This was one of the unfinished projects that I completed this year. It was made using a free pattern I got at Wal-Mart. There was no name on the pattern; hence, the Professor named the quilt "Nicht Ganannt" -- the quilt with no name. I used off-white muslin for the backing. Cathy did a fabulous job quilting it. It's one of my favorites! I'm so glad I finally finished it and hope to finish many more from my big pile of work-in-progress quilts so I can enjoy them too.
A close-up of the tie ends.
This quilt was made especially for some new friends -- my daughter's in-laws -- in remembrance of the exciting summer of 2010. They invited us to stay with them when we went to Maryland for the wedding reception there. What awesome people to get to know better! We had a wonderful time! Black Mountain Quilts has great patterns and this is one of them -- very easy and fun to make. I added the little black/white stripe and the green border, which I thought really finished off the quilt -- and made it a little larger.
"Simply Amy" from the July/August 2010 issue of McCall's Quilting magazine was the pattern chosen by my daughter for her wedding quilt -- Simply Kali! She specified that the colors used be two blues and white. So, this is the quilt I made. The actual pattern made a smaller quilt, but I added rows to the side and bottom and extra borders so that it turned out to be a large queen-sized quilt -- huge! I had never done a "modern" quilt before, so it was a challenge for me. My friend, Cathy, did the wonderful quilting.
The happy newlyweds exiting the temple after their marriage.
We were all very sad to hear that our dear friend Bliss was moving away, so we wanted to make her a quilt to remember us by. This is what we came up with. We all donated fabric and took part in creating the quilt. There were days when we weren't sure it was going to be finished in time because of illness, a wedding, vacations, etc., but it all came together at last and we were able to give it to her on the day they loaded for the move. Bliss, we all miss you lots!
I made this quilt using red, white and blue fabric -- all with the same design. After finishing it, I thought that this was a good example of what not to do. However, everyone who sees it really likes it. Susie Edwards designed this quilt in 2002, so I don't know if the pattern is still available or not.
A couple of months ago, I borrowed Bliss' idea of her Easy Peasy quilt and made this quilt as a wedding gift. I used Sandy Gervais' Tranquility jelly roll, a fat quarter for the thin border, and some yardage for the outer border. It went together quite fast and I was very pleased with the look.
Another unfinished quilt finally finished! Pinwheels & Rectangles is from a pattern designed by Eleanor Burns. I finished the top last year, but just now got around to having it quilted by Cathy. The light green pinwheels don't show up very well in this picture, but this quilt is really very pretty.
Found in Heather Mulder Peterson's book, Favorite Quilts From Anka's Treasures, "On a Whim" is a very basic and easy pattern. When I found this pattern, I was looking for a pattern I could use with this fabric (Kaye's Kitchen) by Kaye England. The quilt in the book was made with several different fat quarters of different fabrics and looks so pretty. (My picture is awful and doesn't do the pattern nor the fabric justice.)
