Quilting

[crazy4orcas]

shenshen77 and I have been chatting about quilting recently and she mentioned wanting to see my quilts.  So, I thought I would post some pics of some.  I have a bunch of quilts in various stages of being, and I've only finished a couple of table runners and a couple of wall hangings.  I am about halfway done with the piecing part of one I'm going to use as a bedspread (twin sized) and that's my largest project so far.



Here's a wall hanging that the directions called a Memory Quilt. The buttons in the corners are from my dad's Navy uniform and you can see a pair of his Lieutenant's bars too.



This is another wall hanging, a rag quilt of the American Flag:



Wall hanging or lap quilt I've called "A-BUZZ About Autumn":



Wall hanging or lap quilt that still needs the binding sewn on (it will be black). I'm still trying to come up a clever name for this one, any ideas?:



A close up of one of the cat's faces. The lady who does the long-arm machine quilting for me did the design:

Comments

[gi-jules.livejournal.com]

Those are beautiful!

[crazy4orcas.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm still a beginner, but so far I've been pleased with how my projects are turning out. And it's still fun!

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

Amazing. The first one particularly sings to me...

[crazy4orcas.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I forgot to mention it, but the white side panels on the Memory Quilt came from my mom's wedding dress. I've got buttons from some of the clothes my mom made me as a kid to add to the quilt too.

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

That is so lovely. a true heirloom piece!

[shenshen77.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous! I love the memory quilt, what a lovely idea! I have everything to make at least a twin bedspread, I just have to find the energy to put it together ;) But yours are lovely. A name for the cat one... has to be something with purr ;)

[crazy4orcas.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have buttons from some of the clothes my mom made me as a kid to add to the Memory Quilt, and those white side panels are from mom's wedding dress.

I know what you mean about working up the energy to put things together. My twin bedspread is going to be made up of 24 12-inch sampler-type blocks and I have about 1/2 of them done, then the borders to go. I was totally gung-ho when I first started but not so much anymore :)

[shenshen77.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, your mom's wedding dress features in it too? Lovely. And yes, as Alpha said, a true heirloom piece it is then. Lovely idea!

Mine will be smaller blocks, I think. Which will of course take longer to make, even though they're a rather easy design. Although now I'm thinking of just foregoing the instruction I have and do what I want. Yeah, Loki isn't my Northern cousin (according to my actual name) for nothing ;) And man, I was sooooo enthusiastic and gung-ho when I started too, but then I kinda discovered writing. And not a lot of quilting has been done since, hehehe. :D

I'm so looking forward to seeing the bed spread finished, it sounds lovely.

[happilydancing.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are beautiful! i'm so impressed!

[crazy4orcas.livejournal.com]

Thank you!