Quilters Show and Tell

Raggy Quilt

Submitted by alwaysquilts.

This is a flannel rag quilt. Instead of sewing the pieces with right sides together, I overlapped the pieces in order to have the fringe on both sides.

 

Pastel Pleasures 2

Submitted by Marsha in WA.

This may look like my first quilt 'Pastel Pleasures' but it's not.

The first quilt was made with the intention of going to a shelter in Florida. I'm part of the efforts of the 'Quilters for Comfort' group from Artistic Thread Works. Since it was my first quilt ever, I decided to keep it and make another one for the shelter.

This is very similar, but not exact. Actually, I like this one better, practicing some free motion quilting on the 'word' blocks. Those embroidery designs came from www.windstarembroidery.com.

The colors are a little different and I prefer this one, but it's not my first, so I'll keep the other one. There are embroidered roses, design coming from www.nitasplace.com. Again, I've used the Quilt As You Go method which I learned from Beth who is part of the 'Quilters for Comfort' group.

 

NICU Quilt - Redwork Ponies

Submitted by luvmycollies.

This is another Quilted Isolette Cover I made for the NICU at Hurley Hospital in Flint, MI. This one is a Quilt as You Go.

I'll be delivering 24 more quilted isolette covers this month thanks to a group of fine ladies at Artistic Threadworks called Quilters for Comfort. Thanks to them I'm learning/attempting how to quilt :)

This one is called Redwork Ponies.

The embroidery designs came from http://www.kempembroidery.co.za/ & www.artisticthreadworks.com

Pastel Pleasures

Submitted by Marsha in WA.

This is the first quilt I've ever made, using part of the Quilt As You Go method. I've combined machine embroidery with patchwork blocks. It's titled Pastel Pleasures.

 

Race Car Quilt

Submitted by luvmycollies.

This quilt is my very first one. I made it for my Nephews new baby :) I made it in memory of his dad who use to race stock cars at our local track and had passed away, and also of his mother who had knitted my daughter a beautiful blanket 17 years ago - it's much cherished today as she has passed on also.

 

NICU Quilt

Submitted by luvmycollies.

I made this quilt to cover a NICU Isolette for our local hospital - my very first one like this. I had a hard time with the border but am anxious to try again :) The embroidery designs are called Heavenly Dog.

 

Record Quilt

Submitted by Bizarre Quilter.

You can see more of Bizarre Quilter's work on her blog.

My brother-in-law loves his records. Listening to music means the world to him. His hobby is turning records into cd's on his computer. He removes the hiss and pop, applying filters while wearing headphones. He has a large collection of records - probably over 500. Every time he goes into the city for a day out he goes to 2nd hand record shops and buys more records to turn into cds. There are certain artists and albums that he listens to all the time. For his 50th birthday I decided to incorporate his favourite music into a quilt.

My DH secretly took photos of some record covers and record centres (with the circular label). Some of the photos needed correction on Photoshop as the covers showed a lot of love, as well as wear and tear. Then, my DH resized the pictures so they printed out the right size. I made the records slightly smaller than their actual size of 12 inches so they would fit nicely into a 12 inch block. The records were machine appliqued, as were the record centres. I stippled around each record and also stitched along the ditch. As you can see he was thrilled when he opened his present and held it up for all to see at his 50th party a couple of years ago.

 

Sandra's Quilt for her Mum

Submitted by Sandra McLay of Foothills Fabric and Threads.

Sandra is a co-owner of a quilt shop - read about the shop on their blog.

This is a quilt that I made for my Mum.

It is called Strawberry Laurel and was made in a class with Alison Niclair at Sandlyn House.

I  made if for my mum's 80th Birthday which was in 2003. 

It is machine applique blocks, foundations pieced sashing, quilt as you go with hand quilted wreaths.

I didn't do the full size quilt, I omitted the borders.  It sits on top of my mums double bed and she loves it.