Abbigail's quilt. Black sheep flannel backing.

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2011

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So yes, I made this last year but I LOVE it! I love the colors, the fabrics, the mix, the crazy big chunky pattern and the soft pink flannel backing I pieced for it. Sorry I didn't post a picture of that, but it isn't significant. Believe it or not, these random large pieced quilts are not as fast and easy as they look. I actually used a pattern from a magazine when I made this, but next time I will just take my pieces and cut them up and make a few sections to put together. I'm sure it will be much faster and easier. I kind of love random quilts because they are so free and whimsical as opposed to symmetrical and orderly. I'm not really that precise in many aspects of my life. I like spontaneity and my best work is done when I get an idea and just cut and piece without much stress or planning.  I called it Printemps because it totally feels springy to me.  I love spring.  It's a wonderful, energizing time of year.  It's a happy, hopeful time of year.  OK full disclosure here.  I live in Alaska and I love spring and summer.  This quilt just "speaks" the lighter side of spring to me.

SPOT

Spot is a baby quilt for Garland and Nicole Pierce's baby, Thomas who was born in July 2011. I've been in a bit of a quilting slump and haven't done anything for awhile. I love the little dogs -- from a fabric called "Playful Pups" by Paws for Thought by Benartex. I quilted little dog bones around the puppies. I used all spotted fabrics so the name "SPOT" would be appropriate. Hope he likes it.

Leppies

My oldest niece called elephants "Leppies" when she was little. The name stuck, in our family. This Leppie quilt is for a baby boy. Andi from PatchAndi designed the basic pattern. I modified it, but will modify it again because I'm going to use it again. Next time the proportions will be slightly different. My hubby loves the colors in this quilt. He wants me to make him one. Haha. What do you think of the color combo and the prints I used?

Dotty 4 U

Bloggers' Quilt Festival

This was motivated by our Alpenglow Quilting Group. They did these bull's eye quilts over the winter. I picked up some scraps one day and just started cutting circles. The entire quilt is made from scraps, except for a yard of backing. It makes a great table topper in my dining room. The top-stitched circles are supposed to fray when I wash it but I don't wash my quilts until I have to. I know a lot of you like to wash your quilts as you finish them, but I like to enjoy the crisp, clean look awhile before I wash mine. I decided to just cross hatch it on my machine because it was small enough to do it and I'm kind of into cross hatching lately. Anyway, this is the most recent quilt I have finished so I am using it for Blogger's Quilt Festival, but it's not really a favorite. If you check some of my older posts you will see much nicer quilts.

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Crazy Chicks

Crazy 9-Patch made for a baby that's due any day. It has the cutest little chick fabrics in it.

Service Auction Quilts

Each March our ward does our annual Relief Society Birthday Service Auction. We "auction" services and hand made items that we donate. We had a wonderful array of goodies donated this year, including knitted headbands, gloves, scarf, pretty aprons with dish cloths, homemade bread, a mailing kit, beautiful flower barrettes, a gorgeous bracelet (that I got), an emergency FHE kit, etc. These are a couple of little quilts I made for it. They were snatched up, along with a couple that Sue Mortensen hand quilted from fabrics I gave her.