Sharing Some of my Quilts

I thought that I would share some of my quilts that I have made for my first blog post.

1. Tennessee Waltz

 

When I made this quilt in a class at the Quilters Gallery, I wanted to use bright fabrics to make this pattern a little more modern. 

 

 

I fussy cut the centers of my stars and used this awesome fabric for the backing.  I quilted on my longarm machine with the pattern fancy feathers.

 

2.  Blooming Nine Patch

 

 

This is my husbands favorite quilt, I just love how all the fabrics blend together.  This quilt pattern can be found in the Tradition with a Twist book by Blanche Young & Dalene Young Stone.  There are some beautiful quilts in this book.  This quilt measures 72" x 82"

 

 

Such fun fabrics and I really like how the red binding makes it pop.

 

 

The backing is my favorite, it is a bright colored fabric with mardi gras masks.

 

3. Persian Fantasy

 



 

I had cut all my fabrics in this quilt several years ago and just recently sewed and finished the quilt.  I was not happy with my border fabric, so I opted to leave the borders off.  The quilt measures 56" x 56" and can be found in Batik Beauties by Laurie J. Shifrin.  If you like batik quilts, this book is a must have.

 

4.  Crazy Eights

 

 

This quilt measures 64" x 80"

The Crazy Eight pattern can be found in the Fons & Porter Quilting Quickly spring 2014 magazine.  After make several scrappy trips around the world quilts, I still had many more strips leftover.  When I seen this pattern, I knew it was the one to use the rest of these strips.

 

I did not think that I would like this quilt, but it has to be one of my favorites once finished.  All that is left to do is throw it in the washer to crinkle it up.

 

5.  Black & White Stack and Slice

 

This quilt measures 68" x 90"

I made this quilt top years ago, I cannot recall the name of the pattern.  I wanted a black and white quilt with a touch of red.    I do remember that you stack the fat quarters, slice them and rotate some of the pieces before sewing.

 

 

I am in love with the fabric on the back, I have been saving for years to use on this quilt.  My granddaughter is trying to claim this quilt.

 

 

6. Rain Stick

 

 

This quilt measures 41" x 54".

The Rain Stick pattern is also found in the Fons & Porters summer 2014 Quilting Quickly Magazine.  The pattern in the magazine is a lap size quilt, but I wanted to make it a baby size quilt.  This is the first quilt that I have made with all solids and I plan on making many more with just solids.

 

7.  One Block Wonders

 

 

 

This quilt was made with an Amy Butler fabric, I am amazed with these quilts. 

You can find the directions in the One Block Wonder book by Maxine Rosenthal.  Her method of making this quilt is very simple and easy to put together.

 



 

 



This quilt was made using a Martha Negley fabric, I love the shades of blue, greens and yellows.

 

I will not bore you with any more of my quilt, I do hope you have enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them.  I hope you return to see more quilts as I make them and please be patient with me while I figure out the blogging world.