cute projects

I found some really cute fabrics and have them set aside for a quilt one day.  Future projects ....  We all have them!  The first one is a safari panel that I saw and some coordinating fabrics.  Perfect for a baby / kid gift.

 I found this cowboy fabric at a quilt store over a year ago.  I am thinking of using it for the border, so you don't lose the scene.  Or maybe fussy cut blocks.

 College pillow cases.  Once I looked up the how to, it was easy and I finished it.  Part of a graduation gift. 

Civil War Quilt Exhibit

Yorkville Public Library (Illinois) had an exhibit of Civil War quilts.  Always full of scrap quilts.  Here are some pictures...

The quilting makes this simple 9-patch special. 

 

I've always liked this block.  But this is a small quilt!  Lots of little HST's.

Look at all these little 8-pointed stars!  One wall had a display of small quilts.  

 I believe the block above is a signature block. 

 These were sample sewing kits made for and used by the solders.  Pretty niffty!  Simple to make.

 A slave mailed himself to the northern states to escape slavery.  He survived in this size box!

Happy Birthday

Where do the years go?  It seems like I just had my 30th birthday!  I had a wonderful day and scrumptious dinner with DH.  Looks like it will be an extended celebration --  I have received several free birthday dinners to area restaurants and I wouldn't want to be ungrateful!
 

Butterfly quilt

Penny B. made this quilt out of her father's old shirts.  After making the background, she fused the butterflies on top and finished with a satin stitch.  It will be a nice memory quilt for their family.

Penny wanted very simply quilting.  All the squared are SID, the butterflies are SID with a meander inside and there are simple flowing lines between the butterflies across the quilt.  It turned out just like she imagined.    

Piecing It All Together

My friends Chris Moline and JoAnne Louis published a new quilting book titled Piecing It All Together.  It is about English Paper Piecing and includes 10 Projects.  The book is 68 pages, with lots of photographs, diagrams, easy to follow instructions and piecing pointers.  It can be purchased at  your local quilt shop (if they don't have it yet, ask for it) or at www.paperpieces.com.  Click on the title of this post and it will take you to the website.

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I quilted a couple of the quilts in the book including the one on the cover page, called Jessie's Gems.

Here are a couple close up shots of the quilting...

 I also quilted the one on the back page - it's called Spin Out.

These are some close up photos of Star Cluster... 

Congratulations to Chris and JoAnne on your first book!

Irish Chain

This is an Irish chain quilt pieced by Judy T.  I can never tell if it's a single, double or triple, but I think this on is a double chain.  I quilted it with a feather pattern.  

Block one

Block two

  

There a look at the back of the quilt.

The feathered quilting has a shamrock shape to it.