Cathy | Quiltsby.me

I really loved the "Little Black Dress" collection by Moda and searched for the right quilt. Moda made a big star quilt with this fabric using the LaMoyne Star. I made mine with 5" squares for the main block and a matching jelly roll for the snowballed squares. I had it quilted by Missouri Star Quilt Company!

By treckymom

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Tina's Good-bye Quilt

I am an Air Force wife and I've met lots of extraordinary people in our travels. Currently, we are stationed in Northern Japan. The Air Force has a program called the Key Spouse program. Basically, a few selected Active Duty spouses undergo training to provide support to spouses and families of deployed service members. When I was brought on, our squadron was receiving a new First Shirt and his wife was going to be running our Key Spouse program. She became a mentor to me and taught me how to take care of our families and about living a life of service. Well, her husband retired from the Air Force after 26 years and I offered to make Tina's gift from myself and the other Key Spouses. It took me a month to make and I put the last stitch in the binding at 1:30 a.m. the night before we were presenting it to her at their farewell dinner. She loves it so much and I was proud of myself for not crying. Even though I'm not the best machine quilter, I am proud of how it turned out.

By smariem80

21 LIKES | 1669 VIEWS

Hugs from afar

This lap quilt was made for my cousin who was going through Chemo for Lymphoma. I chose the colors that are for Lymphoma. She took it to treatment with her every week...

By DaniW

7 LIKES | 1132 VIEWS

Double Wedding ring

My husband loves the double wedding ring pattern. This is the second one I made and enjoyed the process on this one so much more than the first one. Plan on making another one that will be for a twin bed.

By Sophie

42 LIKES | 1690 VIEWS

3 Dudes Quilting

A friend had given me a jelly roll and some yardage for my birthday. I put it in a basket for decoration and it sat there since May. A few weeks ago she came over and said she had just the pattern for that fabric. She was right! The 3 Dudes Quilt shown on youtube.com

By CSackett

24 LIKES | 6474 VIEWS

Kansas Trouble 4 Patch

This is a quilt I made for my bed. I love Fall colors and I was still scared to try new patterns! The 4 patch was my safety quilt!

By tigerslover59

8 LIKES | 1030 VIEWS

Do Elephants Sing?

My friend collects elephants - any and all kinds - and she purchased pieces of the out of print Vera Bradley elephant fabric as it came onto eBay. I made several table runners for her but my favorite is this quilt. The reference to music comes because I used black and white musical note fabric for the backing. I chose to quilt it using a modern straight line method.

By grmacj

15 LIKES | 1449 VIEWS

Masculine Choir Drama Quilt

My son's high school choral director spent many hours providing voice lessons for my son. He also spends countless hours directing the two drama productions each year. A gift card or cash did not seem like a fitting thank you gift so I made him this lap quilt. The Director was so pleased and called it his heirloom.

By Lougu

5 LIKES | 1492 VIEWS

Flowers for Margot

I needed a gift for my niece who was graduating from a Masters program, an incredible achievement! So proud of her, so I wanted something special which, of course, means handmade. So I pulled out my resources: my stash and MSQ tutorials! I was still a bit of a novice at this quilting bug so I needed easy and quick. I only had a month until the celebration. I was very pleased with what I had created but the best reward was that my niece loved it and my sisters thought their big sister was pretty talented.

By Marge44

6 LIKES | 1070 VIEWS

First "Real" Quilt

As a quilting newbie, I was a little overwhelmed at the prospect of making a "real" quilt - you know, with little fabric squares and ALL those colors playing so nicely together. After browsing through Jenny's tutorials, none of them captivated me as much as the disappearing 9-patch...it looked so complicated, but looked totally do-able! So I picked out fabrics in my favorite colors, and just did it!! Many points are less-than-perfect, and I really shouldn't have used solids, but it's a quilt, and I made it, and I'm very proud of it. I even wrestled the thing through my sewing machine to free-motion quilt a loopy flower pattern on it! Yes, not perfect, but not too bad for a first try!

By chicksryd2

6 LIKES | 1517 VIEWS

Hugs & Kisses for Dad

My poor dad was diagnosed with bladder cancer, had to have his bladder removed, and will now have to undergo chemotherapy. He loves Hawaii, and has family there, so I figured X's and O's in dark tiki batiks would be perfect for him! I made the border diamonds out of the "waste" HST's left over by snowballing the blocks for the main squares...you know what Jenny thinks about waste! Did some "custom" quilting with a wave-like design in the dark border, stitch in the ditch around the inner border, and loopy stippling in the "x" areas.

By chicksryd2

24 LIKES | 1680 VIEWS

Topiary Tiles

This quilt was made as a wedding gift for my niece and her husband. Black/white/cream is a favorite color combination to use and I liked the more contemporary look for a young couple. I have used this pattern several times.

By MyFabricStash

17 LIKES | 1712 VIEWS

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