Camp Stevens Fundraiser Quilt 2024

 Time for a quilt to benefit Camp Stevens!

https://youtu.be/aXnxtfQUX7w?si=-D8NLJfVC5iZyTh5

Giant Missouri Star And Geese

 Fun quilt! For fun, quilt pattern practice and sale on Etsy.

SOLD on Etsy!

Using a layer cake and a modified pattern tutorial by Missouri Stars

https://youtu.be/aXnxtfQUX7w?si=-D8NLJfVC5iZyTh5

I decided rather than buying new cutting rulers, to cut my center block 9 1/2 inches instead. 

The geese here are from HST's.

I had some fun with the free motion quilting!

Pretty yellow lemons on white for the background. 

Disappearing Four Patch

 Using 4 1/2 inch squares made overseas, I finished this little quilt. The split 4 patches were then placed in a different solud star and set in the "Circle Of Nine" arrangement.

Inspired by Jenny Doan's weekly tutorial:

https://youtu.be/rUDFQlEBNss?si=uEgt0NZGe1SJtYqy

Set totally on a white muslin background it was then quilted with angular motifs and a little border pizazz. 

  Sold almost immediatly on etsy to Sandra PM. 

UPDATE: Sold to Sandy's who made this little quilt into hand purses! 

Baby Under The Sea

 I just finished another darling baby quilt using the Missouri Star tutorial on the Ohio Star Quilt.    https://youtu.be/Dh6K4zUnfw8?si=9x0Cp4Y-dKvSJKfl

Made for Virginia, the organist at St Andrew's for a grand-nephew. She liked the quilt I made recently for Patty and asked for something like that. https://anita-rancherita.blogspot.com/2023/10/outer-space-baby-quilt.html?m=0

The fabrics for the most part came from my Under The Sea fabric collection, inspired by baby quilts made for my Grandson and other fishy quilts made over the years. 

The back is a great piece I picked up at JoAnn at their Black Friday sale for $3.99/yards and the scraps and bits leftover from the tiny 6 1/2" Ohio Star blocks. 

The sashing is a great watery swirl with cornerstones of shells and fish in a pretty aqua green. 

The overall quilting is big curvy circles and serpentine lines in the borders. 

Floral Ohio Star Quilt

 I made this generous lap quilt from leftover 10" squares from another project (Jacobs Ladder for Erika) and plain white yardage purchased in bulk online for $2.99 a yard. 

It has 20 10 1/2" blocks made from a Missouri Star pattern and it finished at 53 x 66.

https://youtu.be/SeIhkAhS7cY?si=pq9DgFxY5-_hknm7

I like to free motion the borders off the frame on the Juki.

I made swirls all over the place over the quilt body. Serpentine lines on the side borders.  Some feathers and other designs on each top and bottom borders. 

The quilt frame makes all the difference in my free motion quilting. I have space and can glide my quilt over it to quickly and easily fill on my dense designs.

This quilt is listed for sale on etsy for $130. 

SOLD on Etsy

Outer Space Baby Quilt

 Patty asked me to design a baby quilt for Sammy's childhood friend having her first child. The shower invite was the inspiration. 

So I looked at a favorite Ohio Star pattern I have made before in 6 inches. 

https://youtu.be/Dh6K4zUnfw8?si=niBkidwn0unUhKLD

Darling huh? 

The quilt features these 6" star blocks in golds, blues and silver. The border is a sweet sunshine and clouds in the sky. The back is tiny stars and planets on blue. 

I love to use any leftover blocks and scraps to widen the backing. 

I used more angular designs in the border versus curvy. Good old Clamshells quilting thru the body is a good solid choice. 

Bright Stars for Heather

 Young Heather came to us last summer as a new grad from seminary to intern with Brenda at St. Andrews. At the same time Pete had graduated and was also interning as a Deacon. 

We enjoyed our young new age Deacon interning (barefoot) to remain connected to the earth with Seasoned Pete also finding his voice and role in the church. 

Heather was ordained and has accepted a post to minister to students at UCSD. We bid her good bye and good luck with a bright modern quilt of stars, peace and inclusion. We will have it autographed and prayed over on her last Sunday at St Andrews.