Pink Lemonade

While my sister Shelley was here last week, she quilted this quilt top that she started last summer.  The pattern is called Pink Lemonade.  Notice the 12 fussy cut squares.  She quilted it in a meandering pattern with two loops.

The stripe down the back gives it a little of a modern twist.  The quilt measures about 76x92, a good full size quilt. 

Sweet Summer Quilt!

This is another quilt that Miranda made for the July Jamboree in Cedar City.  She just started sewing scraps together and this is how it turned out.  I really like the big patch of white surrounded by the pinks and yellows.  I quilted it in a retro square pattern with white thread on front and back.  The back is a multi color print with the pinks and yellows.

Lizzie Knits!

My sister Lizzie has become a master knitter in the last couple of years.

This is a bib that she knit for our great-neice Lily. 

Here is a close-up of her beautiful work.

  I hope that 1 year old Lily appreciates the work that went into this bib and is careful not to spill anything on it.

I Almost Forgot This One!

This Paisley Party quilt top was lost under a pile of fabric scraps,  I really did forget about it for a while.  I guess it's time to do a little organizing.

I remembered it when Miranda asked how many quilts I would have ready for the Cedar City July Jamboree.

My sister Shelley did most of the quilting on this, which is a medium sized stipple.  She brought a quilt top from Idaho to quilt and needed to practice on the HQ Sixteen.

She did very nice work, you would never guess it was her first time.   The size of the quilt is about 40x48 and the batting is 80/20 cotton poly.  These colors are very vivid, perfect for a summer quilt.

Miranda Has Been Busy.

Miranda is holding this sweet baby quilt that she designed, pieced, and quilted all by herself.

You may recognize it from an earlier post and can see that the pink chalk washed out just fine.

I love these cute buttons.

She quilted it in an all over stipple pattern and I must say she did a very nice job.

What a perfect quilt for a baby boy.

Ultra-Modern Quilt!

This quilt really crinkled up in the wash. The cotton/poly batting will do that.

Here is a closer look at one of the blocks.

We bound it in an orange swirly print.  It turned out to be a perfect lap size.

Quilts Galore!

I decided to do a cobblestone pattern on the charcoal and pink quilt. When Miranda picked up the fabric at JoAnn's in St. George I looked at the color and vaguely remembered having thread to match.  Not so.  When we got home the closest we could find was this "Eggplant" color from Connecting Threads.   I think it looks great but the problem was that I had just one spool.  I wound three bobbins and then threaded the quilting machine.  One bobbin didn't even get me through the first row. I had to un- thread the machine three times to wind more bobbins. I ended up using ten bobbins on this quilt because of the close pattern.

Miranda was home this week and wanted to do some quilting on the long arm also. I looked away for five minutes and before I knew it she had "chalked up" her quilt.

I really hope this washes out.

She finished quilting it without the pink lines  and it looks very cute.  Pictures will be coming soon.

She also made this quilt with Nicey Jane scraps.  I will be quilting it tomorrow.

Aren't these beautiful fat quarters.  They are from the Amy Butler "Love" collection.

We've got a lot of projects going right now.  Keep posted for final pictures.

Pink and Charcoal

This week my youngest daughter and I went to visit my daughter Miranda in Cedar City. She is very much into the urban style quilts.  She already had in mind what she wanted to do. This is what we came up with. Love the charcoal colored fabric. It will be a wonderful piece to display in the July Jamboree.

Nicey Jane Quilt Top

On Saturday I finished putting the borders on this quilt of Miranda's.  This is the first queen size quilt top that she has completed.

I tried to give you a good idea of the whole quilt but the wind kept blowing.

Please ignore the weeds under our deck.

She used the blue and green prints from the Nicey Jane collection by Heather Bailey. She said she made this quilt for her husband because it is so "boyish". Guess I raised my daughters right if they think Nicey Jane fabric is "boyish". The quilt top pattern is from the 2010 Spring Quilts and More magazine.  The pattern in the magazine is for a twin and because she wanted a queen she added extra rows and an extra border.  The freshness of these prints is what makes this such a nice quilt.  I'm still trying to decide how I will quilt this for her.

Oh Cherry,Oh!

Oh, Cherry, Oh charm pack quilt measures 30x37 after washing.  The binding is the blue ric rac print and the backing is the yellow flower print.  The batting is 80/20 cotton-poly blend.  I love this quilt. If only I had some little grand-babies to give it to. ;)

I'm going to send it up, and maybe a few other quilts, to my adorable nephew Noah, and his wife Becky, to be sold at their booth in Provo. They sell their Works of Art at the Provo Farmer's Market every Saturday. If you are in Northern Utah on a weekend, check it out!

A Quilt for Lydia!

A few months ago Miranda informed me that she wanted to make a quilt for Amber's (sister-in-law) baby girl that is coming in July.  I happened to be going to Salt Lake so Whitney and I dropped in at Pine Needles and we saw this very sweet quilt that gave me this idea.  We picked out about 10 fat quarters of similar colors, and of course I already had white fabric.

The next time Miranda and her husband came home for a visit I drew out a pattern for her and cut the squares from the fat quarters and she started sewing.  She got the quilt top together in just a couple of hours.  She and Brooks went home to Cedar City and left the quilt with me to quilt.

    The quilting is one of my first attempts at this swirly pattern.  I love the brightness of this quilt.  Some of the prints are very modern and they make me think "citrus".  The top picture is of the completed quilt.   I hope Amber and baby Lydia love the quilt.