My Quilt Parade

I made this quilt from scraps that I’ve had around for years.  Individually, these squares are outdated and not very inspiring.  But put them together into a scrappy quilt, and they all somehow work beautifully together! The pattern for this quilt is “Autumn Stretched Star” from Pat Speth’s “Nickel Quilts” book, and I used an alternate X–O block arrangement.  The design is created with 5-inch squares from fall-theme fabric and 2-1/2” squares in a cream color. I t measures 57” square , and I quilted it with an overall stippling design.  This was an easy and fast pattern! June 2010

This is my second string quilt for the two string-quilt challenges I’m participating in.  I blogged about my first string quilt here . I thought the Memorial Day weekend was a good time to finish this one. I’ll be donating this quilt to the Quilts of Valor program. I started it in March and posted about it here .  It all began with a pile of strings in patriotic fabrics that I’ve had for years.  The quilt measures 52 x 65 inches. May 2010 UPDATED:  Sold on eBay in May 2011 for $45

Another Wrapped In Hope quilt … this is the third quilt I have donated to this wonderful program.  This quilt is for Christian from California, and he likes Spider-man and books. I already had the Spider-man material in my stash, which I’d purchased a couple years back.  I alternated the 6-inch squares with red, white & blue Hourglass blocks.  So simple, but what a great design!  Do you see the secondary design the blocks create … the white star? My friend Mary also made a Wrapped in Hope quilt.  Here we are in the parking lot of the community center right before our guild meeting.  Her quilt has butterflies and a pretty pink flannel backing.  Perfect for a sweet young lady! May 2010

  This is my second Touch of Comfort quilt for Quilts for Kids, which I named “Robot Fun”.  I blogged about my first QFK quilt here . Look at the really cute backing they sent for the quilt.  I think it’s adorable and should bring many smiles to one lucky recipient! This is the 2nd quilt I also sent.  The quilt top was made by my friend Mary … so half the work was already done and I was able to finish it up in no time at all. May 2010

I posted here about my first Wrapped In Hope quilt for Margaret's Hope Chest and their program to provide birthday quilts.  After finishing my first WIH quilt, I signed up to make quilts for 11-year-old twins – a boy and a girl. I made this quilt for the little boy Paul.  It measures 44” x 67”, and the main fabric has vintage hot rods, which I used for the 8” squares on the front.  I also used it for the backing and the binding. My friend Mary made the second quilt for the little girl.  She used a cute birthday fabric with bright cheerful colors for her quilt. May 2010

I started this quilt in February when I joined the Road to Spring quilt-along with Randi at her blog i have to say , and  FINALLY finished it in March. I just love these fabric collections from Maywood Studio and South Sea Imports designed by Robyn Pandolph.  The prints really do say SPRING! The quilt top was fast and easy , especially since I used my handy-dandy Shape Cut from June Tailor.  I machine-quilted it with an all-over swirly design and tacked down the binding by hand. The quilt measures 48 x 56 inches. I gave it to my friend Lori for her birthday in August. March 2010

I’m a fan of Pat Sloan's designs and just love her fabric!  And just because I needed another project to do (not!), I joined Camp Sloanie for the Winter StashBuster weekend event that started on Friday, February 5.  You had to sign up on her website to get the directions to complete the quilt. And, no, this fabric is not Pat Sloan’s. I didn’t finish it before the end of the weekend but finally finished it in March.  I machine-quilted it with an all-over swirly design and tacked down the binding by hand.  It measures 61 inches square. I had a few leftover blocks, and there’s no better way to use them than to include them in the backing.  And, a quilt is not really finished until it has its label. I am really bad about putting labels on my quilts.  My BQFFs are always getting on me for this!   So I made the label on my computer using instructions from The Crafty Gemini.  I then attached my label to the backing BEFORE I quilted the top...