Another favorite

This quilt is one of my favorites due to the colors and pattern. And again, lovely models down front!! The back is blue fleece, so it is so cozy. And it can hold up to use, which is what I want for all my quilts!! THe fabics are a mix, a few from yard sales and a few from JoAnn's, but they come together to make a very interesting mix. One that can't be replicated because of where the fabrics came from. That is a cool thing when you make a one of a kind peice. I wish I could replicate it though, cause it came out so good. But I will just have to find some new cool fabrics and make a slightly different version.

Gram's quilts

Another of my buffalo robe quilts. Isn't the model a beauty? I made this one for my Grandma to curl up in on cold Pennsylvania nights while sitting in the den waching TV with her TV guide in hand. :) I loved the rich purples of the orchid print fleece fabric.

When I was making the foot pocket on this one, I inadvertently made it kind of small, both because my Grams has petite feet and because I only had a little fabric left. Well, it made the perfect little "pillow pocket". I folded up the blanket and folded it into the pocket and it made a pretty pillow. This is a great way to keep your couch from being covered with messy unfoled blankets. When you don't need it, it makes a great throw pillow to use. Then, in the middle of a good show when you are starting to feel a chill, there is no need to go to the blanket closet. You just unfold your pillow. This one really came out great and was the inspiration for some others I have done this way.

This quilt was one of my first...I made it as a Christmas gift for Grandma one year. On each square I used iron ons to write the names of all the family members on that side at the time. It made a mini family tree with Gram and Pap at the top. Sorry to Jeff, who was not in our lives at the time. I need to go back and add him in on Deb's square. But the great thing is, this can be done. I really liked these colors and the lattice look of the patterns.

Thanks to Gram for the pictures of these quilts !!

Beacon light

A new addition to my little quilt collection. This one will be a gift...to my soon to be former boss. The symbol for our company is a lighthouse, so I have tried to capture a lighthouse theme in the pattern. I have paired a star pattern (to symbolize the light) with a striped pattern to symbolize the body of the lighthouse. The back is a sort of nautical pattern that compliments the theme of the front. It took a long time to decide on the fabrics and pattern. I then planned it out on my graph paper so that I would know if it really captured the theme I was going for. I really like how it turned out. I am going to have it quilted, and hopefully it will be done in time to give it to my boss before my final day at work. But I wanted to show her how much she means to me and how much I care. I hope it shows in this gift.

Pinwheels for the quilt Diva

This is my newest quilt...done from fabric given to me by my mom (Thanks mom!) so this quilt is dedicated to her on this mother's day and will always be my Duke quilt, since making it helped me get through losing my own little "baby". But I really enjoyed this one. Did not take pictures of the stages, but I am not totally done yet. THere will be another edge around the outside and of course I have to chose the backing. But those pics will follow.

The fabrics are great. Really fun...Made for the "Quilt Diva!" But the colors are different than I usually choose, but that is what inspired the pinwheel design. I have never done pinwheels and really not much with triangles, and I really enjoyed it. It gives a lot more motion to the quilt. Block quilts feel a bit more static.

So now I have to decide on the back. Not sure if I want the back to have pattern or be simple to offset the front. I feel like this quilt leaves a lot of options for something different.

THanks so much mom!! Love you soo much!

The final product!

These are the pictures of my finished quilt. What a journey it has been! I had the quilt finished at the Quilting frame, our local quilting store. Sandra did an awesome job! It has such a professionally finished look. The quilting looks so good, and it was soo much easier this way. I can't wait for a cool night to wrap up in it.

Lap quilt

This is the lap quilt that I also made while snowed in. I was going to make a bag, but once I got started i changed my mind on it. Decided a small lap quilt was better. I really like the fabrics. It is just enough to lay on your lap when you are working on something or sitting on the couch or whatever.

art experiment

A painting I did when we got snowed in briefly on Saturday. What do you think? It is of our dog Renegade the Runaway. :) I had a lot of fun doing it, even if it isn't very good. Just wanted to try, you know?