Sunflower Quilt for Ava

My Granddaughter, Ava, graduated from High School in 2021.  She loves sunflowers and rainbows, so I incorporated these things into her quilt.  She is my mini-me and my Sunshine.

It is quilted in rainbows.

The back is Sunflowers.

I also purchased this quilt for her because it was so perfect for her.

You are my Sunshine.

Humans make my head hurt.

Skull Tote Bag for Amanda

A Christmas present for my daughter, Amanda.  She loves all things Skull.
Amanda and her best friend, Georgia do Pop Up Markets and can always use another tote.

Houston International Quilt Show

WoooHooo, It is finally here.  I have my ticket for Wednesday Premiere Night and all day Friday.  The Ladies and Gents from QuiltingBoard.com are wearing friendship blocks and/or Selvedge with dots.  I hope to see some of the members in person that I have messaged and exchanged squares and blocks with.

I attended Premiere Night and shopped for five hours.  Note to self, most of cash left with vendors at show, go to bank before Friday.  Haven't even looked at Quilts.  They don't go anywhere, but the vendor merchandise does.

I won the wonderful book below at the free raffle by Make It University.  My name was even picked by Pokey Bolton of Quilting Arts.  I watch her show every Saturday on our PBS channel.  I can't wait to try out some of the fabulous ideas for making an art journal quilt.  As a winner, I was asked to sign the Graffiti Wall.  What a Hoot so far!!!

These are the two ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) that I will trade (Friday)  on the wall near Make It University.  You can trade one for one, ATCs, Small Quilts, Inches and Art jewelry.

Mine are fused cloth, seed stitched, buttons and three colors of ribbon whipped around edges.

Pirate Quilt for Son TT#3

AAAARGGGG, Matey!!!  My Son requested a pirate quilt a few years ago.  Mom never got around to it.  Fast forward to HS Graduation 2010.  Time for that pirate quilt.  Some of those old fabrics are looking  too juvenile, but as luck would have it,  Skull and Crossbones are in for 2010.  The fabric market is exploding with this fad.

Thus, my third quilt made with the "Turning Twenty" pattern is born, May, 2010.

Pirate Quilt

The black, iron on applique is from www.stensource.com/creativeiron.  It is under "for the boys" on the left.  These are so wonderful.  They are 100% cotton, laser cut and you just peel off the backing and iron them on.  I purchased mine at the Houston International Quilt Show. 

I picked out the quilting design from http://www.sweetdreamsquiltstudio.com/.  My LAQer (Quilters Crossing in Tomball) is able to download whatever I chose to her machine.  I don't have to feel bad about chosing a difficult design.

DS received his quilt the night of his Graduation Ceremony.  It went straight to his bed and he even made up his bed for a few days.