Mets T-shirt Quilt

 My sister is at it again. Someone brought her a bag of kids' t-shirts and wanted a quilt. She got sucked in. haha

It is 74 x 80"  Notice binding is half blue; half orange....just for kicks. I thought that might be difficult, but was actually easy.

My main objective was to sew everything down....so nothing fancy here.

She did do a few embroidery blocks.  

Another embroidery block. The quilt is for the dad of the kids who wore these shirts. He couldn't just toss them out. 

Another cute embroidery block.

A couple orange hearts thrown in...just for fun.

 

The back is orange. I am told the Mets colors are blue and orange.

Glide Cobalt for the top and So Fine Orange for the bobbin.

Claire's Tea Party

 This is for my cousin's 9th grandchild. She arrived at the beginning of this month. It was a surprise to me, as no one told me she was pregnant. Those people know how to keep a secret. I talked to the mom and she preferred a green quilt. OK, so green it is....along with some pink and brown. I have embroidered this pattern a few times before and I just think it is so cute. Applique done with my embroidery machine. 

It is 45" square. 

You know by now that my camera skills are marginal at best. haha  It's a bright green....the first pic is pretty true to color.

I did some background quilting...not much. and went around whatever was in the block.

And went around arms and cups and legs and whatever needed a bit of holding down.

I love this little guy. 

This one is my favorite block.

 

 

Cupcake...good choice.

 

Cupcakes for the cornerstones. Lines going back and forth through the sashing.

I just played in the border....curvy stuff and a few feathers

The back is parts of the fabrics used.

Glide chocolate, shamrock and azalea for the top. So Fine beige for the bobbin.  This little thing took 4 bobbins...I was kind of surprised at that.

I am putting it in the mail tomorrow. I hope they like it. Big sister is just about 2, so she might take it over. haha

Big brother is 4....he probably would care less about a tea party.   He likes frogs.

Averye's Churn Dash I Spy

 Averye is 5 .... and likes pink and purple.

SO......this is Averye's quilt. haha  Top row has an A for Averye....the pic is sort of whited out.

Pink on the top and purple on the bottom. Mainly CCs and SID...and some graffiti in the border.

All different pics in the blocks

I ran out of dark purples, so used some light purples....and put that row in the middle

It is 60  x 72"....good for a big girl bed. 

I hope she has fun looking at things.

The back is a thrift store sheet.....with a white design that is hard to see.

I basically found the easiest way to travel across the rows and that is what I quilted. haha

So Fine pink for the top; So Fine beige for bobbin.

Can you see.....

 This is a little Christmas panel.  35 x 40".. another of my cousin's projects to finish for her.

There wasn't much to it....some SID, some swirls, some Xs.

It is rather cute. 

Rather than a traditional binding, I just wrapped the back over to the front and sewed it down.

Not sure I care for that method, but it worked for this.

 

Back is a navy blue with little stars and hearts.

Glide Cobalt for top, So Fine Navy for bobbin.

I have one more project for my cousin, but it's going to take a while...it needs to be created....need some thinking cells. haha

Skyward....or ???

 I looked at the pattern and said...that's cool.  Here is the pattern. They call it Skyward.  

I thought that would be a good block for scraps.  I did make the block as designed.  Here is a sample block. Now, just forget that pattern....it got wiped from my mind.

 

My goal was to use those little bits of red and yellow fire fabric. I made 36 blocks. Once I looked at the blocks, something happened in my brain.  

I put 4 of them together to make a little fiery star. haha    Then I made 9 more.....then I had 9 huge blocks.  I looked at them for a couple days on the design wall.

Nothing I did calmed them down, so I just said what the hell and ramped them up. 

This is what I got. I swear, I don't know how it happened.  haha     but, i like it.

 

It is 55 x 65" .  Not a bad couch size. It might get quilted one day....it might wind up on eBay.  But, it is out of my system. hahahaha

Dream Tree

 Remember this?  It has been quilted a couple months....and laying around staring at me to finish it. I finally got the binding on yesterday.

It's a monster at 100 x 104".  Scrappy seems to be my middle name these days and this is no exception.

I just basically sewed down all the fusibles and went around everything....nothing fancy.

Blocks were mainly X'd

Plain white blocks with no leaves were CC'd. 

CCs around these blocks that had ovals to sew down. This is one heavy quilt.

The back is pieced with these 3 fabrics.

My stitching is getting wobbly. Maybe after the next cataract surgery and new glasses, I will be able to see better.

But, the main thing is.....it is finished.

Glide Peach for the top and So Fine dark pink for the bobbin. 

Mary's Stars

 This is #2 of my cousin's projects that she gave me to finish for her. It is 68 x 79".  She had made 9 stars and I made the rest. If you count from the top left, going across to the right, her original 9 stars are #s 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21 and 25.  They form an X across the quilt. I added another row to the bottom so it wouldn't be square. She had given me a bunch of red, white and blue scraps, so that is what I used. The backing she gave me dictated how large the quilt would be. 

I will take it to her in a week or two when I visit my sister.

I didn't know if I could find 21 more star patterns, but it worked out. A couple of them are paper pieced.

This was a labor of love since I really don't like making stars. haha

I tried to do the easiest patterns, with the fewest pieces, but it was a challenge as I was getting to the end.

I hope she likes it and gets a lot of use out of it.

This is the back. It says Liberty and Freedom on it....along with bells and flags.

 

I used Glide Linen on the top and So Fine light tan in the bobbin. Panto is Star Swirl