ChristyJ

This is my second quilt. I'm finishing up a bunch for Christmas. It is for my step daughter and we happen to share favorite colors. :-) She is a mix of smart, outgoing, tomboy, yet a lady as well. She grew up with five brothers and can hold her own. She has a tint of rebel too. I made one of the nine block not quite match the others, just to fit her personality. I'm so excited and can't wait to give it to her. It ended up being a lot bigger than intended, so the shortest member of the family will get the biggest quilt. ::giggle:: Was wanting just personal sized, but this will cover the top her queen sized bed. I'm choosing to tie my quilts like my husband's grandmother used to do. Gives it that home made traditional feel. The back is that beautiful purple rose fabric.

This is for my step son, Kevin. I decided on a western theme because he reminds me of those Louis L'Amour characters. He works hard and is very successful considering he is just 23. He has that quiet justice and strong caring personality. Every now and then he comes up with that zinger that stops you in your tracks and makes you double over in laughter. This is my fourth quilt. I stepped a bit out of my comfort zone and designed a pattern out on graph paper. Wanted to start trying more complicated patterns. I absolutely love how this turned out. :-) I can't wait to give it to him.

This is for my step son, Stevie. He is an amazing young man serving right now in the Air force. He has a heart of gold and is always first to offer help. I couldn't think of a better quilt pattern that fits his personality than a patriotic themed friendship star. Now, I will say that this is my first attempt with triangles. I cut out squares, then cut each one in half to make the triangles. Then sewed the triangles back together to make the half squares.... theeeeeennnn I ran across Missouri Star and Jeni's tutorial on half square triangles... I wish I saw that shortcut before cutting out all those triangles! LOL Live and learn and I have been hooked on the quilt tutorials since. :-)

This one is for my step son Trevor. He is a bit modern in his style so decided to try a strip quilt. Nothing more modern than black, white and grey. :-) This is my first quilt done with strips and it was a bit harder to design than I expected. Really enjoying this quilting journey that I've taken this year. I'm tying all my first quilts this year like my husband remembers his grandmother doing.