Shasta | Quiltsby.me

Where we live in Ohio has become very cold, of late. I sometimes chauffeur my granddaughter around in my car and my daughter wants me to take Kenna's coat off in the car, so she can be securely strapped into her car seat. The car takes a while to warm up. I decided to make Kenna a car quilt. I had obtained some fun fabric by Jamie Fingal awhile back and I decided to use it for Kenna. It was a yard so I cut out a yard of fusible batting and a yard I already had of fabric from Lotta Jansdotter. It was a quick quilt, nothing fancy. I quilted along the lines, making a quilt of connecting squares. The fabric lends itself to this and is the star of the quilt. Fabric: Lovisa by Lotta Jansdotter for the back Heart and Soul Sisters by Hoffman California, ,Jamie Fingal.

By Shasta

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4 patch Lattice Quilt

This baby quilt is made using a video of Jenny's, but I can't link it , so here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XeHEFoDHes

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Another large log cabin quilt

This is another log cabin baby quilt I have made. I love to make these, using scraps from jelly rolls and other strips.

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Baby Quilt-Take 1

I am working on a series of baby quilts for friends. This one is from a quilt pattern from Missouri Star. I really like the fabric on the back-it was on clearance at a local quilt shop. I used two sets of 5inch squares-Fusions Texture Collection and Buggy Barn Basics.

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Quilt for a Friend

My husband is temporarily working in Nashville. He is staying with a guy from our church who is providing him a decent place to stay with excellent rates. A few weeks ago, my husband called and asked me to make a quilt for this man. Apparently, he had some old blanket he was using and it fell apart in the washer. I used Colors of Freedom fabric by Jennifer Pugh from Wilmington Prints. It is a patriotic themed fabric and included is a panel that matches. It is a fairly simple design-layer cakes surround the center panel.

By Shasta

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Patriotic Quilt

My husband asked me to make a quilt for a friend of his. After looking at fabric and pondering, I came to the realization that this man would appreciate a patriotic themed quilt. It is constructed using a center panel from the Colors of Freedom line by Jennifer Pugh from Wilmington Prints. I used 10 inch squares to surround the panel, also from the same line. I like the colors, especially the muted blue and the gold.

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Lisa's wedding quilt

I made this quilt for my daughter Holly's friend, Lisa Miller, who got married yesterday. She was very definitive about what she didn't want--no pinks and no yellows. I found a pattern at Modern Quilts Illustrated called Stacks. I ordered the quilt kit and started work on it at a quilt retreat in May. I made a mistake in placing the pieces so I had to redo part of it. I knew the wedding was in August so I was under the gun to get it done and sent off to be quilted. Thanks to Missouri Star, I got a wonderful quilt finish and it was packed up and given at the reception yesterday.

By Shasta

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A Walk in the Park Quilt

This is from a quilt kit I got from Modern Quilt Studio and was designed by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr. I saw a picture online and was smitten. The pattern was obtained from American Patchwork and Quilting June 2015 issue, that I happened to find in the back of my local Joanns's store. The actual kit was offered by MQS. I have done more half-square triangles for this project, than for any other . And they ended up as hour glass blocks. I love the slightly muted tones of the fabric, especially when contrasted with the gray chambray.

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Summer Baby Quilt

This is a quilt I made for a co-worker at the library who is having a baby. It is very simple and very fast-made with Benartex charm squares and some flannel I had left over. It is 35 x 26 inches and is rounded on the corners. I sewed the back to front, right sides matching and left a hole to turn it. This way I didn't have to do a border or binding. It will make a nice little summer-weight quilt and should wash up quick.

By Shasta

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Flying High Kites Quilt

I had watched a video of Jenny Doan using a template, I think it was a square, and instead of cutting it to fit with the surrounding fabric, she folded it over and stitched it. She used this method to create a quilt pattern. I tried a variation of this method-using the kite template from Missouri Star. I used left over charm squares from a Camille Roskelley collection and white solid 10 inch squares and incased the kite pieces on all 4 sides. I then squared up the misshapen pieces. I have been trying to finish up some of my UFOs and I found these while mulling over ideas for a baby quilt. I decided to put the "kites" on together and then run strands downward, like kite strings. The border I used was some left over piano key strips from another project and I put flannel on the back from an old sewing project of my mother's.

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A Tumbler Baby Quilt

I made two quilts for two ladies from my church group. I decided to use the tumbler pattern and template from Missouri Star and so I went through my charm packs and finally found one I liked. At that time, I didn't know if the baby was a he or she. I also used some solid charms --Cotton Supreme Royal Blue by RJR, left over from another project. I decided to keep the sides of my tumbler quilt in the tumbler shape and I used some flannel fabric left over from a long ago set of pajamas made for one of my girls, by my mother.

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Quilt for Elyse

This quilt was designed my daughter, Valerie, for a friend of hers. It uses her favorite colors. Val and I went through my quilt books and she found a pattern she liked. Sorry, I can't find the name of the pattern right now-it is from a book at our library! Anyway, it was harder than I thought it would be because we used teal flannel, which when cut on the bias for the diamondish shapes, stretched and was very tough to piece together. I finally found using lots of starch helped. It was quilted at Missouri Star!! and they did their usual wonderful job! Thanks! I recently added two more pics that show the binding, which I love, that set off the design. Note: I found the pattern info! It is from Becky Goldsmith's Quilter's Practical Guide to Color and it is the quilt on the cover!!!

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