Charity Quilt 2

This is a what I call a utility quilt or a charity quilt.  This quilt was made from donated fabrics.  The fabrics were polyester (orange), poly/cotton (black), and knits (blue/white).  It was a bit of a challenge working with something other than 100% cotton, but once I committed to it, I had to make it happen.  It just proves that you can work with other fabrics and still make a beautiful quilt.  This quilt was donated to an elderly neighbor friend.

Sampler 2012

This is a lap sized sampler.  This is a smaller version of the original sampler which has 20 blocks.  Since this quilt was for a little girl, I decided to use only 12 of them.  This pattern originally came about from an online class I took at www.craftsy.com in 2012 and it was FREE!!  There is also a great class by Leah Day that shows you how to quilt this sampler but that will cost ya'...not much though.  This is my version and my little cuz loved it!  I gave it to her on yesterday for her birthday.

Blue Jean Quilt

This is a blue jean lap sized quilt.  I bought about 15 pairs of blue jeans from the Salvation army.  On Wednesday's you get them at half price so I paid about $2.00 for a pair.  I washed them and cut them up into 4inch x 8 inch blocks.  I staggered them like bricks to prevent sewing through four bulky seams and this really worked out great for me.  I then quilted it in straight lines going in one direction with three different color types of thread about one inch apart. I did use a cotton batting but it still quilted well and has the right amount of weight.  It is also very warm.  I love it.

Bargello

This is my bargello quilt top.  I have not quilted it yet.  I really love the color pallet and I tried to be really accurate with the piecing.  It is a big quilt.  It will fit a king size bed approximately 90X100. I used the strip piecing technique by creating all of these strip sets and sewing them together.  It was a long process but well worth it.

I delivered this quilt to my baby sister on Thanksgiving 2015.  She loved it!

Prince

This is my first attempt at an art quilt.  I traced the picture and free motion quilted all the lines and chest/head hair.  I then colored it with colored pencils and sealed it with a textile medium and then added a border.  I had fun and will probably try this technique again.