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Quilt designed by Jenny Doan for Modblock

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My grandmother, whom we call Maam, loves covered bridges. She is also one of the first people who taught me how to sew. So when I saw this pattern at a quilt show I just knew I had to make it. What made it extra special is that I got my sister, mother and aunt to help me hand embroider the covered bridges. They are not crafty at all and never sew. So it made this quilt extra special that they would help. This quilt was made with lots of love and my grandmother was so happy to get it!

By sketchart123

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Double Slice

I made this quilt and another with the same fabric for twin girls who lost everything in a fire.

By TriciaJ

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I Spy Jar

My new grandson needed a quilt that would occupy his mind. I saw MSQC's I Spy Quilt and gave it a try. Made from a layer cake of cool crawly things and food items. He loves it!

By Babs

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Bobbing Sailboats

While in Sarasota, FL I found a great quilt shop which had lots of beautiful batik beach fabric. I decided to make a quilt for my sister who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She wanted to recuperate from her surgery at her beach house. Hanging up at the quilt shop was a "Baby Sails" quilt. It gave me the idea to use sailboats. I used Atkinson's "Lucky Stars" pattern and substituted sailboats for the stars because I wanted a lap quilt size. Adding 3 borders brought the quilt to the size I wanted. I always use flannel fabric for the backing for extra warmth and snuggle-ness. (Is that a word?)

By Kables

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Jewel Box Quilt

I made this quilt as a fundraiser for my daughter's school. The pattern is from Eleanor Burns "The Jewel Box". The piano key border and mitered corners on the border add that extra special "wow" factor to the overall design. I love how all the fabrics came together!

By Kables

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Aunt Sarah's Scraps

I love all the 30's reproduction fabrics. I made this quilt for a double sized bed and had it professionally quilted.

By Kables

27 LIKES | 1573 VIEWS

Sunbonnet Sue

The Sues were machine appliqued onto the blocks before sewing the blocks together. Fun fabric combinations. I wanted to try quilting with cross-hatching and was pleased with the result; the Sues really pop.

By jowagnon

15 LIKES | 1047 VIEWS

Found the pattern on Pinterest

Found this pattern on Pinterest and used Bali batiks

By Nurseae

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Mister Sandman

This is the first quilt that I ever made. My Mom and Grandmother had done quilting before I was born and I always found myself intrigued by quilting. I was working at a library in Iowa at the time and a local quilt shop did some programs on making quilts at my library. They brought some fabric samples, including a Harvest Moon by Kansas Troubles layer cake. I fell in love with the fabric and decided I needed a new hobby. I found the Mister Sandman pattern in the book "Piece of Pie" by Pie Plate Patterns. I thought the pattern and fabric were a great match. I picked up a sewing machine and started chugging away. I made a good number of mistakes, but I learned so much. I finally finished the quilt top after I moved to Maine. I had a local person machine quilt it for me (which I kinda regret not doing it all myself). I'm so pleased with the project and have already started more quilts.

By dj-bookworm

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Janet's Quilt

I think this is the Devil's Claw block. A friend found an almost identical quilt in a thrift store and bought it. When she showed it to our quilt guild, I got chills. I asked permission to copy it, and she agreed. I was able to match the orange fabric. I took a photo of her quilt and measured the blocks. My quilting is different from hers, and there were some mistakes (maybe on purpose?) in her quilt, which I didn't copy. She didn't want me to copy the quilt exactly, and I figured I didn't need to put in mistakes on purpose, as there are bound to be some anyway. 2004

By PeggyStuart

16 LIKES | 1229 VIEWS

Zachary's Train

This quilt was for Zachary, our first grandson. I found the pattern here: http://www.hobby-tronics.com/Chiloquilters/index_files/Block1_of_the_Month.htm I used fabrics from my stash. I think I got Zachary started on a train obsession, not necessarily a bad thing for a little boy. 2012

By PeggyStuart

5 LIKES | 1178 VIEWS

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