QuiltsBy.me

I made my first quilt and showed my mom who was 91. She was so proud of my accomplishment and had me show it to some of the other residents in her nursing home. One of the ladies asked me if I was going to make one for her. Then I thought, why not. I had a lot of purple fabric from my quilt, and since she loved the colours so much, I made her a small lap quilt for her 92nd birthday, which I gave her today.

By SuzanneOrleans

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My Puple Passion Sampler Quilt

I took my first quilting class in April. We were to do Elizabeth's sampler with a few blocked swapped out. It was to be 9 12" blocks and 4 6.5" blocks with border, dashing. I picked my fabrics and started the first class and decided that I would probably not use such a small quilt anywhere, so I decided to expand it. Without a plan, I started making more of the blocks I liked, but then realized I wanted some kind of order and symmetry. So I pulled out the squared paper, and made a mock up plan with measurements. It ended up being 49 12" blocks (7 rows x 7 rows) with a border. Pretty ambitious for a first quilt. So between classes, I sewed like a mad woman, but that was ok since the weather was too wet or humid to do anything outdoors. I finished the top by my last class on June 3rd. I found the backing on a road trip and had it quilted by a local LAQ. I love it. I am almost finished hand sewing the binding and it should be ready for cooler fall-winter months. I also plan to make two truponto style pillow shams. This is the top only without border. I will post other finished pictures soon.

By SuzanneOrleans

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Easy Peasy Kid Flannel Throw

This pattern is a modification from a quick pattern my local quilt shop had. It's a fun easy flannel project for kids to snuggle under.

By FlyCreekQuilter

3 LIKES | 694 VIEWS

Lunch for Sophia

I just got a new embroidery machine and am having fun playing with it -- so I made this insulated lunch bag for one of my granddaughters who loves cats and the color blue

By DorothyB

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Zipper Pouch

After watching Jenny's tutorial...had to try these....now I'm hooked and am making a bunch for Christmas gifts for my girlfriends.

By TerriJ0628

15 LIKES | 1412 VIEWS

Hex Table Topper

This little table topper was one of four I donated to a fund raising event for the local VFW. They are raising funds for a new veteran memorial for out county courthouse lawn. Trying to cover seasons and some holidays the pieces were all reversible and each one brought $50 at auction. This little hex table topper is 1930's print for spring and patriotic on the reverse.

By MyFabricStash

7 LIKES | 796 VIEWS

Hungry Catepillar Baby QUilt

Sarah L. is having a baby girl. Making a quick Fat Quarter shuffle out of some fat quarters and focus fabric the Hungry Hungry Catepillar. Roxann is going to sen me the measurements for cutting; or I could guess from my photos of the previous one I made, back in 2008. Very easy pattern. Stack the FQs, cut, shuffle, sew and rotate; add border and done! I cut the fat quarters the wrong way, and had to buy more. Decided to use bothe ways of cutting for the striped material, to give it more interest. Sewed the top in a day, Oct. 5, 2014. Quilted Jan 18, 2015. Made big spirals in half the blocks and radiator coils, alternating horizontal and vertical in the rest of the blocks. Baby Annabelle was born two days ago. ETA: Might help if I could spell "caterpillar"

By dzirin

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Just something I tossed together......

I wanted to accomplish three things with this little project. First – in keeping with my vow to myself that I wouldn’t purchase any fabric until I had made a SUBSTANTIAL dent in my stash, I used this sewing theme fabric that I had on hand. It worked out I only had enough to do this little wall hanging – but I found I could also use it as a ‘dust cover’ for my machine. Second – this was practice on getting my points all lined up properly – and I was rather successful with that! And last – it was also another great way to get more practice with binding!

By Happy2BQuilting

4 LIKES | 665 VIEWS

Tiddlywinks

Tiddlywinks pattern by Roxanne Carter. Fabric is the last of the fat quarters from the Look and Learn by American Jane collection for Moda.

By plquilter66

11 LIKES | 1888 VIEWS

Table Toppers

I made one of the MSQC's table toppers for my sister-in-law and was so excited that it went together so easily, that I made several more for Christmas.

By amolsen

3 LIKES | 1030 VIEWS

Bunnies at Play Baby Blanket

The Engleson's (friends of ours) were having number 4 baby and it was a boy. I had made 3 others for all the kids, Faith, Gabriel and Eli and Jonathan was coming soon. So I put my thinking hat on and came up with bunnies playing around. I used white minkie for the bunnies and used color pastels for borders and sashing. It was a hit! And yes Jonathan came into this world on the day before easter.

By rfbrazell