Sister's Choice Quilt for a Baby Girl

Delicate pale colors, an Asian Theme (fabric of the month fat quarters years ago!) shot with gold accents.  It included one fabric with yellow and lavender, the colors requested by the Grandmother-To-Be who commissioned this baby quilt. I used that fabric in the half blocks surrounding the other blocks.

Looking at it, the background should have been bright white, to help the pastels have more distinction?  On the other hand, it's overall soft with some stand-out in the center star, also made in a contrasting color pattern to the surrounding stars.

I tried out a new ruler to measure and cut the borders, and asked Pinterest to tell me how to make bias strips for binding.  I ended up cutting first then attaching the strips, I could NOT line it up correctly with drawing lines every 2 1/2 inches then turning the fabric and offsetting them.  Thos who have ever battled with it know what I mean.  And those that find it easy peasy need to come show me!

Update:This quilt found a home with ABIGAEL, daughter of Stacey Orlando, in November,  2016.

1,512 Prayers Around the World Quilt

I was inspired to make this quilt for my niece Carrie when she told me last September that she had breast cancer.  I immediately pulled the fabrics and decided this needed to have lots and lots of blocks, as each of the 1 1/2 inch "postage stamps" would symbolize a prayer from me.

I obviously hoped to get the quilt to her as soon as possible.  Carrie bravely endured grueling chemotherapy, she completed that on Christmas Eve.  After a brief recuperation, she underwent surgery, and still I prayed and worked on this Around The World quilt.

I worked on it between my own family challenges, babysitting my grandson, the holidays and a broken arm. But the quilt is now finished, and on it's way.

There is still fight ahead, as Carrie has radiation and more chemotherapy in the future.  But now, I hope she snuggles with her quilt, and knows how much we all are inspired by her fight.

It is full of 1,512 patches of love, dense quilting, and unlimited prayers.  I love you!

Drama in Black Sisters Choice Quilt

I really enjoyed making this block and wanted to make it again in striking solids and black.  It's very jelly roll friendly, and I watched a You Tube Video tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company to get the directions.  Just 13 left over jelly roll strips, (See NICU for March Of Dimes Quilt) ) and some black from my bolt (yes, of course I have a bolt of black!) and a couple of blocks at a time this quilt came together.

Dora is one of my Grandson's Other Grandma's (yes, it's complicated!) And I feel blessed to have her as part of the "Village" that Ezekiel has united!

Little Boy Minions Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt

I know a little boy, turning two soon, who LOVES his Minions!  So when I found this charm pack of minions, I KNEW he must have a quilt from them.

Good old, fast and true, disappearing nine-patch quilt, with red for the cornerstones and a light blue with tiny red and white flowers for the legs. OOPS!  I screwed up one block's orientation in the bottom row!   Didn't notice it until I was nearly finished quilting the thing!  I did a grid for the machine quilting, around every 2 or 2 1/2 inches. No border at all, so it went fast, and stayed under sized so I didn't have to piece the back.  I used a fluffy polyester batting, so it would be a nice cuddlesome blankie.

Happy Birthday Harvey!