Jean57 | Quiltsby.me

Another in the line of Quilts from my Mom. This one is a pretty recent BOM. We decided to bump it to a queen size for a wedding present. I did that by creating one more column of stars and block blocks. Took off the small colored column of blocks along the left size; put in the new column and then reattached the small blocks. Mom had always wanted to change the borders so it all worked really well to increase the size. The quilting in the blocks is spiral graph type designs to give more of a curving feel to the very geometric blocks. Then I did a meander throughout the cream with marine creatures in the 3.5 colored squares. It will make sense to the recipients.

By Jean57

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Hearts

My Aunt sent me this pattern. After raiding my friends red and buying the black and whites everywhere I went I got to work. After making the wall hanging I tackled the hearts. The pattern called for felt in the hearts. Since I didn't have a felt stash but did have a lot of red fabrics left I used them. In the evenings I would decorate hearts with beads, buttons and embroidery stitches. Tried not to go to the blanket stitch too much, but boy was it the easiest to fall back on. The pattern showed the stems and hearts in curves around the center heart. I just couldn't get that to look right. The heart garden came to mind because of a button project that we had done. That layout just felt right. Meander stitching in different sizes and echoing the hearts for the quilting finished this. My Aunt loves it. Here is a picture of the Hearts Garden project.

By Jean57

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Women of Courage

This is a BOM from 2011, or 2013, that my Mom was working on and then set aside. Recently she decided to get back to it. We were FaceTiming during this stay at home decree and I mentioned that I was very close to being between projects if she wanted to ship just the essentials to me for assembly and then quilting. It was in the mail the next day. I endeavored to use quilting motifs reminiscent of the period.

By Jean57

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Winding Ways

One of my boxes of collecting fabrics were some wonderful blues. But, I had no clue what to do with them. The Winding Ways pattern intrigued me; but I like to have a recipient in mind before embarking on a quilt. I seem to get them completed in a more timely manner. My Sister-In-Law was excitedly showing me her collection of Blue Danube dishes...blue and white! I looked around and egads! Her whole house was pretty much in blue and white! I peaked in her bedroom; queen sized! I contacted a niece for Sister-In-Law's children's phone numbers and I texted them. The agreed to pay the amount to finish the quilt and I set off. Man, this pattern really was difficult in that the curves had to be right to come out at the centers! Did the flip flop of the centers to get them as flat as possible. Using Google images I looked at a lot of these quilts quilting. A meander distorted the curves. So, I quilted a 1/4 inch from the seams (echoed) and highlighted all the curves. It actually helped to even them out. In the border I used elements of the dishes to create a continuous line. Her kids gave it to her at Christmas. She claimed she won! Another Sister-In-Law wanted everybody to pass their present to the left so she would end up with the quilt.

By Jean57

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Ken's Quilt

Another from the Kansas Troubles bin. I swear these fabrics are reproducing faster than I can figure out what to do with them. This quilt was for my Father-In-Law. He is 95 and needed to move from a small apartment to assisted living. Because of the massive decrease in space he went from a queen bed to a twin. I promised him a new quilt. It is again from a block I saw; really no idea at this point. The quilting is a simple stitch in the ditch to make the stars jump out. He since has had to move into a care facility and the quilt is back in my possession.

By Jean57

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Triple Four Patch a Lynn Roddy Brown pattern

I still had more Civil War/Kansas Troubles fabrics and my Uncle needed a throw. This used one of my favorite blocks from the Trail Mix pattern to create an interesting grid. I did end up having to purchase more of the blue to finish the border. It is quilted with a meander. Because of the Sew-cial Distancing I had to mail it to him.

By Jean57

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Trail Mix

Occasionally I dig through my fabrics and "retire" pieces that won't go together or are too small. This becomes my stash bin to create lap sized quilts that I use for practice on different quilting designs for a big project. When I get a stack of these I give them to my daughter who takes them to various Nursing Homes. Great practice size and has an end purpose. I'd come across the Trail Mix pattern and thought it would be a fantastic use it up stash quilt. The first one was for a friend. This one was to use up more of the Kansas Troubles fabrics I had leftover from other projects and be given to a cousin. He was very appreciative.

By Jean57

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