It’s a Jungle out There
June 2014
This year seems to be flying by! My Love Hugs quilt project has taken a back seat to some of life’s more important events, like welcoming a new grandson and a new son-in-law into the family.
I made this quilt for my new grandson, Felix. The animal fabric is one that was from Granny’s leftover fabrics. I combined it with some fabrics that I had from other sewing projects I had done in past.
Lavender Ladies
April 2014
This quilt is the Garden Squares pattern, by Jean Ann Wright. Most of the lavender fabrics were acquired from Edith and Granny. Both of these wonderful ladies loved the color lavender, so I dedicate this quilt to them, the Lavender Ladies!
I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in July 2014.
Switchbacks
March 2014
This quilt is the Rail Fence pattern. This is another pattern that I would recommend for someone new to quilting, since it has few intersecting seams.
Aside from sewing, my other two passions are sailing and backpacking. This pattern reminds me a lot of switchbacks on a trail, hence the name Switchbacks. I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in March 2014.
Cotton Candy
February 2014
This quilt is the Confused Cupid pattern. If you are new to quilting, I would recommend this pattern. It has very few seams that line-up, which makes it nice for someone just starting out. I used one of Granny’s hankies in the center of the quilt, that is of some sweet little pink embroidered flowers (shown in detail in upper right corner). I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in March 2014.
Check This!
October 2013
For me, patterns and ideas for quilts come from just about anywhere I can find them. The pattern I used for my Check This! quilt was a picture of a quilt that was in my local fabric store’s weekly flyer. I had a lot of checkered fabrics and some homespun plaids that I wanted to use, and this pattern was well suited for them. Much of the fabric was from a bag of material I acquired from someone’s kind, free posting on craigslist.
I donated Check This! to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in December 2013.
Yellow Lava Pinwheels
September 2013
Here is another quilt where I bought some new fabric that I just couldn’t resist! The tropical flower fabric is a new fabric, while the yellow and pink fabric used for the pinwheels is left over fabric, mostly from Paul’s Mom. I used red fabric from the shorts she wanted me to incorporate into a quilt, so now the shorts are in two quilts: this one and Who Let the Dogs Out. The shorts were really a skort, that were blue on one half and red on the other. The red fabric from the skort is in the red pinwheel, shown in the picture where the upper left corner is folded back.
I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in October 2013.
Who Let the Dogs Out?
September 2013
This is now the eighteenth quilt that I have made since last October, and the amount of fabric I have doesn’t seem to be diminishing! I try not to buy fabric, but, I do make some exceptions. In this quilt, I had bought about a 1/2 yard of the dog fabric, because it was just too cute to resist, and I thought it would be a fun addition, especially since the quilts are for kids. Much of the blue fabric was from a big stack of fabric I acquired from Paul’s Mom. In fact, there is some fabric that is from a pair of shorts she made when she was a young girl, which was quite some time ago!
When I had given her Sassy Squares a few months ago, she told me that she had a pair of shorts she wanted me to use in a quilt. After she passed away, it took some looking, but I did finally find the shorts, and incorporated them into my Who Let the Dogs Out quilt. I’m sure she is out there somewhere smiling. I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in October 2013.
Lovely Flower Baskets in the Windows
August 2013
In some of the fabric that came from my Mom’s stuff, were these cute hand-embroidered 9″x9″ squares (shown in detail in lower right corner). I would guess that they are vintage 1940’s – 1950’s, and it is curious as to who originally made them, and wonder what their plan was for them. I can’t imagine the time (and patience) involved to hand-embroider so many of the same squares! I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, in October 2013.
Love Hugs 