My Quilt Parade

Finished Size: 82" x 103"  This quilt has been a long time in the making.   I started the top in September 2009 and worked  on it off-and-on, until I finished it in July 2010.  It took another 11 years to finally get the quilt finished! I made my first bouillabaisse quilt in 2003 when I took a class at my local quilt shop.  This is my second bouillabaisse quilt, and the pattern is by Pie In The Sky Quilts .   I had so many issues with it that by the last few blocks, I couldn't care less if anything matched.  I was just glad to get the top pieced.  But now that it's finally quilted, I don't see any "issues" and I love it! This quilt has twenty blocks, each measuring 20-1/2 inches. The border is 6-1/2 inches wide. I quilted it with an all-over design of meandering loops, which was fun and easy. The pieced backing is made from 100% cotton bed sheets, and the batting is Warm & Natural. It is part of my personal collection. DECEMBER 2021

Finished Size: 72" x 90"   I started this quilt in July when I decided to do the S tash Buster Challenge  by  Border Creek Station .   The challenge is to make at least one block a week and by the end of the year you'll have enough blocks to make a quilt.  Anyone who finishes at least 52 blocks will have their name entered in a drawing for " an amazing gift".   My original plan was to make 56 blocks with a simple 7x8 setting, but I was inspired to add a ribbon inner border by   a  quilt  I saw online .  After I started to work on the twisted ribbon border, I realized I would need more Dandy Star blocks and made 11 more, for a total of 67 blocks.     Each Dandy Star block is 9 inches and, except for the backing, the entire top was made from scraps and yardage in my stash.   This is the second top I quilted on my Moxie and did a free-hand overall flower motif.  No prior practice so it's not perfect, but it's all ok...

  Finished Size: 86" square I  finally  finished my Y2K quilt that I started back in September.   I used 3" squares that I swapped in 2000 to make the 50 Wedding Rings blocks.  This is the fourth  quilt I've made with charm squares I swapped for the millennium. I enjoyed looking at the different fabric choices from 20 years ago and reading the short biographies that were included with the signature squares.  I received charms from quilters in Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Oregon, California, Maine, Maryland, Wisconsin, New York, Texas, Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Illinois.  I also received a few from international swappers in Canada, Hong Kong, and Cuba. I used 49 blocks for the front in a 7x7 setting and used the 50th block in the backing. I pieced the backing with fabric that is printed with the year 2000 and Y2K that I've had for as long as I've had these squares.  I finally can put it to good use! This is ...

Finished Size:  92" square This is Bonnie Hunter's Grassy Creek Mystery quilt which she released in November 2020.  This is Bonnie's 18th mystery quilt and my second Quiltville mystery quilt.   I worked on the top sporadically so it took me a year to complete.  I was determined to finish this quilt before Bonnie released the first clue of her new 2021 mystery quilt which is always the day after Thanksgiving.   I never would have thought this color gray combo would work but I love it.  I'm not one with enough vision to come up with my own color scheme but I trust Bonnie's color sense and always stick with her colors. The backing is a new sheet printed with green and gray leaves which I thought was perfect for this quilt.  I used a gray binding which I sewed on by machine.  I used Warm and Natural batting and quilted it with a simple scroll edge-to-edge pantograph. November 2021

Finished Size: 89" x 92" This quilt was 13 years in the making - my second oldest UFO.  In 2008, DD was living in Texas when she made this quilt top.  When I visited her in 2009, she asked me to quilt it for her since it was so big and I had a quilting frame. I gladly agreed and brought it back to California with me.  I am happy to say that I FINALLY finished quilting and binding my daughter's Batik Star quilt. I put it aside as I dealt with other priorities.  But as the years flew by, the thought of finishing this quilt kept nagging at me.  It wasn't until 2013 that I ordered the black batting with the sincere intention of getting this quilt finished.  Well, the years kept flying by and before I knew it, we were celebrating the new year of 2021. I used Quilters Dream Poly batting and did an overall design with a light blue color thread.  It took me 6 days to quilt it and then 2 days to bind it. My daughter loves horses and now lives in Kentucky where ...

Finished Size: 42" x 57" I was asked to make this Quilt of Valor by my dear friend Cindy. Her husband is a Vietnam War veteran, and I know she treasures and appreciates the quilts I give her, so I was very happy to oblige. I quilted it with an allover E2E star quilting design from Urban Elementz.  This is my first panel quilt and I was worried the quilting design would detract from the beautiful eagle print.  I used a light blue thread and am happy to see that it blends in beautifully. I used a patriotic print for the backing and also added a sleeve for use as a wall hanging. He was very happy to receive it and said he will always treasure it.  September 2021

  Finished Size:  39" x 49" This Dr. Seuss Warm Wishes quilt is the second charity quilt from a stack of tops I made in February. I used an E2E quilt design called Picket that reminds me of spacemen. The backing is a colorful crayon print and the binding is a red with white polka dot print. September 2021 Donated June 2022