What I'm Quilting Now

[Dani]

Dani, that is going to be awesome!! Please keep the pics coming!

I will post another when I have the piecing done and again when the quilting is done.

 

[Pearl]

I will post another when I have the piecing done and again when the quilting is done.

Thanks!!

 

[Dani]

Updates coming on my phone, but still just creeping along. . .

 

[Dani]

I have spent over an hour trying to load just 1 photo of the final quilt.

 

[Dani]

And we have a double post . . . Ha! My internet sucks!!

 

[Tommyice]

And we have a double post . . . Ha! My internet sucks!!

It's a beautiful quilt. I could have drooled over it twice.

 

[DWinCO]

That quilt is beautiful...I LOVE the colors! I haven't touched my machine all summer. I am still canning and harvesting BUT soon on to quilts!

 

[DrPrepper]

Dani, that's beautiful!

 

[Dani]

Thank you. When I asked about nursery colors, Mom told me she wanted to make it her Wedding colors, which was white and wheat. Very neutral colored so I did add in the blue but did try to "tame" it down with the blue/wheat plaid. I do hope she likes it too. Baby is due April 23rd.

 

[Pearl]

Thank you. When I asked about nursery colors, Mom told me she wanted to make it her Wedding colors, which was white and wheat. Very neutral colored so I did add in the blue but did try to "tame" it down with the blue/wheat plaid. I do hope she likes it too. Baby is due April 23rd.

The colors are calm, will go with anything! The pattern is awesome! I think she'll LOVE it!!

 

[Patchouli]

Amazing work, love your stitching. Nice color combination. Filled with hours of love.

 

[DrPrepper]

I just finished this topper last night. I started it in the crazy days right after my husband passed away - I needed something to keep me focused and productive. I'm calling it "First Winter". The fabric is from Moda's "Blizzard Blues" line, and the pattern is called "Snowflake." The white actually has a metallic silver pattern in it. I'm taking it to the longarmer's this morning to be quilted, and I hope to use a snowflake pattern with silver thread.

 

[Dani]

You did beautiful work there @DrPrepper, so precise! And I do so understand the symbolism on your quilt choice. Your Husband is looking down and he would be so very proud of your creation!!

 

[lilmissy]

I have spent over an hour trying to load just 1 photo of the final quilt. View attachment 96127View attachment 96127View attachment 96128

Beeeeuuuuttttiiffuullll! Do you machine or hand quilt?

 

[Dani]

Beeeeuuuuttttiiffuullll! Do you machine or hand quilt?

Thank you! I have very limited time so when I make quilts it is always done on a machine. I had 9 days vacation so spent most of my time working on this one. I gave son 3 a little onesie that I have had stashed for years now that I bought real cheap for $1. A little green onesie that said "Women keep picking me up". . He had the biggest grin on his face!! His poor wife is working 7 days straight right now with some very long 10 hour days. I hope she gets a kick out of it too when she gets home from work tonight.

 

[DrPrepper]

I made a couple of centerpieces for Christmas gifts - these were fun and didn't take too long- and used up a bunch of Christmas scraps!.

 

[DrPrepper]

Here's something else I did to use up scraps. I need to finish quilting it. The center part is crumb quilting- using lots of pretty small pieces. I hate to throw them away!

 

[Pearl]

Here's something else I did to use up scraps. I need to finish quilting it. The center part is crumb quilting- using lots of pretty small pieces. I hate to throw them away!
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Unique and beautiful, thanks for sharing!!

 

[Tommyice]

I made a couple of centerpieces for Christmas gifts - these were fun and didn't take too long- and used up a bunch of Christmas scraps!.View attachment 101077View attachment 101078View attachment 101079

Oh my those are gorgeous. Is it a pattern you can share or me to?

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Beautiful work as always Dr. Prepper.
I need to get busy quilting.
I shall need two baby quilts by May.
Crumb quilting here we go.
And paper piecing I have been wanting to learn.

 

[DrPrepper]

Oh my those are gorgeous. Is it a pattern you can share or me to?

 

[DrPrepper]

I didn't use a pattern - I made my own after seeing a sample made in a local quilt shop. However, Poorhouse Quilt Designs does make a pattern and Bosul makes the foam inserts. I think both are available on Amazon.

 

[DrPrepper]

Beautiful work as always Dr. Prepper.
I need to get busy quilting.
I shall need two baby quilts by May.
Crumb quilting here we go.
And paper piecing I have been wanting to learn.

Paper piecing is so much fun! Here's a couple of examples of paper-piecing that I've done:

 

[DrPrepper]

It's been a while since I posted any quilts. I made this one for my nephew- it's called Labyrinth Walk (pattern by the Guilty Quilter) I quilted it with a maze pattern. I love the three-D effect.

 

[DrPrepper]

Here's another one I made. I wanted to do a celebration quilt to honor my husband and our life together, but I didn't want to do something serious or sad, because that's not how our life was. We had a long-standing joke about flamingos, so I decided to tell our story in flamingos! It took a blue ribbon at our quilt show last week. The quilt is called Love Story.

 

[CalicoKatie]

Your flamingo quilt is amazing. No surprise that you got a blue ribbon! I'll bet your nephew loves his maze quilt. That's really special.

 

[Pearl]

I love them both!! Sometimes at estate sales I'll see someone's "special" quilts, just part of the sale. They were made with special meaning like your flamingo quilt! I wonder why family didn't take them?!

 

[Bacpacker]

Awesome work DrP. Never saw anything like that maze quilt.
I've got a couple my grandma made me when I was very young, she died when I was 5. They are well used. I wish now I had kept at least one in pristine condition

 

[Patchouli]

Love that flamingo quilt, very special and blue ribbon beauty. The other one is very cool, excellent on your 3 dimensional look. M.C. Escher. Beautiful colors.

 

[Chesney Richardson]

Some of my most prized possessions are my quilts lol, I have feed sack quilts from the 30s my great grandmother made, some she made with Mama, some I made with Mama lol, my daughter's baby quilt, and each one has a story and memories attached, like the grandma's flower garden I made by hand, with help from my husband eventually lol it was hilarious but a memory I cherish just like that quilt