tjdickerson | Quiltsby.me

I have been in education for some 32 years now. It has always been my pleasure to honor my students for their accomplishments. Their win is my win! So when my beautiful 8th grader grew up and joined the armed services I knew it was a great idea to honor her for not only her graduation from high school present, but also her service to our country present. I bought all of the blue jeans at thrift stores when they were 1/2 off or BOGO. Several pair were donated for the cause. All of the insides were either scraps, or charms from MSQC. Unfortunately, the patriotic charms from MSQC were discontinued. The website for this quilt is: http://www.equilters.com/library/jeans/jeans_gallbaros.html.

By tjdickerson

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10 Minute Quilt Block: 2 Ways!

I have 3 Best Friends. My sister-friends for life. I made two of them the same quilts, but switched it up a bit. I made one with a border and one without. I love how they look so totally different from one another! Don't worry, the other Bestie got a quilt all her own! I can never get the YouTube feature to work, but here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=174&v=ZbTHlGGKMPM

By tjdickerson

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5 Minute Quilt Block by Suzanne McNeil

I made this for the First Lady of a local church in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Wendy Barnes and I attended KU at the same time. She was in the doctoral ahead of me and often allowed me to use her books,saving me HUNDREDS in book fees! To repay her, I made her this beautiful quilt in her honor. Funny side note: I was so green to quilting that I thought the pinwheel was a cross and that I was making a religious emblem in honor of Wendy's status at her church! LOL My favorite part of this quilt was the piecing on the back. Wendy is from the south and I loved adding the chickens as a nod to her southern heritage! Here's the link to the YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/TIxl3af3lzY

By tjdickerson

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Orange Peel 1 of a Kind!

When I saw Jenny show us how to make an easy orange peel quilt block I was on board! My eldest niece was in line to receive one of my quilts. Her favorite color is lime green. And I had just gotten my brand new sewing machine with all of the fancy stitches. And I had heard about this "quilt as you go" phenomenon! Well all things aligned and pointed to a "lime green orange peel quilt as you go" one of a kind quilt! Well! Let me tell you the reason it's one of a kind is because it is so HEAVY! I did not enjoy the process of piecing the quilt together at the end at all! I won't be jumping into the "quilt as you go" pool again anytime soon!

By tjdickerson

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60th Birth Day Present

I made this quilt for my eldest sister Connie for her 60th Birth Day! I used a precut jellyroll called Origins by Jennifer Young. Needless to say, my sis was ecstatic and so was I because it was so easy! It's actually a Three Dudes Quilt by Ron Appell but the site doesn't recognize the url I entered. Here it is: https://youtu.be/s1KUdqRu4vQ.

By tjdickerson

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