Courthouse Steps

This joyful quilt is the only time I have ever made this pattern: Steps to the Courthouse.  It's like a log cabin, but the pieces for opposite colors, rather than circling around. Easy and fun to make, perfect for scraps, don't know why I haven't made this again!

I made this quilt to celebrate a return to quilting after a sad period in my life.  Several years later, Christina told me her young daughter used it at night to keep monsters from under her bed!  I must have filled the quilt with joyful enerrgy when I sewed it! 

Autumn Friendship Basket

A small wall quilt, just one basket with a great basket weave fabric, 3 green leaves appliques and a friendship symbol.  Made for my friend and neighbor, she hangs it on the wall over her fireplace every year in the fall. One of these days I want o make a whole quilt full of baskets.
This one is from 2008.

Musical Sweet 21

We first met Kait when she was around 8 years old, and now she is turning 21!  Where did those years fly?  One day in church she sat behind me and I heard her beautiful voice; pointed it out to my husband, who lead a youth group band, and the rest is history!  Today she is the music leader at church and Pete plays backup guitar and drums when she sings.

How to best honor her on her 21st birthday?  I collected musical motifs, and then tried to round them up with black/white/grey/yellow and a touch of fiery red.  Collecting the fabrics for this one was a lot of fun.
I made a charm square 9 patch, split them, turned the blocks any random way, and put them back together.  In staying adult and modern, I decided no border, so here it is.

Happy Birthday Kait!  And many more!

Holiday Lap Quilt

Made over 2 afternoons just for myself to use for naps in December!  This is the SUPER simple split 9-patch made with a pack of Christmas charms and 4 strips of 5" white cut into squares and 2 strips (plus a  few charms) of red, with a 4 1/2" border (again a few stray charms in the corners.)  I made (8) 9-patch units with red in the center, charms in the corners, and white in the other spots and then "split" them.  Real fun!

I could do it again with FLANNEL charms........ baby charms......... charms charms charms!

A warm Christmas Quilt

Big block in traditional colors made this quilt go together quick.  But then I put it away for a few years and pulled it out this Christmas-time to quilt with my new Juki machine.  Machine quilting the bigger quilts is so easy on the Juki!  This quilt went to my grand-niece Jenny for her Christmas season bed!

A Stocking, not a quilt!

A new baby in the family!  Just an excuse to make quilts and such!

Count To Christmas

Made a pair of Christmas Quilts with little pockets, an Advent Calendar.  The panel with the monkey-numbers was purchased on a quilt run last spring.  The blocks are charms; one cut from my scrap box, one a charm pack.  Quick, sweet, easy, for some special little girls!

 There is a little stuffed Santa Monkey that can travel from pocket to pocket to help count the days until December 25th. Candies or treats could be placed in the pockets as well.... but I suspect Little Girls might find that such a temptation!

Merry Christmas, Emma and Mai Mai!  Merry Christmas, Carrie!