QuiltsBy.me

Tales from the road and journeys with my Dad

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Table Runner of Flower Baskets and Butterflies

When I first started with our church group, I didn't sew back then by the way . Anyway people donated things from their stash closets. This was something no one wanted . It was just a printed pattern in brown lines of flower baskets and butterflies. I recall helping my Mom make pillow cases using paints for the printed designs. So took this and it has been in my closet for years. My granddaughter about 5 years ago colored one basket with pens. I finished the others using Crayon crayons and then put paper towels on the top and iron the color into the fabric. I didn't know what to make with this stuff and decided a table runner would work. Found some pretty material for the back so reversible. I really like it now.

By caf7carq

6 LIKES | 922 VIEWS

King Size Postcard From Sweden - Custom Quilt

This Postcard From Sweden is a king size with two pillow shams, made as a custom order through my Etsy shop: http://bit.ly/BusyHandsQuiltsonEtsy The HSTs were enlarged to 6" from the size in the original pattern, and rows and columns were added. Quilting is a custom hourglass design. You can find the free pattern here: http://go-2.it/PostcardFromSweden

By BusyHandsQuilts

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Making Music

My best friend has taught piano for years and now just plays for her local church. This was a birthday gift for her.

By SandyIL

15 LIKES | 772 VIEWS

In My Grandnother's Day

When I saw this panel, I immediately thought of my grandmother. She 'came of age' during this era. It's also representative of a period in Women's History I'm particularly drawn to. The sepia tones made it a fun challenge to work with.

By CinMary

5 LIKES | 911 VIEWS

The T-Shirt Graduate Surprise

I loved making this t-shirt quilt as a surprise HS graduation gift. What is so special might people ask? I went to the same school K thru 12 plus my dad was a Teacher, Principal, and finally President of this same school. My husband and I met there and our children graduated from this school. My husband is now an administrator of BBS. Today an alumnus serves as President. Wow, a past President's daughter quilted a gift for today's President's daughter of BBS. How cool is that!

By Jkdp101

4 LIKES | 890 VIEWS

Puny Cat Quilt

I saw a tutorial from Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Co. and knew it was the perfect pattern for the UofA fabric I bought to make my daughter a quilt. I call it Puny Cat Quilt because UofA's mascot is a wild cat. Everyone who has seen my quilt loved it. My daughter's room mates want me to make them quilts also.

By QueenBlushie

12 LIKES | 1229 VIEWS

Nebraska Youth Camp 2017

This years camp t-shirt quilt.

By kderr

5 LIKES | 814 VIEWS

T Shirt Memory Quilt

This quilt is for a friend's Dad. He had moved from Arkansas to Alaska, and his children wanted him to have a nice warm quilt from his shirts from softball tournaments. It was a bit scary when I realized that these shirts were all from the mid 1990's! She called me long distance from Alaska to tell me that he was so overwhelmed when he opened the package that he began to cry. It's a very simple quilt, as they requested, but still challenging due to the different weights and age of the shirts.

By Michelle4332

3 LIKES | 872 VIEWS

Bear Paws Quilt

This Bear Paw quilt was pieced by me with gradiated fabrics which created beautiful variations of the paws. It was quilted by Julia Quiltoff, who did an awesome job!

By SharynJ

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Storyteller - designed by Denice Lipscomb

Two dear friends, taught me to quilt just a few years ago and they have been VERY patient with my OCD (orientation of items must be correct). So, I decided to do this BOM from Keepsake Quilting as a surprise - 1) to see if I could do it - like a test and 2) as an honor to them for their guidance and patience.

By AbbieMolly

7 LIKES | 857 VIEWS

Friendship Quilt

We go to a local restaurant for dinner every week. It's a family owned and run business and the servers are all friends, some have been friends since Kindergarten. One of the young ladies was leaving her home town in South Carolina and moving to Alaska where her fiancée was stationed. Because she was missing her friends so much, I gave them all 5x5 white squares with freezer paper backing and quilting pens and they wrote notes to her that I combined with a few charm packs and made her a quilt. It was the largest quilt that I had made and I wasn't sure if it would come out right but she loved it. Now she'll always have notes from her friends wrapped around her on cold Alaska nights.

By Tricia

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2016 Row by Row

I learned about the summer Row by Row quilt shop hop this past summer and I was hooked! It was great fun to see how the different shops combined their own geographical ideas along with the theme Home Sweet Home.

By WinnieH

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My First Real Quilt

I made my first real quilt after I took a quilting class a few years ago. I had made 2 quilts prior to this, but I made those with just a ruler/tape measure and scissors; old school technology! They turned out OK and I learned a lot along the way, but I was overjoyed to learn about rotary cutters, cutting mats and quilting rulers. What a timesaver these items are. Our class taught us simple blocks and how to do English Paper piecing. I incorporated those techniques into my first real quilt that I made for my son. I used vintage inspired fabrics using a cowboy-pajama theme and made blocks of paper pieced hearts (that turned into a 4 leaf clover for good luck) and paper pieced a 3D likeness of our dog Kirby, among other things he liked. I think it turned out well and motivated me to keep on quilting and sewing. I haven't looked back since.

By RosiePosie

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Fire Department Memories

A quilt for one of my grandson-in-laws. He asked one day if I knew someone that made t-shirt quilts and my response for for who? When he said it was for him of course I was ready to tackle my first t-shirt quilt. Love the result even though it grew to be quite large. The Illusions block is one of my favorite MSQC tutorials and it is really effective with the t-shirts. The flame fabric worked out well for framing the blocks and the woodgrain was something from my stash as was the plaid for the backing. Some of the shirts had the large display while others just had the chest patch and the department on the back. To balance the blocks I appliqued the chest patches to the backs of the shirts. The final block is the extra chest patches and a couple of things I printed on fabric and appliqued. The sewing including all the quilting was done on my Brother NX2000 so yes you can quilt a large quilt at home. The open space in the t-shirts took some thought and I am pleased with the free-motion flames. Still a lot to learn but I am loving each new challenge. Keep quilting and keep sharing.

By MyFabricStash

10 LIKES | 852 VIEWS

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