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My quilting and all-around friend passed in April. She left behind a huge stash. 13 sewing machines, 50+ UFOs, 200 kits and so much in tools and patterns. I was able to finish a bunch of her quilts and seeing each month as others are finishing up her projects. The sale was a huge traffic jam success. Thank you to all you quilters who support us in more ways than you can count.

Assorted browns and this pattern made for a fun quilt. I decided, even though it mean lots of thread breaks, to outline all the circles to really make the lug nuts pop.

Our quilting group invited for a day of quilt making for the Linus project. Quilts for kids.

I bought this kit at a shop in South Dakota last year. Easy, quick and a great porch quilt.

Another in the Mom’s projects queue. Not sure how old this one is, but boy are these not the shades of pinks and greens you can find today. It was an embroidery project. Each of the larger spaces were supposed to have fancy machine embroideries. Bag that! I had heard of a way of transferring patterns using petticoat netting. I did put it in a cardboard frame as I was afraid the netting would shift and stretch. (I was right, the frame really helped. I designed a feather “swirl” and did ruler and point to point quilting in the other blocks. It really took on an Art Deco feel from which, after a search on Art Deco borders, I created the border pattern incorporating elements from the other quilting.

This is mainly constructed from the leftovers from other projects. I saw a quilt on the wall at a quilt store and thought, "Ah Ha!" I know what to do with all those white with black and the brights from a quilt for my Aunt. I did have to buy the yellow for the border, but all the rest came from leftovers or stash. Including the antique fabric from my Mom's Stash I used for the backing! One of those old border fabrics meant for a dress or skirt from the 70's. I did a medium meander through the body, shadowing all the bright squares to they would pop. Then I just played in the yellow border. Swirls, hooks, and feathers with an occasional heart thrown in.

This is a sort-a three yard quilt. It took a yard of ombre fabric, a yard of large floral print, and a little over a yard of white background. I had just enough ombre fabric left for the binding. It's a small lap size and I think it turned out ok. I like how the ombre fabric makes it look like I used alot of scraps when really it was only one yard!

My son is a huge Spiderman fan so he got this quilt for his birthday this year. I adapted the pattern called Sidelights to work with the Spiderman panel.

I made this for my mother. She loves Japanese style. Panel and lots of borders.

My stepdaughter can’t seem to go by a Starbucks without stopping in for some coffee. So, when I found this “coffee themed” fabric, I couldn’t resist. I purchased 2 panels, cut them apart to make a larger quilt, and added other coffee themed by-the-yard fabric, used black solid for the inner border, and a couple of additional fabrics to complete the top. I used all the leftovers for the backing. The longarmed quilter used a variegated thread and the machine quilting is a coffee cup with steam coming from the top. Hope she likes it!