My Quilt Parade

Drum Roll Please …. 200th Quilt Project and a decade of quilting!  TA-DA!! “In the Line of Duty” The pattern for this quilt is from McCall's Quilting Quick Quilts and is named “In the Line of Duty” (c2001).  This patriotic quilt was designed to honor police officers who were injured or killed in the line of duty.  Eight of the red blocks are arranged horizontally to represent the slain officers, and blue vertical strips signify the “thin blue line” of law officers who protect us all. I finished this quilt on December 31, 2009 – my 200th quilt project – and made it for DS#2 who graduated from high school in June 2009 and hopes to make law enforcement his career. December 2009 Patches of Life And so ends 10 years of quilting (1999-2009) and 200 quilt projects, from table runners and wall hangings all the way up to lap/twin size quilt tops and quilts.  And only 9 quilts for 2009!  You’d think now that I’m retired I’d have more time to qui...

“ California Crossroads” The pattern and fabric for this quilt were originally purchased in 2001 during the Southern California Quilters’ Run. DD saw the original sample quilt in the LQS in Burbank and immediately fell in love with it—the border fabric features tigers! But life has a funny way of throwing curve balls and the making of the quilt was delayed. During my visit with DD in December 2008, she said the only thing she wanted for her January birthday was this quilt. Well, I’m ashamed to admit that I did not get the quilt done for her January birthday. But a year later, in December 2009, I did finally finish it as her Christmas gift … more than 8 years after originally buying the pattern and fabric! The pattern is from the “California Cruisin’ Southern California Quilter’s Run” (2001) book by Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs. December 2009

I made this cute pinwheel baby quilt from a pattern I found on the Moda Bake Shop blog. The pinwheels are made with 1930s reproduction prints, and the background is white with pink polka dots. The inner border is outlined with prairie points. I quilted it with an all-over medium stipple design. This was such an easy and fun quilt to make! I made this one for my Cousin Gloria’s son and wife, Andrew and Elizabeth, who were expecting their second baby in February 2010 … a girl. December 2009

Unfinished Quilt Top 60 x 60 ~ Sold on Etsy for $60 I made this unfinished quilt top from 5-inch square cotton scraps from a pattern in the Nickel Quilts book by Pat Speth.  Many of the fabrics are from a 2000 Millennium swap, and the border fabric has an overall “2000” print. This is a lap-size quilt with 16 Millennium Star blocks and a 4 x 4 setting.  October 2009

Unfinished Quilt Top 34 x 68 ~ Sold on eBay for $40 I made this unfinished quilt top from 5-inch square cotton scraps from a pattern in the More Nickel Quilts book by Pat Speth.  It consists of 18 King’s Crown blocks, 9-inch each; and uses a diagonal block setting of 3 x 4.  Made in 2009 and sold on eBay in 2010. October 2009

Unfinished Quilt Top 66 x 66 ~ sold on eBay for $53.00 I made this unfinished quilt top from 5-inch square cotton scraps from a pattern in the Nickel Quilts book by Pat Speth.  The blocks are easy to assemble using Pat’s “Sew and Flip” technique to add the smaller corner triangles that create the star pattern.  This is a lap/twin size with 16 blocks and a 4 x 4 setting; and uses 6-1/2 yards of fabric.  Made in 2009 and sold on eBay in 2010. August 2009