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Friday, January 29, 2021

Jessica's Two baby quilts


A couple more baby quilts from Jessica. This one is farm themed.


A good ol' all-over with paisleys and loops.



The back.


This one is an ocean themed. Super cute prints!



All-over with swirls, clam shells, curls and bubbles.


Thanks Jessica!

 

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Jessica's floral squares


Jessica made this fun quilt with some fun floral prints.



I used a pastel variegated thread and quilted all-over flowers, curls, leaves, circles, etc.





Thanks Jessica for this fun one!

 

Friday, January 22, 2021

On the Road


How fun is this quilt?! Jessica brought me this On the Road pattern that features a rainbow fleet of VW vans. 


I decided to quilt ribbon candy in the sashings and did my best interpretation of 60's hippy looking designs in the blocks.



I even attempted a ying-yang symbol in the corner of this blue one.


Lots of itty bitty pieces and seams in this pattern, but what great detail!


And guess what?? Jessica has this posted on her Etsy site, so this cozy work of art could be yours!


A look at the back.


Thanks Jessica for a super fun one!

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Norene's Grunge Checkerboard


Norene made this checkerboard quilt with a variety of Grunge colors. 


With this pattern, it was a perfect chance to do some ruler work. I used my 8 inch circle ruler to stitch a crisscross football shape in each square. 


In the border, I free-handed a double bubble to go hand in hand with the large polka dots in the fabrics.


I believe this quilt was started with the intent to make it into a Twister design. Norene has made several beautiful  Twister quilts in the past. Here's a little one, a blue and yellow, a scrappy one, and a rainbow one she has made in the past.  But, after getting the big quilt pieced this far, she decided it was good enough this way and decided not to cut it all up. 


I can't blame her one bit!






I like it!


The back.




Thanks Norene!

 

Monday, January 18, 2021

Diane's Purple Embroidered Blocks


I have one more from Diane to share. This one is a bit different from the last couple posts- embroidered blocks! I have an in-process photo here, quilting all-over designs and trying to avoid hitting any knots.






I call this design feathered paisleys.






In the end, I didn't end up hitting any knots. yay!


A look at the purple (?) back. Yes, it was purple.


Thanks so much Diane!

 

Saturday, January 16, 2021

A couple more little quilts from Diane


Diane had a couple more small quilts done up with fleece backing and no batting in between.







All-over flowers, leaves, and large double bubbles.



Here's a purple sampler.


More all-over quilting with feathered swirls.



Thanks Diane!