Blue Butterfly Baby Quilt Donated to the Mikey Mobile project.

This is the Baby quilt that I donated to the Mikey Mobile project.  A fundraiser for my neice's son who needs a handicapped accessible van.  My sister Teresa appliqued the butterfly blocks and I put it together.  She gave me the blocks and said, "Do whatever you want with them."  I love when people make things for my that spur my creativity.

The back and border are a lovely blue with lavender and butterflies on them. 

Detail of the butterfly block.

This is the wiggly square pattern I quilted in these blocks.  I did a diagonal line pattern in the smaller blocks.

I free-handed a swirling wind pattern along the outer border.  I really enjoyed putting this quilt together.

Price Example

This is a queen size quilt that I quilted for my sister on my longarm machine.  I wish this photo was a close-up but I wanted to show the entire quilt!

Here is a picture of the back.  It shows the quilting in better detail.  I quilted in the ditch around the triangle blocks that make up the flower portion of the basket.  I used parallel lines to give the basket detail.  In the bottom triangle, I freehanded a dragonfly with heart-shaped wings.  In the side blocks I freehanded two daisies joined with a swirl.  For the inside border I quilted a diamond shaped crosshatch.  The block pattern is repeated throughout.

 

This is a detail of the borders.  You can see the diamond shaped crosshatching on the floral and blue borders.  I alternated freehand daisies and dragonflies connected with swirls.

 

Price example for this quilt:

 

Example:  108”x92” = 9936 sq. inch

Stitch in the ditch, block inserts, crosshatching

@ $0.03/sq. inch = $298.08

Plus separate border @ $5.00 = $303.08

Plus machine binding @ $0.20/ linear inch

400 linear inches = $80.00

Total = $383.08

I have a detailed price list that I will post in the next couple days. 

Thanks for checking my site out!

Dinosaur Quilt

 

 

 

Hello again!

 

This is a dinosaur quilt that I made for my oldest son.  He loved dinosaurs when he was little.  I took these patterns from some of his coloring books.  I appliqued some of the blocks and embroidered others.

 

I really loved the fabric that I used on this stegosaurus. :)

Dinosaur Quilt Continued

This block is my favorite!  I loved the way that the embroidery worked up.



 

Flower Fairy Quilt

 

This is a quilt that I made for a cousin's little girl.  I found these lovely Michael Miller Flower Fairy fabric panels and when I showed them to her she loved them!

 

 

 



I used a pink fabric for the border and a pink fabric with white flowers on it for the backing.  The pink really made the veriegated thread that I used pop.

When I put the quilt on my frame.  I decided to try a free-handed pansy and swirl pattern that was similar to one I watched on my Handi Quilter dvd.  I used a variegated thread and just went with it.

 

 

 

 

I love the way that the quilting on this one turned out! 

This is a close-up of one of my favorite fairies on the quilt.  It also shows more of the pansies swirling around the blocks.

 

I am pretty proud of this quilt.  I want to try another one for fall with another set of fairies that I have.

 

Hope you enjoy!

This quilt is one that I stitched during my pregnancy with Charles.  It took quite a while to finish the top.  I love the way that it turned out.  The back is blue polka dot and I bound it with a lace trim.  It is one that I am proud of.  Finished in 1996.  Lovingly wrapped around my son, who is now old enough to drive!  Boy how time flies!

Let's Start at the Very Beginning

This is my first quilt.  I made it 22 years ago when I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, Katie.  I loved the little patchwork animals on this piece of fabric and paired it with a mint green flannel for the backing.  I used a coordinating blue dotted fabric for the border.  My sister Teresa and I put it up in the living room of our home and worked on it together.  We quilted around the animals.  It is a special quilt to me.  I remember her tiny quilting stitches....and how meticulous she was.  She still is, and I will post pictures of her beautiful quilts here too from time to time.  I thought this would be a fun first post.  I remember trying to bend over my pregnant belly to reach as far as I could before rolling the frames, thinking about my baby and what she would look like. She was a precious baby and has grown to be one of my best friends!  I hope this is the start of a fun blog that showcases some of the quilts I have made and future projects too!