Children at Play Checkerboard

I made this checkerboard or chess quilt for my daughter Jessica. She is studying to be an elementary teacher (preferably 1st grade) and thought this might be a fun item to have in her classroom someday. The project was made in a sewing class at Eddie's. The blue fabric in the checkerboard is leftover from my girls' childhood clothes. It was a short set with matching white top (2 white squares are from this also). The white fabric with children is from Michaele's high school graduation memory quilt border and backing.

The little quilt was machine quilted.

Sailboat Baby Quilt

I made this simple baby quilt for Michaele's friend Monica. She requested a sailboat theme. The quilt is machine pieced and quilted in the ditch.

I used Minkee fabric as the backing and did not use batting. It is so soft and cuddly.

Stardust #2 Charm Quilt

This quilt was made for Hugs and Stitches.

I machine pieced and quilted it.

The donated fabric was already cut into squares and ready to piece. There was no pattern provided, but I believe the same person who donated the other Stardust quilt pattern and fabric from Backporch Press had donated this kit as well because the pieces cut were the same and the right number. So I made a second Stardust quilt. This one is a charm quilt because all the fabrics are different - no repeats - except of course for the stars. The backing is the same fabric as the stars. Interestingly, the star fabric is the same line of fabric as that used for my daughters' crib bedding over 26 years ago!

Evening Stars

This quilt was made for Hugs and Stitches.

The person who donated the fabric had a few blocks pieced as well as some blocks cut out and ready to piece. There was no pattern provided so I had to figure out what the pattern was supposed to be. Once I figured that out, I had to cut additional fabric that was with the original kit. I added the top and bottom borders to complete the stars and if there had been enough fabric would have added side borders as well. I don't like the incomplete stars on the sides.

Janie Wiens quilted it for me with an all-over meander.