And Next please

This is another soldier quilt using the square in square pattern that works up so quickly. It is a little dark for my tastes but used up more smaller cuts of fabric.

Next in line

I surely will have a good amount of quilts for our wounded military. Here is the next one I made. I cannot remember the name of the pattern---but it is very scrappy. I think it was made out of fat quarters and then cut up.

Another one

I was more productive sewing than picture taking----so here is one more.

This pattern uses up smaller pieces of fabric quite efficiently. Scraps quilting is not my favorite but I love this pattern.

Once again, I add the eagles fabric to make it longer.

More April quilts

I had purchased the Turning Twenty Pattern quite some time ago and decided to try one of those. 20 Fat Quarters would make it way too big so I used just 12. I am slowly working my way through a large amount of donated Fat Quarters from online friends. This pattern uses them up quickly.

I added the eagles at the top and bottom to make this a nice long quilt. Thanks Barbara for that wonderful eagle fabric.

April Push

I had some time off from my part time job so I really was able to get productive. I do not remember the name of this pattern as I find so many on the internet. I did not put the sections together right but with a scrappy quilt it really does not matter.

If I had done it right, it would have formed a secondary pattern. Finished is better than perfect. I was happy to use up smaller bits of fabric.

I believe this pattern is called Tradewinds.

Fabric from California and North Carolina

I am part of a wonderful group of ladies on an internet site. We chat daily about all sorts of things. I was sent this fabric and decided to just combine them. I did not want to cut up the middle section as it was too beautiful. So this turned out to be a quick and easy quilt. I have enough of the stripped to use it with a BIG block I made and then could not figure out what to do with it.

Thanks Debbie and Janet. This quilt will be donated for a wounded member of our military.

Lancaster Quilts

I thought I would put up some more photos of the fabulous quilts. Such amazing talent and creativity.

Lancaster Quilt Show

I just returned from the fabulous quilt show in Lancaster PA. I visited the downtown area and surrounding countryside. I am VERY careful not to take any pictures of the Amish people front the front. I did get this wonderful one of a young man about to turn into his field.

I met up with several of my friends from across different states. It was THE perfect trip. We saw wonderful quilts---ate too much delicious food-----spent too much money---stayed up too late and laughed and reveled in our togetherness. AND---not one speck of NEWS.

Believe it or not---the world will still turn if you do not watch any TV or listen to radio news. You will not hear the shrill voices of discontent.

Golf Hospice Quilt

I was cleaning up my sewing room and refolding my stash. I found a yard of this wonderful golf fabric I do not even remember buying. It may have been given to me by a quilt friend for a charity quilt. I also found a sports type one that will be perfect for another mans quilt.

I used the easy block pattern and have a really fast quilt for a guy. I tried my ocean wave edge to edge quilting design I am learning. I like this design and am getting better at it.

Easy and Fun Quilt

Somewhere out in cyberland I saw a picture of a quilt that I liked and the sewer said was very easy. It is from a fabulous website with hundreds of wonderful blocks.

http://www.quilterscache.com/

I quickly made 2 of these quilts using lots of my scraps..I chose a neutral type background as I knew it would be very busy. I also featured a novelty type print for the center of each blocks.

I love how I have come in my quilt making journey to be able to figure out how some patterns would look in certain fabric. This is one of the quickest patterns I have ever made.

These quilts and 3 others will be journeying to a vacation home for families who have lost a loved one in the military. I heard about this wonderful project on the news which I seldom watch.

Thanks Dee for the Navy fabric. This is the second quilt I have made using it.