinwheels

Carol brought me this amazing vintage hand-pieced pinwheel quilt. It was made by her daughter-in-law's grandmother, and needed quilted and finished.

I did a c2c design across the pinwheels and added some scallops and a simple feather in the light blue border. 

I love looking at all the old fabrics. I imagine a lot of them were from clothing.

A peek at the back.

Thanks Carol! I loved working on this one for sure.  Another quilt top has been rescued from long-term storage and onto a cozy lap!

Christmas table topper

Pat pieced this neat table topper for the holidays.

I quilted all over with lots of swirls, curls, and holly leaves.

Thanks Pat!

Scrappy Little 36 Patch Quilt

Norene made this neat scrappy quilt using little 1 inch squares. 

I saw the light colored setting squares as a chance for some custom quilting. 

Even in the borders too.

Thanks Norene!!