Ohio State Baby!

Around September or October, a friend of mine from high school contacted me to make a quilt for her husband as a Christmas present. He is a very big Ohio State fan so obviously this is what needed to be done :-) I always enjoy being able to send my quilts out instead of just here in Wellsboro so it was nice to know that I was sending it down by Washington. As for the first time actually sending one out and getting money from it, the process went really well. And now I hear that he loved his Christmas present which makes me feel the best I ever could.

For this quilt I used gray, white and red. If I were to do it over again, I would put more gray into the quilt. Otherwise I was very happy with it. It's basically a red and white diagnol quilt with five 9-squares thrown in of red and gray. Each block was about 5". There was a red binding and red backing as well.

P.S. Sorry the pictures aren't that good in this one.

Rachel's Quilt

The girl that Justin worked with, Rachel, asked us to make her a third quilt! I was so excited and I loved the colors so I probably would have done it whether she was actually interested or not. Appearantly it was the colors in a friends' wedding so she was going to give the newly married couple the quilt as a gift.

It was definately one of my harder quilts to do. I had never had so many triangles and designs before. The squares are about 5" in gray, black and red. The red actually looks as if it is covered in flower petals. I thought it was absolutely beautiful when I found it. I'm not sure what the pattern is called but I know that I found it in one of my grandmother's sewing books.

P.S. Rachel has not paid for the quilt yet so we are only giving her a few more weeks. If you happen to be interested in this quilt, please contact me for information.

Baby Lily Family Quilt

My cousin, Earl, and his wife, Rebecca, found out just before their first anniversary that they were pregnant. Well, in June or July (sorry don't remember which), Rebecca gave birth to Baby Lily. I had been planning on just making a regular quilt to send down to them. Well, my Aunt Naomi thought that I should have each family member sign a block and put them all into a quilt. I thought it was a great idea! So I sent squares out to everyone in our family from NY to SC and they all sent them back in so they could be sewn together. Earl and Rebecca really enjoyed the quilt and I'm hoping to get a picture of Lily and her quilt.

The pattern is Around the World and each square is about 8". There are 24 blocks that have a personal message written to the baby on them. Some people used markers, puffy paint, sewing of their own and iron-on pictures.

Sushi Time!

So my husband and I LOVE sushi! And it was getting close to Valentine's Day and I needed to find him a present that wouldn't be too expensive. (Expensive presents are saved for more important dates.)

I had found this material and knew it would be perfect. The squares are about 5" a piece. I forget what the pattern is called now but I thought it looked really nice. In fact, I think I'm going to do that for a quilt that I have to make now. It's about a twin or full size quilt so it fits nicely on our bed (yes, we desperately need a bigger bed lol) or on our couch to wrap up in.

Nursery Rhyme Roads

I made this quilt for Stacy, Justin's cousin. She is expecting her first child with her husband Jim. In fact, she's due any day now and we're all anxiously awaiting to see if she will have a son or a daughter. :-)

My mother-in-law (Robin) suggested that I make a quilt for the baby shower they were throwing for her. I went with Robin as she picked out all of the fabrics. The squares were about 4"-5". Then I cute the primary colors (and green) into triangles and sewed them all together in a diagnol pattern. The light brown ties into the road that the nursery rhyme characters travel upon.

(Sorry that it's turned but you can still get the idea.)

Travis' Quilt

This is the fourth quilt that I did for my aunt. My cousin Travis got married to Leah in May and so my aunt wanted to give them a quilt for their anniversary as well. Travis is involved in the Westfield Fire Dept. so once again, I used the firefighter print that I had used for my dad's present as well as for his sister, Kimmy. It's a queen size, like the rest. I believe that I used a black binding and black backing for it. If the backing wasn't black then it was red at least. The pattern is an Around the World one.

Kimmy's Quilt

I believe this quilt went to my cousin Kimmy and her husband Clyde. Kimmy's mom wanted me to make quilts for her four children. Kimmy is having her first anniversary at the end of May and my aunt thought a firefighting quilt would be a nice fit. Kimmy is involved with the Westfield Dept. (along with her husband?) so we put on a firefighting print that I had used for my dad in his Christmas present. I came up with this floating block pattern. It was the first time I had ever done this pattern and I'm thinking that I may not do it again unless requested.