ReturningTX | Quiltsby.me

Though I'm back in TX, YSLPP has many fond memories for me. It's an outstanding organization & I was happy to make a donation quilt for their spring charity event. This design came from "Take Flight", a Missouri Star quilt tutorial. I changed it up a little to show off the batik fabrics.

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YSLPP Donation Quilt

Working for YSLPP at Utica College was a wonderful experience and although I'm now back in TX, this program is still close to my heart. I wanted to contribute something to their spring fundraiser & created this lap quilt/throw using batiks to suggest colors of spring. I used Jenny Doan's Take Flight tutorial to get started and then modified the design to include solid pieced squares.

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Earthy Spring & Summer Colors

I love half square triangles for their versatility. I saw a Jenny Doan tutorial and wanted to pair it with some new fabrics I'd gotten. I modified the pattern placement a little to create this design + I made it for a special person. There are Chinese characters on appliqued corner squares that I freehanded with a zig zag stitch on my sewing machine.

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Big, bold, colorful

I love Kaffe Fassett fabrics and when I saw Jenny's tutorial for Grand Adventures, I knew they'd look great together. I love how this quilt turned out. It's one of my favorites + I made it for a special person.

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E's New Quilt

My great-granddaughter's previous quilt got lost in the holiday shuffling of visiting, eating out, etc. She wants her quilt, so GGma (me) made her a new one using some of the same fabrics from her first quilt.

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French Rose

I took a class in my local quilt shop to learn this pattern which I love. Cutting and sewing those roses together takes a while, but the results are rewarding.

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Ruthie's Lap Quilt

A friend of mine of 40 years recently sent me a package of old precut quilt squares that she'd picked up through the years, but had never managed to get them made into a quilt. To thank her, I sorted through them and then sewed them into 9 patch blocks which I cut up to make the disappearing 9 patch block. I used fleece as a backing because it gets cold on her farm & i wanted her to have something to keep her feet warm in the winter.

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Tina's Quilt

Tina asked for orange and lime green as her two favorite colors to be included in her quilt. This was my first attempt at string quilts using a paper backing to construct the block. Once I got over the brightness of the colors, it was fun putting it all together. I decided to combine the blocks using rag quilt construction, so hers is a bright happy quilt.

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Ashton's Quilt

Ashton's favorite color is black, so I used black and grey's to piece this together. I also found some glow in the dark fabric to use in some squares as a highlight to add a little fun. This quilt also has his favorite sports and the back has big appliques from his favorite video game characters.

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Alicia's Quilt

I asked Alicia to tell me her favorite colors, sports, TV show, and anything else she'd like included in a new quilt for her. This is the result.

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Ashley's Quilt

In my marathon quilt project of making a quilt for each of my 10 grandkids, I asked them for their favorite colors or color, favorite sport, animal and food. This one incorporates all of those things into Ashley's quilt.

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Jason's Quilt

My winter and then spring and summer project became to make a new quilt for each of my 10 grandkids that incorporated their favorite colors and either a hobby or sport they were involved in. This one was blue as that's his only favorite color and reflects some of the sports he likes and favorite places he's lived.

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