Jungle Baby Quilt for Hugs & Stitches

Bento box pattern, pieced and quilted by Nancy Smith; completed July 2013

Patriotic Table Runner

Pieced and quilted by Nancy Smith, June 2013
The fabric was obtained in the annual Bay Area Shop Hop.

Down Memory Lane

88 X 98 queen size quilt, pieced by Nancy Smith; quilted by Golden State Sewing Center.
Begun March 2013, completed August 31, 2013.
This quilt is composed of scraps of many of the previous quilts and projects over the years.
It includes fabric scraps from the second quilt I ever made in 1982 to the last quilt I made in August 2013. The scraps are from baby quilts, Hugs and Stitches, quilts, purse projects, craft projects, other bed size quilts, wall hangings, placemats, etc.  It has been fun to look at some of those old fabrics and remember the occasions for which they were used.  Many were for gifts and others were for my own use.
The pattern, What's The Point, is from Fons and Porter Love of Quilting magazine, March/April 2013.

A side view of the quilt.

A frontal view of the quilt.

A close-up of the feather design quilt motif.

Emma's Quilt

I made this quilt for grandniece Emma Stevenson.   It is twin size, machine pieced and quilted.   Her mother, Tami, asked me to make the quilt to match her baby quilt that I made for her two years ago.
I also made a coordinating quilt for baby sister Claire.  Both girls share the same bedroom.

Emma Joy Stevenson's monogram is centered on
the main panel of the quilt. 

Emma's coordinating baby quilt.

Claire's coordinating baby quilt.

The center panel is done in filagree all over design.  The brown border is stitched in the ditch.
The first row of squares is done in half circle arcs and then gentle curves.
The outer row of squares are quilted in a circular design.  The borders are my own quilt designs.

I made a matching pillow case.

The quilting shows up well on the cream on cream printed backing.

The sunlight highlights the quilting motifs.

Elmo Quilt

I made this quilt for Hugs and Stitches.  Machine pieced and free-motion quilted.

Close-up of quilting.

 



Glorious Morning

I made this quilt from a kit that was donated to Hugs and Stitches and was not big enough to make a useful quilt for this group.  So I took it home and added fabric and more piecing for a wall quilt.  It is a stained glass technique that I had always wanted to try.  I doubt I will make another of these type quilts, but at least have one under my belt.  The fusible black tape is really expensive and used a couple rolls to make this. 

I named it "Glorious Morning" because it reminded me of Resurrection Sunday.  I put a Bible verse from Job on the back:  I know my redeemer lives.

Claire's Quilt

This quilt was made for Claire Elizabeth Stevenson, born January 3, 2013. 

I made a quilt for her older sister Emma with a tree theme.  Her mom asked for a similar theme quilt for Claire and is my original design. The colors were based upon the classic Winnie the Pooh quilt set. 

Claire is my grand-niece.

Quilt photo taken outdoors.


Tami, Claire's mom, sent me a picture of her idea for the quilt.
I drew the tree and appliqued it to the background.
The leaves are from fabric from Emma's quilt.
The border fabric was also used in Emma's quilt.

Label for quilt.   

 Close-up of quilting.  I stitched an all-over meander in the body, outlined stitched the tree and leaves, and free-motion quilted a vine/leaf motif in the border.

Simple Simon queen quilt

I made this Simple Simon quilt during a class given by Mark Lipinski at SCVQA.  It was machine pieced and then machine quilted at Prairie Queens Quilt Shop in San Jose, CA.  I use it on my antique bed during the fall months.

 

I made two pillow shams out of the leftover fabric. 

 

 

Below is a close-up of the allover quilting pattern done by Prairie Queens.

 

 

During December, I flip the quilt to the back since it looks more Christmas-like.

 



Jessica's Grandmother's Fan baby quilt

I made this baby quilt for my baby Jessica in 1990.  It was machine pieced and handquilted.  Back then I thought machine quilting was an abomination and was not really quilting.  Times have sure changed!  I love to handquilt, but since it takes so much longer, I usually end up machine quilting. 
This is my 4th quilt.  I had made a machine pieced, hand tied twin quilt in college.  My second quilt was a hand embroidered and hand quilted baby quilt for daughter Michaele.  My third quilt was made in my first quilt class.  It was hand pieced and handquilted.

