Two quilts by Janet

This is the second time Janet has made this modern baby quilt, the first was given as a gift and Janet liked it so much she decided to make another (for her baby quilt stash) which will inevitably be gifted as well.  The pattern is from Make it Modern a Better Homes & Garden Special Interest publication 2013.

Good Morning Sunshine quilt

This little quilt is custom quilted with straight line (as in the magazine).

Using up some of the bits of fabric from the front of the quilt, Janet enhanced the back with some back art.

Quilt back art

You can see Janet’s similar baby quilt (the back is different) here.

The second quilt completed for Janet is called Garden Gate.

Garden Gate quilt

Janet decided on the Bountiful Feathers pantograph by Hermione Agee and a light green Glide  thread called celery.

Bountiful Feathers pantograph

I don’t have any notes on who this quilt was for, it might be for Janet’s home which is so beautifully decorated with her many beautiful quilts.

That which we elect to surround ourselves with becomes the museum of our soul and the archive of our experiences. ~ Thomas Jefferson

 

Three quilts by Carol

So many of our quilts have a story, sometimes people share these lovely stories with me, and so the story of The Garden quilt, with Carol’s permission…

 

Carol started the quilt in the early 2000’s and a friend loved it, Carol was broke, so her friend gave her some money so that Carol could pay rent with the understanding that Carol would make the quilt for her friend.  It took Carol many years to finish it, her friend had moved to British Columbia and they had lost touch.  Carol tracked down her friends address and sent it to her for Christmas.  Surprise!

Anyone else have projects like this waiting to be finished?  I know that I do.

The Garden quilt

The back ground fabric has flower names on it.  We quilted this with the Blowin’ Wind pantograph by Jodi Beamish and a light tan coloured thread.

Blowin' Wind pantograph

Carol’s quilt

On this personal quilt Carol tried out the lettering from the book Fat Quarter Fonts by Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs.

Carol's quilt

For the quilting design Carol chose the Anne’s Garden pantograph by Anne Bright and we used an olive green called Split Pea.

Anne's Garden pantograph

Carol used the Go! Fabric Cutter to make this third quilt is called Arches.

Aches quilt

Arches was quilted with a pantograph by Hermione Agee called Yin Yang and a cream coloured thread.

Yin Yang pantograph

Great job getting these three projects finished Carol.

As we grow up, we realize it becomes

less important to have a ton of friends,

and more important to have real ones.