Simplicty II

This quilt is also one of mine.  I had a quilt to make on a time frame (where delivery to recipient was easy and convenient).  I had a jelly roll, and a border fabric that suited both the jelly roll and the recipient perfectly.  I was searching through my patterns, couldn't put my hands on the Cosy Quilts Simplicity pattern, but wanted to look up layouts, so went online and came across this variation on the pattern.  Simplicity II

I did add two more strips to get 42 blocks so I could do a 6 x 7 layout.   No point in having extra blocks left over!

 I love the movement in this quilt pattern. 

 The recipient of this quilt is a truck driver and a mechanic, so this border fabric (which I have been hoarding  saving for some time) was perfect. 

 I had a lovely charcoal grey minkee backing, and quilted a meander, to represent all the roads driven. 

Canadian Quarter Sections

 This sweet baby quilt is Quarter Sections, a Highway 10 designs pattern.  I sure love their patterns, so easy to follow.   Alice pieced this one. 

 I modify the pattern to use 6 Fat Quarters, giving me 18 blocks, and I don't add a border, it's just the right size for a baby quilt.  Very little waste from the 6 FQ. 

We picked up this great Canadian fabric at Sugar Pine 
 I love the tree stumps.  

Denim and Flannel

 I've seen the pictures of this quilt with it's intended baby recipient, so I know it is safe to share now.  Nancy made this quilt for a Grand-nephew.  It's got upcycled jeans and flannels from many family members.

 The Canada Goose fabric on the borders and backing is oh so soft.  Just a simple meander in red thread to hold it all together.

Signature Quilt

This signature quilt was made in Texas in the late 70's early 80's by Karen's Husbands Gran. 

The family discovered this coverlet (because the top was hemmed -so it was probably used as a coverlet) in a box recently, and decided to finish it and use it.  The family is having a lot of fun researching the names they didn't immediately know (most are family), and looking into histories.

I had a lot of fun looking at all the fabrics as I quilted.   There is a little bit of everything in there--polyesters, cottons, plaids, kerchief prints. 

 and yes, that quilt is as big as it looks on my king size bed.  It is 100x100.

 I think, if I got the right signature here, Lydia was the maker of the quilt.     A simple meander tied it all together. 

Handprints

This is such a marvelous quilt!  Nancy and her sister Peg organized the ENTIRE extended family to each put a handprint on a block...and then assembled it for their mothers 90th Birthday.

 The label was a block.

 Blocks were left for Dorothy and her husband (it was a surprise at the birthday party), and they have since placed their handprints on the quilt.

I"m disappointed the house block is blurry--it represents the home Dorothy's children grew up in.  The house was only sold this year, so it is very fitting to have it on the quilt.

 Hands can be hard with little ones--they don't like to unclench them, so these would be Great Grandchild's feet.  I love the smear of blue on the side of the block--even feet can be tricky with babies.  What a great time capsule

 I love the creativity with the two-toned hand. 

 and for family members that have passed, there were line drawings.  What a special way to include them.

Wanda 3

 This is a Wanda quilt Katelynd made for a wedding gift. So, I thought a ribbon quilting design would be appropriate.

The batiks in this quilt are lovely.

Sometimes Simple is Best

Here are two examples of simple really suiting the project

Vicki's 2nd denim quilt (the first one can be seen here--and there is a third, but it looks much like the first two, and I don't have pictures of it so you'll just have to use your imagination) is the type of quilt for which a simple meander is a great stitching design--it gives texture and some curvy lines and it holds the quilt together.

 And then, if you do decide to add something special, it stands out....

This table runner is another great example of simple, it's a quilt as you go runner (and yes, it was hard for me not to put extra quilting in), but that simplicity allows the music themed fabric to shine.

And a little complexity was added in the pieced center square.

This runner was made for the same home as this quilt
the piecing lines there were the inspiration for the center square in the runner.

Owls

This is another of Patty's quilts, and was a pleasure to quilt...once I got done playing with the tension settings for that thread.   That's what all the random strips of fabric around the edges are...me trying to get the tension set. 

I haven't previously had any tension issues with my Innova...so it was a good chance to learn more about setting the tension.  I finally remembered that I had another bobbin case, this one with the backlash spring in, so that really helped with the heavier weight thread in the bobbin. 

This quilt is so cute and cheery, and will be a wonderful gift for her grand-niece/nephew.  Patty finds the neatest backings too.  Won't a baby have fun looking at those bold lines!

 One of the really fun things about quilting for others is being able to see all the different fabrics and colors.

First Official Customer Quilt

Patty's X-block quilt was the first customer quilt since starting mmm quilts.  She wanted a large meander, which I really enjoyed, for two reasons.  One, it was the first meander I've done on the Innova, as I've been busy practicing other things, and two, I could not effectively do a meander this large on my old short-arm set-up, without it being very linear.  And, of course, I enjoyed quilting this because Patty's piecing is precise, perfect and pressed.  OK, enough alliteration.

It doesn't really show against these blocks.  The quilt is perfectly flat and square, it's the optical illusion of the blocks that makes it look wavy.

(I wish I could figure out why these pictures are being turned, but in mean-time, just turn your head, LOL)