Whitney's Oz Quilt!

Whitney found a couple of charm packs of Oz by Sanae last summer.  She then talked me into buying it for her.  She has been working on getting the squares sewn together since then.

She sewed the squares into larger squares of four and then sashed it with 5 inch strips of a white sheet from IKEA.

 She quilted it today in a circle in a circle pattern.

I sewed the binding on for her but she still needs to do the hand sewing.

 A close-up of the cute quilting.

The back is a Freebird print by Momo.

Good job Whit.

Quilt #4

Quilt #4 is the T-Shirt quilt.  This was something new for me so it was kind of a trial and error project.  Each of the sixteen 12 inch squares is part of a t-shirt,  I then quilted  them onto white broadcloth.  I quilted the blocks in a back and forth or up and down pattern and then stippled between on the white fabric.  The back is the green check from Wee PLay and the binding is a red and green plaid.

Quilt #3

And now, quilt #3.  I used the rest of the cotton shirts and made off-set square blocks.  I sashed the blocks with a  Moda Crazy Eight plaid by Sandy Gervais.  The backing is more Wee Play by American Jane, this time in blue.  I used the left over red from the back of quilt #1 to bind this one.  I quilted it all over in a stipple pattern.  Can I say how much I love this quilt. 

Quilt #2

Here it is, quilt #2.  Jake had a lot of jeans so I knew that I would do a denim quilt.  I wanted the quilts to be different so I decided to do a rag quilt with the jeans.  The back is a Just Dreamy flannel by Riley Blake.  I love the combination of orange and blue.  This quilt is quite soft and snuggly be cause of the flannel. 

A Special Commission!

Almost 7 years ago, my cousin Jake was killed in an accident at the mine where he worked.  He was only 29 years old. He left behind his wife Julie and 3 little boys and another one on the way.  This summer, Julie asked me if I would make a quilt for each of the boys out of their father's clothes.  I will be posting pictures of the quilts for the next few days.  Above are pictures of quilt #1.  I used Jake's cotton print shirts to put together this Turning Twenty quilt.  The border fabric and back are a red check print from American Jane's Wee Play.  I quilted it in the retro squares pattern which is a good pattern for boys.  As those of you who regularly read this blog know,  I haven't much experience with quilts for boys, my eyes are naturally drawn to girlie prints and colors.  I tried really hard to keep these masculine but colorful.  I hope the boys will approve and love their special quilts.