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Monday, January 12, 2015

Kathy's Quilt of Valor

Kathy made this quilt for her Dad.  It's a great QOV pattern with lots of patriotic fabrics.  I  like the way the stars are off set.   She plans on binding it with the red fabric.  It's 74 x 88.


I quilted 8-pointed stars in the 3-stripe sashings:


and again in the blue stars:


There is a meander in the background:



I quilted tilted diamonds in the border:



and made them meet in the middle to form a point:


The backing is another great patriotic fabric:






Thursday, January 8, 2015

Around the Horn

My husband watches the sports talk TV show called "Around the Horn" faithfully.  He suggested one day that I make him a quilt to go with the show.  So this is what I came up with.  It's 60 x 53.



The colored flying geese are the same as what are in the original logo.  I was able to create the logo in my embroidery software:


I quilted a swirl and circle mix in the background areas:


and a hook and line dancing in the colored triangles:


The backing is a red/black print with some extra flying geese down the middle: