Serenity

This is a favorite one of mine and it also carries a very special meaning.

One day I was sitting down and thinking about my aunt who had been sick lately and she had been in and out of the hospital.  So, I came up with the idea to make all four (4) of my aunts a personalized quilt.  This quilt has a panel in the center which is the Lord's Prayer and stars that make up one of the borders.  My aunt lives in TN and at the time, I was living in GA so I made the drive to TN to hand deliver all of the quilts.  When my aunt received this quilt, she was pleased and excited.  My heart was full and I was happy that I had done something special for them because they had always been there for me.

Unfortunately, about two months later, my aunt suddenly passed away.  The quilt was passed to her son, my first cousin.  But he later got a divorce and left the quilt with his ex.  The quilt is now lost and I have no idea if the ex still has it or not (probably not!) I would love to get it back because it carries a deep and special meaning for me. I am just happy that she got to enjoy it for a short time and that she felt the love of every stitch.

Strip Tease

Okay, you all already know that I love to scrap quilt.  So, here is another one from days gone by.  This is a strip quilt.  The strips are foundation pieced onto a muslin square.  It has no batting because it was meant to be a summer quilt.  The blocks are 10 inch squares.  Instead of doing a traditional binding, I cut the backing larger and folded it to the front and sewed it down.

The Wild One

Yes! The Wild One.  This is a totally scrappy quilt.  I had some left over animal prints from two different quilts and a tub full of scraps.  So, I decided to alternate the scrappy blocks with the animal prints.  I made little pin wheels and square in a square blocks.  This is probably one of my favorites.  I love to piece the blocks without a pattern.  I just improvise the arrangement and cut them down to size.  A great way to use up your scraps.

Scrappy Court House

This is a scrappy court house steps quilt.  The blocks are 12 inches finished.  The center is a 5 inch charm and the strips are about 1.5 inches.  The fabric came from my scrap basket because it was getting too big and I needed to make a dent in it.  The back is pieced from the left over scraps from the front of this quilt.

The quilting was done on a home sewing machine.  I used a walking foot.  I started from the center of the quilt and quilted a spiraling square until I reached the outside of the quilt.  The lines are quilted at 1 inch apart.

Hexie

This is my hexagon quilt....purple and pink.  I made this for my sister.  I haven't quilted it yet, but you can get the gist of it.

Slice & Dice

This quilt starts off with a simple 9 patch block and each square inside the block is 5 inches.  This quilt was made with about 20 charm packs.  I sliced and diced the 9 patch block twice.  The first slice was 1 3/4 inches from the center on both sides of the middle line.  Sew those back together.  Then slice again at 2 inches from the center line and sew those back together.  I separated the charms into lights and darks and alternated the blocks within the quilt.  This quilt is made out of flannel and should be quite warm.

In the Mix

This quilt is called "In the mix".  The reason I named it this is because all of these blocks were orphan blocks.  They were made up just because or left over from other quilts.  They have absolutely nothing to do with each other, however, I think they go together nicely with the sashing and border.  I think this is a great way to use up scraps and old blocks that you would never put in a quilt.  Try it!  I guarantee that you will be pleased with the results.  I am!