August, 2018, Denim quilt, and one from Laura for charity auction

 This top quilt was made from circles cut from old levi's of Vere's.  The circles are sewn together so that a square is made, (notice the denim squares on the quilt back) the curves folded over in front.  There is a square of my plaid fabric inserted, at the denim curve folded over, and sewn down.  The quilt is small, but very heavy, even without any batting at all.  It was so hard to maneuver it under the needle, and I'm afraid the lines sewn aren't very smooth.  But the denim is sewn down, and it will fray a little, which it's supposed to do.

 This quilt was donated and ended up with my friend from guild, Laura Senter.  Laura is know for the charily quilts she is always making.  This one is very old fabric, a lot from the old flour sacks that quilters used.  They used what they had or could find.  The piecing was all by hand.  Laura and her husband stretched it out onto the frames at the Grand Center in Moab.  They have a room just for sewing there.  Laura went over almost every day for hours to do the hand quilting.  I went over many times to help with the quilting, but put in about 2 hours each week.  You can imagine how much quilting it took, each shape "quilted in the ditch". 

Well, I'm sorry to have to say, this is the last of Laura's quilts as she became very sick during those last weeks, and just after she finished it, she died.  I saw her 3 days before, and she had an angelic face, and said she was at peace.  I have the quilt and will show it to the quilt guild, then I can give it to the lady in charge of the auctions.  The quilt will be auctioned off and the money goes to benefit the women's shelter here in Moab.  Thank you, Laura, love and miss you.

Crib size ;;in blue 2018

I had this very pretty fabric for the back, so I used some for the block in front plus lots of the blue I already have.  Blue is usually for boys, but some fabric here is flowery.  I'll just give it to the charity organization and let them do what they want.

2018, five picture albums

I started this project more than 6  years ago.  I went through all my pictures and pulled out the ones that I like the most, that represented a lot of the kid's lives.  I made copies of each picture, one for each book, so that each child got the same book.  I started out with store bought albums, filled it, and went on to fill a 3 ring binder with the rest of the pictures.  I covered the binders with fabric to make them more interesting.  Whew, that was a lot bigger job than I thought but it's done and I really like them.  

2018 Crib Size, with Wonky Kittens

I had this piece of flannel fabric and just couldn't resist making a quilt from it.  The pieced side uses fabric with mostly similar colors.  Do you think a child will be able to sleep with this crazy little cat staring at them?  I hope so. 

Hand pieced, Handquilted, Full size, 2018

My friend Laura, from quilt guild had this quilt top, hand pieced with vintage fabric, set up at the community center in town.  I went over to help hand quilt it, I spent one to every, at least, 20 hours she spent on it.  She finally finished it and it will be auctioned off, the money to go to Seekhaven, the women's center in town. 

Two quilts from flannel made 5 feet square,

Someone gave me an overflowing container of flannel and said the town needed quilts for the emergency vehicles in town.  Give me a challenge!  I've spent more than a month, cutting and sewing and finished these two quilts.  I have 4 more tops that need to be quilted.  In that month I've also finished, finally, the scrapbooks I've made of my children's childhood pictures.  One book for each child.  

Whew!!

 

Twin Size for Jill's little girl. April 2018

Vere is holding up the quilt for me.  This is my latest quilt, for Jill's little girl.  I've made pink flowered quilts for all my grand daughters.  Bruce's girls got "squares", "split 9-Patch".  Val's girl got one called "Tumblers".  This one is a "Square in a Square (in a square).  Lots of squares.  I put in 8 blocks with an embroidered "H" in them, as requested.  The quilter also quilted her whole name somewhere in the middle, it's hard to find in the busy front,  The back is a soft, pink flannel.