This quilt either was in the crib or on the wall for over 22 years.  I finally retired it and hopefully will use it for a future grandchild!

Close-up of the handquilting.

 

Interlocking hearts were quilted in the sashing and the borders on heart printed fabric.

 



 

The backing fabric is the same as the border fabric.

Mariner's Compass Quilt

I made this quilt top in a class by Brenda Hennings at a Santa Clara Valley Quilt Guild class in 2009.  I finally machine quilted it in August 2012.  It will hang with its "sister" quilt, Cosmati Rings, in my staircase.

 

Morning light showcasing the quilting.

 

I made two different smaller compasses in opposite corners.  I used a pebble background quilt motif.

 



 

The other small compass is a pinwheel design.

 



 

I quilted lines coming out of the medallion compass and ending in swirls at each corner.

 

 

In the purple batik triangles, I quilted a different compass design.

 

Nancy's Hipster

My sister gave me a Vera Bradley hipster and as I looked at it, I thought, "I could make that!"  So I drafted my own pattern and used the Bradley bag as inspiration.  I had some leftover black and white fabrics and used those.  The only things I had to purchase were two zippers, velcro, and black piping.  I didn't want to purchase new fabric since this would be my prototype and in case it didn't work, I didn't want to waste any money.
There are some things I would change if I make it again.  The Bradley bag has binding on the inner seams.  I tried that, but there were so many layers that my machine didn't want to handle it well.  If I make another one, I will make the outside of the bag and then make a lining separate as I usually do when I make bags.  I think that looks much nicer and finished.  I didn't like the zipper installation for the main panel either.  It was very difficult and somehow the zipper tape ends didn't match up.  At least it zips though.  I have another way of putting in zippers and I would do it that way next time.  I really tried to follow exactly how I think the Vera Bradley bag was made and I don't really like how it was done.  I think I can think of a better way.

This is the front flap of the purse.  It has a zipper pocket and is quilted. 

It has binding around the edges.

This is the back of the purse.  It is quilted and has a quilted pocket.

This is the inside view of the purse.  It has a plastic pocket for photo ID. 

Inside are four pockets for credit cards.

There is a zipper at the top (really was difficult to put this in due to thickness of multiple layers).

Tea Cup quilt

This quilt was made for my sister Susie in the 1990's.  She collects tea and coffee pots. 

Brandon's baby fan quilt

I made this blue and taupe fan quilt for my nephew Brandon who was born September 4, 1985.  This was one of the first quilts I ever made and although the piecing was good, I could have done a better job of tying it.  I didn't know how to quilt yet at this point.  I later made the same quilt in pink, blue, and cream for my daughter Jessica.  By this time I had taken a quilt class and handquilted it.

Heart Quillow

This heart quillow was made for my sister Susie.  Each appliqued heart is a different fabric.  It was machine appliqued and quilted.  There is a leaf pattern quilted in each corner.

Little Houses

I made this little quilt for my sister Susie back in the 1990's.  It was hand pieced and hand quilted.

Fabric dolls

I made these fabric dolls back in the 90's. 
The first doll was made for my mom.

 This doll was made for my sister Susie.

Scrappy strip lap/crib quilt

I made this lap/crib quilt for Hugs and Stitches from a Fons and Porter magazine.  The design was from an antique quilt.  I was able to use scraps from previous Hugs and Stitches quilts I had made.  I am very happy with how it turned out.  Hopefully the recipient will enjoy it as well. 
I machine quilted it using a stitch in the ditch around the triangles and a wavy design down the strips and in the border.  I used a scrappy binding that was hand sewn to the back.

Folk Art Flower quilted mat

I made this for an Eddie's Sewing Bee class.  I didn't want to purchase new fabric and so used what I had in my statch.  I wish I would have used a different fabric than the green, but since it didn't cost me anything - oh well.  I plan to put it in my kitchen to put hot things on and to protect my new granite countertop.

Table runner

I made this table runner to put on my new granite peninsula in my remodeled kitchen.  My new colors are golds and browns and this fits very well.  My husband is concerned that we not scratch the new granite and so things can be placed on this to protect the counter. 

Rail Fence Quilt

I machine pieced and quilted this rail fence quilt for Hugs and Stitches. The quilting was an all over free motion meander pattern. I used my Flynn frame to do the quilting on my Espire sewing machine.


A close-up of the quilting.