Thursday, April 30, 2009

Jessica's Quilt

Jessica had a really neat idea for a quilt. She wanted a "House Divided" quilt. ECU colors on one side and State fabric on the other. I really like the way it turned out.

This one is also a rail fence pattern, which is so nice for college colors!


Here is an up close of the fabrics.


All bundled and ready to be delivered.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Carrie's Quilt

Carrie's Quilt is a lovely tribute to her sorority days at ECU


The back was super cute. Carrie had some little owl fabric shipped to my house from Hancock Fabrics.


There was a little bonus for Carrie, 2 pillowcases!


Here it is, all bundled up and ready to be delivered.


Thanks Carrie! I hope you love it!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Stephanie's Quilt

Stephanie's Quilt is a gorgeous reminder of her sorority days at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Here it is laid out on a Queen Sized Bed.



Here's a look at part of the process that goes into making these quilts...

I stabilize and cut each back with a rotary cutter.

Ta Da! One block ready to be sewn! Only 25 more to go...

For this quilt, I didn't have quite enough shirts to make the size Stephanie wanted so I was able to take the pocket designs off of her shirts and combine them with solid shirt colors to make more blocks!


I added these blocks along with the 26 others to make a nice Queen Size quilt top.


Then, I make a "quilt sandwich": quilt top, batting, and UNC fabric (for the back). I then machine quilt around each square.  Here's a little look at me quilting along...

Finally, I add the binding around the edges and its ready to go!

And here it is bundled up and ready to go!


Here is Stephanie loving her new quilt!

 



Another satisfied customer :)

Stephanie's T-Shirt Pillow

Stephanie had 4 shirts from High School she wanted something out of. I thought a long barrel style pillow would be perfect!

Side one: 2 shirt backs


Side two: 2 shirts pieces plus pocket designs

Very cute way to use just a few shirts!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Carolina Courage

This is a quilt I made for a boy who was diagnosed with leukemia. He is a student at the school where I teach and we made a little goody basket for him and this was part of it. It is 44x60, a perfect couch throw.

The pattern is called a Rail Fence in the 3 UNC colors. This pattern is GREAT for college quilts since it uses 3 colors. The back is UNC Chapel Hill fabric.

Here it is, bundled up and ready to go!

Amy's T-Shirt Quilt

Amy's Paul Frank T-Shirt Quilt was the very first T-Shirt Quilt I made. It was 9x9 blocks and I tacked it with buttons, no batting or machine quilting. I really love how it turned out, very fun and playful. The back is lined with a cotton fleece which made it oh so soft and cuddly! Perfect for the couch! Final measurements: 44 x 53

Amy had 15 shirts. I used the front logo for one block and a matching plain colored block out of the back of the shirt.


This is a good picture on the back of the quilt. Kelly Green, one of my favorite colors.


Here is an up-close of the buttons I used to tack the quilt together.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Ava's Quilt

This was the first quilt I ever made as a gift. This is my little cousin Ava's baby quilt. I found the back fabric and then super soft cotton squares to match it. I machine sewed the blocks together and then the quilt was hand tied at the corners with yellow yarn. The binding was attached by machine. It is a simple design but every so cute!




Top Left: Ava's Quilt Laying on a Queen Size Bed
Top Right: Ava's Quilt in her room
Bottom Left: Back of the Quilt
Bottom Right: Close up of the binding