Disney Princess Quilt

A little over a year ago my Brother and his wife asked me to make a princess quilt for their oldest girls Christmas present. I ended up making two of them so I only have pictures of the second one but they are pretty close to the same quilting pattern.

On the second quilt I used hand drawn hearts that match the pattern in the border print that I used. On the first quilt I did a diamond pattern that was a lot of fun to quilt.

Also on the second quilt I used this border pattern for the narrow yellow piece of fabric.

Rail Fence

My mom often gets fabric donated to her collection. In one of the batches of fabric we found these completed squares for a rail fence pattern quilt. we did not care for the light green fabric so we changed that out for a white on white print.

Here is a picture of the finished quilt. It ended up being the size of a queen spread, and almost as big as a king size quilt. This pattern was super easy to quilt as it was all straight lines. and even though they are not my favorite colors it is a really nice finished quilt.

Baby Animal quilt

The is such a fun little quilt, it has baby lambs, bunnies, and duckies on it. I love the primary color theme. I know they are strong colors for babies but I know how much my own kids love bright colors so babies can't be too different.

I decided to bind it with chenille as it is so soft and fun to feel or to chew on.

I gave this blankie to Eric and Monica after they had Ryker.

Split Nine Patch

So I finally got around to making a quilt for my mom. I've been wanting to do so for a few years now but I had to search long and hard for the pattern that would be just right. I made a decision shortly before November to use a pattern called Split nine patch. a couple of days later I went to the fabric store and picked out 17 different cream colored prints and 10 different green colored prints. Added to that was one brown print to define the borders. All of this fabric choosing was limited to 15 minutes as I had another commitment right after.

I began by making about 400 of these triangle pieces sewn together and then I had to iron them all open to even have a half of a chance of the corners lining up in most places.

Then I made these blocks ending up with about 200 or so. I had to pick out so many different fabrics in the same family of colors so that each block didn't look identical.

I was able to get it all put together sometime around Thanksgiving time (which was when i had originally planned to give it to her) and then I put it on the frames, and had to quickly quilt it in one week so that I could take it with me when I went to my grandmothers funeral a week or so before Christmas. I gave it to her there at the church as I was headed for the airport and back to my family. It was a fun quilt to make and even though there was a lot of fabrics involved it wasn't too bad. Had I not been so pressed for time I would have taken a little more effort to make sure that no two alike fabrics where touching but I gave up on that after getting the first row of squares sewn together.

I plan to get a full sized picture the next time I go home when there is enough room to lay it out on her bed.

Jacob's Ladder

I made this quilt for my oldest boy when he got his big boy bed a couple of years ago. This one was also made with donated fabric from my mothers sewing room. I would have loved to quilt it but my husband talked me into tying it because ties are so much fun to play with.

I love how bright these colors are!

Full view of the quilt on his big boy bed.

That's our Baby, #3

I found this 'That's our Baby' panel at a local quilt store. I'll have to go back and see if they have anymore, I think that they are so fun and a little vintage so it reminds parents of their favorite blankies. I was making this to sell it but now my husband wants to keep it.

That's our Baby, #2

I really like these quilt panels for babies. This is another one that my mom gave to me long ago. I had this one finished for a while before I even got married so it was fun to use it when my children where born.

Here is a close up of the empty space I needed to fill, mom had the idea to copy a design that is in the quilt and then just draw it on with ink that comes off when it gets wet.