Lori's Crown Royal quilt

Lori made this neat quilt using a collection of saved Crown Royal bags. She assured me that she did not drink all those herself! ha!

Lover her layout. I didn't even know there were so many different kinds of Crown.

I gave it an overall paisley and outlined the embroidered logos.

Thanks Lori for a fun one!

Selvage Feathers

I completed a project! 

I saw this project on a blog post back in 2015 using the Feather Bed quilt pattern by Anna Marie Horner only in all selvages. It looks like the blog I saw it on no longer exists. And the Feather Bed pattern was a free tutorial at the time, so I saved it for later.

I had fun quilting it grafitti-style using color coordinating threads around each feather.

I outlined each feather and spine, and didn't quilt inside the feathers at all.

It is bound in a navy fabric, like the spines. I still need to put a sleeve or something on the back to hang it by. And then hang it up in my sewing space. I turned out great!

Confetti Star Quilt

The Petersen quilters were at it again last spring. We were itching to get together for a sewing weekend after a long time apart. We decided on this Confetti Star quilt pattern from a youtube video by Missouri Star. It uses 10 inch squares and is a lot easier to make than you'd think!

We liked the ombre effect layout. There are a ton of different ways you can arrange these blocks as you can see at the end of the video. 

Here we were auditioning backing fabric options. We ended up going with the lighter brown.

Are there any same fabrics touching?? Colors spread out evenly? The arranging game can get complicated sometimes.

Good enough, let's put it all together!

Ta da! That's me in the middle, my mom and sister. Greasy hair- don't care! That's the consensus on a sewing weekend with the girls! This one went together so quick, we even had a little extra time to work on another project or so.

And here it is all quilted up.

I quilted it with all over half feathers, curls, leaves, and other things.

I used a light brown thread.

We used one background fabric and a variety of scraps and yardage for the stars.

This one went to Aunt Karen. I wouldn't mind doing this pattern again and trying out a different layout. It's a keeper!

Katie's Black-Cream Flags

Katie made this neat flag quilt with scrappy black and creams.

I quilted it pretty simply with all over paisley shapes.

Pretty striking indeed! I can't figure out how she ended up with one zig-zagged corner different from the others, but it still looks great.

I know plenty of quilters who HATE piecing their backings. 

Not Katie! She's the scrappy back queen for sure!

Thanks Katie!

Sarah's Kaffe Strip Butterflies

Sarah made this really cool Strip Butterflies quilt (a Missouri Star pattern) using a Kaffe Fasset jelly roll.

I had fun quilting this one! I went out on a limb and used my variegated pastel thread.

Ribbon candy in the sashings, some C2C, free-motion flowers, leaves, and butterflies in the outer border. 

And each butterfly is custom quilted in a different way.

I really had to stretch my brain towards the last row to come up with new ideas.

Thanks Sarah!

Paula's Mystery quilt

Paula participated in our Guild's Mystery quilt challenge, and this is her version.

I quilted it with all over flowers, swirls, and circles.

Thanks Paula!

 

Paula's Covid Friends Tribute Quilt

This special quilt is called Covid Friends Tribute Quilt made by Paula. It was a block of the month kit done by our local quilt shop. This is the Amish Style version.

Each block in the sampler tells a part of the Covid-19 story. This was a BIG quilt measuring 107 by 107", I couldn't even get it all in one picture.

These blocks here are representing Pandora's Box, Faith, the Big Apple, and mask up.

Red Cross and Chinese Lantern. I quilted all-over half feathers, curls, paisleys, etc.

I gotta give Paula a slow clap for choosing a black batting to go between her solid black backing and mostly black quilt top. Definitely the way to go with this quilt.

What a great way to commemorate this situation we are all in. And a fun way to pass the time in quarantine for sure. Thanks Paula!