Catching up on life ...

December 2016
I always do a January list of projects and am woefully behind on finishes.
Did son#2 tee shirt quilt, but didn't get a picture.
For my son#3 in October,

 

For Frieda Acheson at a retirement home Summer 2016,














And for K.T. summer of 2015,

This quilt is for my parent's 50th wedding anniversary that happened last November. At the last family reunion, I got everyone to put a handprint on a piece of white Kona with fabric paint.  Kids, grandkids and spouses.  The pictures are from each of the family reunions that have been held during the last 16 years.  I had it professionally quilted and am thrilled with the results ... and the picture is from her blog Charismascorner.com.  It is bound and has been presented.  Mom was happy with it and is trying to figure out where to hang ... it may be too big.  It is almost a twin size.  I have got to get more finishes.  The move really knocked me on my butt for finishing things.  I can't find pieces of projects, or costumes etc.  Though I did find the tree template for my cookie press that had been missing for the 13 years I lived in St. Louis.

A little binding practice ...

Been pretty busy lately with Christmas, Son#1 wedding, and work.  I have been making a few potholders to practice my binding as I am planning some quilts for gifts and want to get better at the mitered corners.  This way I can try different techniques on a small piece before I decide what to do on the bigger quilt.  The rose graphic came from the first quilt I did ... an embroidered whole cloth.  Scanned it in off the quilt, blew it up in the computer and used for a pattern.

Memory Quilt

This was a clothing based quilt done for a friend whose son died while cliff-fishing in Hawaii.  She intended to give it to her grandson, so he would have something to remember his dad by.  Chuck was a big St. Louis Cardinals fan, Blues and Rams fan so those kind of things were included from jackets or hoodies.  The borders are from shorts or pants that he wore.  The backing was fleece which made it a very heavy quilt ... kind of like the sensory blankets they use with some of the special ed kids in school.  The fleece has a tendency to shift during quilting and I need to baste next time with thread not just safety pins.

 I used his initials



Traced a cardinal onto a plain square

Traced a "note" outline for the Blues logo.

And had some Cardinals fleece to go with the red on the backing.

Hunter Star

Quilt for commission ...

Summer Finish

Quilt made for a gal that moved right before I got it done.  We will see if she gives me an address so I can mail it too her.  Perhaps, I will just store it away for a someday grandbaby.

Mario & Luigi

Sent this one to a LongArm Quilter and Son#5 and I both love the results.