Kid’s Stepping Stones

 

This is my own original design. I used fabrics from previous quilts I made for my grandsons. I machine pieced the top in March 2020 during the Covid virus stay at home orders. The backing is a pattern called Four Square Fun which also used fabrics from my stash. I free motioned quilted it on my domestic machine. It will hang in the bedroom my grandchildren use when they visit. 

Four Square Fun backing

Little Red Dress

 

Quilt on antique organ

I made this little quilt to practice making little dresses for my granddaughter's baby quilt.  It is from a pattern by Kreations by Karon.  The dress has hand smocking, puffy sleeves, an embroidered collar, and contrasting trim.  The fabric is Moda's French General.  I machine quilted the background and hand appliqued the dress onto the background.  The binding is left over from my Star Bright quilt.  I plan to gift this to my sister Susie for Christmas 2020.

Wildflower Baskets

Wildflower Baskets is my own design.  I started making small basket blocks several years ago from leftover half square triangles.  When the Covid virus hit and people were recommended to stay at home, I pieced 5 quilt tops, one of which was Wildflower Baskets.  In order to make it a twin size, I made many more basket blocks.  I originally was using only pinks, yellows, and purples for my flowers, but I had a leftover piece of extra wide backing from another quilt that had a floral design with these colors as well as aqua.  I decided to use this as my outer border.  So I also included some aqua flower blocks.  All the flowers are from my stash.  I ran out of white on white background fabric, so I was able to order fabric online (quilt stores were closed) from my local quilt shop.  I used this fabric to finish more basket blocks as well as for the alternate setting blocks.  I put the baskets on point and pieced the top in April 2020.  When quilt stores finally reopened, I was able to buy the backing and batting.  I quilted the quilt using free motion and my own design.  The quilt will be placed on an iron daybed during summer months.  

Back of quilt

Close up of quilting

Iron daybed with quilt

Star Bright

Star Bright is a quilt made during the quiltalong of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine Fall 2019.  They called the pattern Sew Bright, but since it contains 256 Star blocks, I thought star should be in the name.  I used Moda's French General fabric.  The quilt is king size, so I had it quilted at Over the Top Quilting Studio since my domestic machine can't handle anything this big.  I started the top in Fall 2019, but put it away for awhile until the Covid pandemic hit in early 2020 and I finished it in March 2020.  It was quilted in July 2020. I plan to use it on my antique bed for Christmas and patriotic holidays.  

 

Close up of quilting

Pumpkins

This wallhanging was made in Fall 2011 from a pattern in American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.  Quilt was machine pieced, appliqued, and quilted.

 

Don't Get Together! quilt

This quilt was a quiltalong with American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine that began in February 2020.  They named it "Get Together" but since it began during the beginning of the Covid pandemic and shelter in place orders, I decided to name mine "Don't Get Together!"  I had to use whatever I had in my stash since quilt stores were all ordered closed.  Therefore, I had to vary the pattern to accommodate my fabrics.  I pieced the top in March 2020 except for the outer border.  When quilt shops finally were able to reopen, I purchased the outer border and the backing.  I completed the quilt by machine quilting it on my domestic machine.  The field is quilted with an orange peel motif.  I used  a stencil for the blue sashing border (wave design), and free motioned quilted the flying geese in my own design.  The outer border is a free motion feather design done without stencils.  The quilt will be used when my grandchildren visit.  It is a twin size quilt.

Hanging on iron fence in side yard

Full view of quilt

Orange peel quilting motif

 

Quilted wavy inner border with original flying geese quilted motif.  Outer border is quilted with feathers.