Happy Jacob's Ladder

 I made this one with slightly smaller blocks. More feminine. Light and happy fabrics then set in an around the world setting. 

I have a friend from my early NICU days who is a powerhouse and genuinely kind person. Last year she fought breast cancer and us now in remission. She j6st let us know as she preferred privacy fir the vicious part of her battle. 

I made this quilt to cheer and celebrate her triumphs. 

Quilted on the Jazz2 with prewound bobbins it won't pretty fast. The body is a swirl meander. The borders were done on the Juki with serpentine lines surrounded by wavy lines. 

Backed with pretty neutrals and the batting a 20 80 poly cotton. 

Gifted to Michelle Witt

Jacobs Ladder for Erika

 I am inspired by a nurse I met many years ago who took a travel assignment with us for a season. We stayed in touch over Face, and I was able to share her growing career and education as well as her meeting her life partner and recently marrying him. She watched me become a GrandNanny and retire. We both consoled one another over losing beloved family and laughed at each other's pet's antics. 

She is just finishing her Doctorate in Nursing and it's high time I made her a quilt!

A traditional Jacob's Ladder quilt to symbolize her climb. Congratulations Dear Erika!

Make a Jacob's Ladder Quilt with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star (Video Tutorial)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9rczgG9a2A

Faith 2023 Intention

 Instead of a New Year's Resolution, Pete and I each set an "Intention." We selected a word that spoke to us for the New Year. The idea is to meditate the word, journal it, pray it, practice it, define it. 

Pete choose FAITH. So I made him a masculine Jacob's Ladder Quilt and appliqued his Intention onto it. 

Triple Play: 3 NEW Jacob's Ladder Quilts with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnE6DXdQ1HY

Jacob's Ladder Salsa Quilt

 Made with some unique fabric quarters I bought in Anaheim at my favorite warehouse, using a tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company, this went together quickly and easily based on a 5" strip and a 2.5 inch strip.  

Triple Play: 3 NEW Jacob's Ladder Quilts with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnE6DXdQ1HY

Here was the fun part: each fabric, in Tiny scale, has some Mexican salsa food on it! Onions, avocados, chili's, tomatoes, bottled sauces and a mixed salsa fabric!

Donated to Springs School for Ezekiel's class fundraiser, second grade.  48 X 60. 

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

Scrap Happy Jacobs Ladder

 

Finished today but pieced sometime last year from pure leftovers and scraps. The only requirement to make it into this quilt was dark and light had to contrast in each block. Some of the fabrics are novelty, some of them are batiks, some of them are children's designs, or Christmas, or even Easter. Even the binding was pieced entirely out of scraps from my binding scrap box. 

I quoted this with wavy lines using my walking foot about every 4 inches. The batting is a very thin polyester batting for a lovely lightweight summer quilt.

My plans for this particular quilt is to donate to the church for a silent auction.

Sold to Debbie Hickson, proceeds to St Andrew's Encinitas after the fundraiser was postponed for COVID. 

Jacob's Ladder Lap Quilt

 Made in neutra colors with good contrast, and borderless, this simple quilt packs a nice punch. I do love a good Jacob's Ladder Lap Quilt!

Dollar Quilt Jacobs Ladder

I love a bargain, don't we all?  Scrap quilts are often that, made from leftovers, orphans, donated fabrics and GoodWill treasures!  I found the blacks and reds for this manly treasure by searching Facebook marketplace for "Quilting Fabrics."  I found a small square dancing manufacturer in my own neighborhood, right by my Credit union, that sold 10 pound bags of fabric for $1 each.  Umm Hmm.

http://www.squareupfashions.com

Add to that a Missouri Star Jacobs Ladder made from 5" charms I cut from the scraps (I made half with dark centers, half with light centers) and there it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp1kbVut_1s

The backing is another treasure I found on sale after Thanksgiving at JoAnn fabric for $1.49 a yard.  It's a white with black and red ditsies.  I used about 2 1/2 yards.

This quilt found a home in my husband Pete's office!  

Jacob's Ladder As Well Quilt

After finishing my Jacob's Ladder lap quilt with 8" blocks, restricted to only two colors and fabrics, and straight setting, I was inspired to try it again, but differently!

This one has 4" blocks.  I used 2 charm packs, a mixture of off white/cream colored prints to contrast with some darker,  older looking small prints.  Each set of 2 charms completed 2 blocks.

Then I set them with the blocks making a circle out of the design.

Looks absolutely different!

Classic Jacob's Ladder Quilt

I have always liked the simple blocks of this particular version of Jacob's Ladder.  There are versions with more units to each block that are also beautiful, but this is the one I liked!  The blocks look like anvils, with a pattern of stairs running in one direction.  And it HAD to be in 2 colors, white and this mustardy yellow.

I made mine with 2 1/2 inch strips and 5 inch squares.

A summer finish, machine quilted 1/4 inch from the ditch and along the ditch of the center of each block.  Light, nice drape for the 100% cotton batting.   It turned out as I had hoped it would! Sold 2021