Quilts - Share your photos and completed projects!

Here's my most recent... I made this for a pregnant friend (baby's gender is unknown). I loved this quilt and had a hard time giving it away.



Anyone else have quilts to share? I've only made a few, but I love it and can tell this will become a lifelong hobby.

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I've made lots of quilts. This is one I'm working on now for an orphanage in Mexico. At this point I'm playing with arranging an applique design over the RailFence pattern. I have a japanese-flavored print that I will use for the second border. I will be doing Sashiko embroidery when it's time to quilt the piece.



Charity

This is a 1930s SawBlade quilt that I made for my closest friend. She loves little bitty cute prints. I loved this quilt and like you, got a little attached to it. It has stipple quilting



Charity

This is another that was a favorite. It's called a "Turkish Cross"  Basically, it's a 9 patch quilt. I used French Country prints in varying shades of teal, mustard, brick. It's free-motion quilted with large circular pinwheel shapes and has a large rooster free motion quilted in the corner. While most things I make are gifts, this one I kept.



Charity

Here is a bento box quilt I am currently working on.

And here's another
They are pretty easy ones but I am a new to quilting so I am very happy with the results.

jodie--i love your quilt!!  What is the name of the pattern?

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Thanks, iluvkyoto! It's called "A Few Pointers" and it is THE easiest quilt I've ever made. I highly recommend it. You can easily get the top of the quilt done in just a few hours.

I love seeing everyone's beautiful projects.  I am about to begin my very first quilt (crib-sized) and I'm a little nervous.  I just need to dig in and start cutting!

Once you start quilting I don't think there is a way out! But it's an addiction I am proud to have!

My first quilt-type project:



You can read the details (if you're interested) on my blog.

Hi everyone!

I recently finished a baby quilt for cousins of ours that just had a baby girl.  I used a windmill pattern and set the squares on point.  I'll try to attach the pics below, but you can see more here: http://kristenunraveled.blogspot.com/2008/05/nadias-quilt.html




-Kristen

Kirbylou, that is just gorgeous - love the bag, the fabrics - everything! Lucky little baby!

Thank you so much!  I was really pleased with how it came out.  It was my first attempt at true piecing, and I definitely clipped some of the tips of the triangles.

Hello everyon! I finished another baby quilt yesterday. Here's a peek. 

This is a quilt I started for my husband years ago.




It is the 12 Labors of Hercules and will act as a tapestry in his mantuary.

Lessons learned along the way -
always buy good fabric. The top of the quilt was made from cheap fabric purchased from a large discount store. I think this is why I originally stopped quilting the quilt. It was such a pain to work worth - not forgiving at all.
Ditto on the thread. Good thread made a difference and I was not expecting it to.
And - just do it. There were many things on this quilt I had never tried before. At first I was afraid to screw up the quilt but by the end my thought was - what is the worst that could happen? I have to re-do something. The best? I learn a new skill.

Happy quilting! Beth

Hmmm - can't seem to get my photo to load - a picture of it is on my blog:  http://life-is-a-musical.blogspot.com/