Kathy's Memory Quilts

A former co-worker and good friend lost her mother in a tragic accident last summer. I offered to make her a memory quilt from her mothers clothing. She thought that would be a wonderful idea and so did two of her sisters.

I started working on them late summer by cutting the clothes apart and then fusing interfacing to the knit shirts. My plan was to have them finished by Christmas and that was fine with her. Until she found out that the sentencing of the young woman that ran over her mother was going to be December 16th. She asked if I could have them done by then. I worked some long hours to get these two queen and one king size quilts ready for her to pick up on the 16th.

Kathy has fond memories of attending the Purdue Christmas show with her mom so she asked for a Christmas themed queen size quilt.

One sister wanted blue and the other had no preference. Their mom love flowers and always had a perfectly manicured yard complete with flowers all around it. So, I chose floral prints for both of these.

 Meander quilting in a cream thread and flannel backing on all three.

My hope is that these quilts provide comfort to them for a long time.

Kathy's Homespuns

Kathy love to make quilts with homespun fabrics and they are all quite lovely. This one is no exception. She just wanted a meander, so I was able to squeeze it in before Christmas.

PermaCore Brown thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Kathy's First Quilt

Here's my duaghter-in-law, Kathy with her very first quilt.  The front:

 And the back!

 She pieced it and quilted it and even put on the binding. I'm very proud of her!

 Button Flower is the quilting design, Hobbs 80/20 batting and PermaCore pink thread.

The occasion for this very first quilt: her first granddaughter, Bella.

Kathy's Lily & Will Blue and Brown

Kathy pieced another quilt with these beautiful fabrics. The last two she used the pink and brown of this Bunny Hill Designs by Moda line.

 She chose the same quilting, Bountiful Feathers, which looks spectacular on these soft fabrics.

Warm & Natural batting and Omni Cream thread.

Kathy's Beautiful Baby Quilt

It's was a week filled with baby quilts, as you can see.

Kathy made this oh-so cute disappearing 9-patch quilt for her beautiful granddaughter. I wonder how many quilts she has by now?

I just love how colorful this one is. I can tell that she used the pink polka-dot for the center block, the bears and flowers for the corners, and the other polka-dots for the centers. I think it's great! I may teach this one to the Quilts For Kids stitchers.

Popcorn panto, since it was already rolled out, pink thread, I think! and she brought a batting.

Kathy's Baby Quilt

Kathy is a new customer of mine and her quilt was a joy to quilt. Very precise piecing and such yummy fabrics.

She chose Bountiful Feathers panto and I think it works so well with this very pretty baby quilt. I used Dyed Natural PermaCore thread and Warm & Natural batting that she provided.

Very pretty backing also:

More Meandering!

Last week I quilted another quilt for Libby and one for Kathy and they were both meandering quilting.

The first one was a Turning Twenty made with homespuns. A very pretty quilt!

This next one was probably made from one line of fabric, very romantic, I think.

They were planning to spend the weekend at Miss Mary's retreat house and put on bindings. I wonder if they got them all finished.

It was very windy here so I didn't get a chance to hang them up outside to take photos.

Libby and Kathy

Two of my newest customers are Libby and Kathy. They are friends with Kim and they like meandering on their quilts as well.
First up is Kathy's. Turning Twenty again is the name of this one, I think. She requested black thread and I think it looks great. I probably wouldn't have thought to use it, but I'm always open to suggestions from my customers.

A close up of the fabrics:

Libby's Bricks quilt is next.

This quilt has lots of reproduction fabrics and she must have quite the collection

More Meandering for Kathy

Last night I quilted this 120 x 90 quilt for Kathy. Just a meander is what she wanted for this one, just like the last one. What a difference in fabrics. I love these pinks and browns.



Hobbs 80/20 batting and Permacore Dyed Natural thread



Here is the first one I quilted for her a week or so ago, and I guess I forgot to show it here on my blog.