This is a birthday quilt I made for my baby brother (he'll always be my baby brother no matter how old we are) in July 2013.
He's great fisherman , so the light blue squares are pieces I embroidered with various fresh water fish.
The back is a luscious expensive flannel. I did the free motion quilting myself.
I really wanted to make a quilt for a very dear friend who was having her second child. But there was a 4 year old sibling to think about. I had a lot of fun making both of these!
This is the one I made for the baby. It was a Russian pattern I found online and my computer translated it to English. Then I had to translate all the metric measurements. The little ears are flappy-- perfect for sucking on. I just quilted in the ditch to finish is.
And this is the quilt for the 4 year-old. He loves cars- so cars is what he got. This is my own pattern and I'm anxious to make it again. (After leaning what I did in this first draft). I supplied the little cars and his mother says he like to sleep with the cars in their little garage pockets.
This is a quilt that I started last April at retreat and finally finished and got back from the longarmer in February 2014. The front is a "Jellyroll Race" with some extra touches in the border. The fabric is "Essential Gradations" by Carol Bryer Fallert for Benartex. I love the color array-- the camera almost can't focus on it. The back (on top) is my own design which I call "Leftover Jellyroll". It was quilted by Tia Curtis. It's going to hang in a non-juried quilt show being put on by the KC Modern Quilt Guild on April 4-5 at the Kansas City Star building in KC, MO. After that, it's going to need a forever home. Hmmmm....
