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Another Grandnephew signature quilt
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Birthday Signature Quilt
23 May 2016 Leave a comment
My Grand Nephew turned 1 year old May 2015. On his second birthday, I presented this quilt to his parents. I decided to use rectangular fabric pieces signed by family and friends who came to the party in 2015 with fabric chosen by his mother. Here is the quilt. I love how the quilting on the back looks. The fabric is playful and perfect for a little boy who loves the out of doors.
Wedding Signature Quilt
23 May 2016 Leave a comment
On 12/13/14, my son and his wife were married in the Maronite Catholic Church. The chosen colors were purple and lavender. I surprised the happy couple by having the guests sign fabric rectangles which were incorporated into a quilt. The pieced quilt was presented at Christmas in 2015 and then given to them once the quilting was completed in May 2016. Here are some photos:
2016 T-Shirt Quilts
23 May 2016 Leave a comment
These two t-shirt quilts have just been completed:
Back of Motorcycle Quilt
Daisy Memory T-Shirt Quilt was for a mother whose daughter had died. These are the daughter’s t-shirts. Shown here are several views of the front and one view of the back which the mother wanted to be used as the front.
Cloth Sandwich Bags
09 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
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My niece has lots of projects for me to tackle. This time is was to make cloth sandwich and snack bags for her and her baby to use. I bought some muslin, looked around the internet for ideas and then came up with these designs. I decided that to keep the food fresh, I would use hook and loop tape to secure the contacts in each holder. The ones I made for her son’s snacks are smaller and do not have flaps.
Wild Bow Ties
09 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
I have always liked unusual bow ties. So when I saw a Babylock project for making bow ties I figured I would use my fabric stash to try this project and make bow ties for my husband, my son and other men in my family who might like to wear one of my bow tie creations. All of the ones pictured are made using cotton fabrics and iron on stabilizer. The pattern is by Stephanie Struckman and is very easy to assemble in about 1/2 hour. The challenge is turning the bow tie inside out after sewing it. Another challenge is tying the bow tie. Since they are made of cotton, they do not slide very easily through the small opening for the final step in finishing the tie. Even though I had measured my husband’s neck, the bow tie was too tight so I had to cut it and then sew some elastic to make it fit his neck. The others I made were sized up. My next goal is to design a bow tie that is adjustable and/or already tied for ease in wearing it. This is a photo of my husband wearing the first one I made:
I was so excited about how the first one it turned out that I could not wait to make a few more. Here are photos of two others I made.
Fabric Cube for My Niece’s Son, Max.
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
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This is a fabric cube made for my niece’s son’s birthday this month. The fabric was purchased at the Village Fabric Shop. It is an animal fabric with various panels. The leaves and acorns fabric used for the top and bottom was purchased to coordinate with panels. Two bags of fiber fill provided the stuffing.
The cube is soft and will provide some seating for Max in the tee pee in his room.
Another Sampler Quilt
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
This quilt is a Craftsy Block of the Month quilt that I have begun quilting. I finished quilting in one direction and had to take the quilt off the frame to quilt customer quilts and to turn the quilt for quilting the sashing.
When I finish the quilt, I will post photos of the completed quilt. Like you, I can’t wait to see how it turns out once it is completed.
King of the Wild Things
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
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My niece’s son Max is about to turn one year old. My niece wanted a banner for his party that reads”King of the Wild Things,” from the book by Maurice Sendak whose character is also named Max. I will post photos once the banner is hung at the party. In the meantime, here is a photo of it hanging on my design wall:
The jute fabric for the pennant has gold threads running through it. The pennants are backed with white fabric. The letters are in black fabric which was my niece’s preference. I am extremely happy with the results as is my niece. Happy Birthday, Max!
Recent Customer Projects
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
One of my customers makes t-shirt and sweat shirt quilts and then gives them to me to quilt. Over the last few months, I have had opportunity to work of three of these quilts, finishing the last two of them just this week. This one is a sweatshirt quilt with a popcorn overall design. East Carolina University, located in Greenville, NC, is part of the University System in North Carolina. Notice how the pockets of the sweatshirts are part of the quilt.
Here is the back of this quilt:
The second quilt is a t-shirt quilt with a variety of different designs of no particular theme. I used the hilbarc design for the overall quilting. It looks good on the quilt. In both cases, the quilting designs are large because the customer does not like the quilting to be dense. In this quilt, the pocket of one of the t-shirts was part of the quilt.
These types of memory quilts are perfect for the person who collects t-shirts and sweat shirts and does not know what to do with them once they have served their purpose. I made a t-shirt quilt using my son’s t-shirts from swimming and plan to do one using his t-shirts from tennis.
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