Sweet Baby Girl Snail Trail

 This is a labor intense (cut, piece, trim, piece trim, piece, trim!) Block but so PRETTY! 

I made it for my friend and the medical director of the NICU I worked in for 23 of my 30 year career. It is for his first grandchild. I don't know his daughter (I remember when SHE was born! Ay ay ay!) But Dr Mo is a wise mentor and leader and a genuinely nice man. 

I left space on the back for the baby's name, birthdate, and weight. Sweet hearts on the back. Free motion quilted in a lazy meander. 

A collection of mostly pale pinks with a few farmers for variety contrast nicely with a floral white on white. 

Some pink and red skulls in the border and a clean white binding complete this quilt! 

Christmas Quilts!

 These 3 quilts and the tree ornaments came about as a split pinwheel. After making a pinwheel from 2 (9) inch squares (a quarter yard) I split it into 9 equal squares. The center pinwheels became the ornaments. 

The HST's became broken dishes blocks.

Look at that binding stripe!  SOLD!

The little sides turned into windmill Blocks. SOLD!

Another darling Christmas stripe.

And I cut (2) 1 1/2 inch by 9 inch strips for the tiny 6 patch blocks. 

Betty's Healing Quilt: Double Square Star

 My Niece and God Daughter Betty has had a rough year, and I decided to make a quilt for her to wrap up in and know she is covered and loved by her auntie. 

This quilt is one I really enjoy making! Made with a charm pack, 11 background strips and 5 accent strips, it comes together like magic! I added a border from stash that is over 20 years old, I never finished the quilt I originally bought it for! 

Triple Play: 3 Double Square Star Halloween Quilts with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7F7LCX-z7c

The quilting is a free motion meander. I used 80% cotton 20% poly batting for a luxurious, warm, cuddly quilt. 

A little handmade tag. 

The backing from stash with a spot for an inscription. 

Scrappy Jacobs Ladder

 I made this from 5" charms, several years ago, finished recently and offered up for sale on Etsy. It's scrappy, made completely from stash scraps! 

I love this pattern!

Quilt Snips Mini Tutorial - Jacob's Ladder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ws1amxlH8

SOLD on etsy to Debbie Hickson

Tiny Pinwheels Quilt

 This small 31 inch square quilt was made with the leftovers from my turn dash quilt. The colors came from a fabric reproduction collection from the mid eighteen hundreds.. the tiny pinwheels are just three inches each and they resulted from using a Missouri Star quilt tutorial pattern called disappearing pinwheels #2.

I had used a set of fat quarters and originally cut the fabric to an eight and a half inch square to begin construction and the little pinwheels were the center block that I did not use in the original quilt.

This little quilt then was set with different whites are neutrals and then it has a general generous 5 inch border. These colors of course came from my stash.

This little quilt is offered for sale in my Etsy store.

Reproduction Fabric Churn Dash Lap Quilt

 Gifted in May 2022 to Mrs Pam, Ezekiel's former kindergarten teacher, upon her retirement.  The quilt traveled through the whole school and gathered pictures and names of her current and former kindergarten kids before being presented. 

The fabrics for this quilt came from a fabric of the month collection I purchased in 2001, and the prints were reproduced from fabric samples housed in the American Textile History Museum of Lowell, Massachusetts. The rich color samples are from 1876 through 1899.

The block I chose for these fabrics is called churn dash. It is believed to have originated in the United States between 1800 and 1849. The block got its name because the middle symbol looks like a butter churn and the stick was called the dash.

This lap quilt is 44 by 56 inches and it is quilted in a lazy meandering design. The batting is a thin poly. It used 7 fat quarters, and neutrals and borders and binding from stash. It is set on point with half blocks along the sides and quarter blocks in the corners.  The block is a modification of Missouri Star Disappearing Pinwheel block tutorial. The pinwheels will appear in another quilt. 

Cheerful Bright Yellow Star

 I made this quilt from the last strips of a jelly roll that I had already used to make other quilts. I had just about enough to complete the star which is a Missouri Star quilt pattern called binding tool star. It's actually a pretty fast pattern to put together, I completed it in one day

I then overall stipple quilted the quilt except I put a cable in the three and a half inch border. Because the strips were so light I decided to use a bright yellow for my background.

I had just perfect amount of the yellow left over to use on the back as well.

This quilt sold very quickly on Etsy to my old friend Jennifer Lieuallen. She bought it for her first grandchild. Interestingly I made the grandchild's father a baby quilt when he was a baby!