Graduation Quilt for Method

My Grandson, Method, graduated from High School this year.  Each of my children and grandchildren gets a quilt for graduation.  His favorite color is blue, so I used blue, brown, and beige batiks to make him this Turning Twenty pattern.  It is 70" x 86".  He is the Joy of my Life.

It has a beautiful Blue back, but I forgot to take a picture.

Leopard Quilt for Crystal

I made this leopard panel quilt for my Niece, Crystal.  She has been working tirelessly for over 2 years, to get Disability and Medical for her Father, my Brother.  He now has both and a great place to live, cataract surgery and custom shoes to help with his numbness due to being a diabetic.  I contributed financially to keep him off the streets, but She takes care of him daily. She loves him dearly, but he is a hand full.

It is quilted in large jungle leaves.  The quilting really makes the quilt.

This is the back fabric.

Monopoly Quilt

Finally finished my Monopoly Quilt.  I have had this fabric forever and am so glad to use it. This one stays with me.  I love the striped binding.

Love my striped binding

Scrappy Disappearing Nine-Patch Nursing Home Quilt

I made this scrappy disappearing nine-patch quilt for the Nursing Home.  My Quilt Guild adopts 2 to 3 nursing homes a year and supplies a quilt to each resident.

back of quilt

 40" x 56"

 

Dog and Cat Linus Quilt

Used a free pattern from "Quilts for Kids" to make this Linus Quilt.

Back of quilt

Close up

Granddaughter's Graduation Quilt

My Granddaughter, Ava, graduated from high school this week.  We are so proud of her.  Of course, Grandma had to make her a quilt to mark the occasion.  Just as I did for my daughter and son years ago.

She likes Rainbows (colors and quilting motif) and Sunflowers (backing fabric).

There were 884 in her class and her last name starts with V.

A close-up of her smiling face.

Attitude in cap and gown.

Preemie Christmas Blankets for Linus Project

Linus Project put out a call for Preemie Christmas Blankets.  I went through my fabric stash and found these little cuties.  I was able to make five to donate.  These blankets are used in hospitals to wrap up preemies or drape over their incubators.  They are flannel on one side and cotton fabric on the other side.  They measure 25" square.

Scrappy Quilt Top from Block Exchange

Finally, put together my quilt top, from The Monday Night Divas Bee block exchange, in 2017.
 We exchanged blocks for 9 months and ended up with about 120 blocks each. I love a good scrappy quilt.  I will link to the Youtube video that gave us this idea.

One Block

Sewing 2 blocks together.

Four block units.

One row complete.

First 3 rows complete.

Second 3 rows complete.

Top complete.  Finished 60' x 72".

All of the design boards had shop samples on them, so I had to get creative for my picture

Below is a link to the Youtube video that gave us the idea for our block exchange.

https://youtu.be/mEROi6myQ9s

Donation Quilt for Guild Show

West Houston Quilters Guild has a Quilt Show every other year.  I belong to a Bee called "The Monday Night Divas".  Each Bee is expected to contribute a quilt or basket filled with goodies to the Tin Can Raffle.  We decided to take some extra "scrappy" blocks from our exchange and make a quilt.

Here it is without the borders.

Finished with the borders and binding.

I think it was 60" x 75".

Pinned a hanging sleeve on so it could be easily removed.

The fold is intentional.  It accommodates a thick hanging strip without distorting the quilt.

Attached a label, so that winner would have information on creators.

Made a matching pillowcase for transport and to be used with the quilt.

How to make a quick and easy pillowcase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEHFXEtWAUU

Hopefully, the winner will enjoy it for many years to come.

Flannel Rag Quilt for Linus Quilts

A flannel Rag Quilt that I finished yesterday.  It will be donated to Linus Quilts through the WHQG. I am a member of the Charity Bee and we are trying to use up all of the flannel in storage. I added the plane and kitty flannel from my stash.

Front

Back

The Donation Quilt is Quilted

The Donation Quilt is back from the longarm quilter.  It is beautiful.  Betty did a wonderful job.  Now I just need to trim it and sew on the binding, which is one of my favorite parts.