QOV

Here is another Quilt of Valor that is from the national organization.  It's 60 x 70.

The blocks are all the same pattern, but different color arrangements.  Some have all the same fabric:

I quilted an pointed star in the center of each, with connecting curves in the star points and background sections

Others have the star points as a different fabric from the center:

I quilted ribbon candy in the white sashings:

and wiggly lines in every other red line of the plaid border:

The backing is a gold print:

Charity

My guild has a group that makes a lot of charity quilts and had a bunch that needed quilting. 

This is 62 x 62.

The block is simple piecing, and allows for lots of scrappy fabrics:

I used a pink thread and did a simple meander with loops:

The backing is a pink fabric that blends with the top:

QUILT OF VALOR

I love this Quilt of Valor.  So simple, but dramatic.   It's 60 x 70, and deserved custom quilting rather than an edge to edge pattern.

I used a red/white/blue variegated thread and quilted wiggly lines in the red and white stripes:

I did a simple meander in the blue fields, and outline each star to make it pop.

Then I added a star in the middle of each star:

The backing is a neutral patriotic print:

Betty's one-block wonder

This is Betty's one-block wonder.  I love this pattern.  6 layers of the exact same repeat are layered then cut into hexagons to create pinwheel-type blocks:  This is 53 x 64.  I used a black thread throughout, and used a circle template centered at each intersection.  The border fabric shows the original fabric that was used.

close up of the hexagons and the quilting:

The backing is a solid that really shows off the quilting:

QUILT OF VALOR

Yet another Quilt of Valor.  The Florida groups are fairly prolific - I've been getting a lot of these.  This is 57 x 76 and is a variation of the 10-minute block pattern.

this is the block set on point:

pre-printed fabric was used for the borders:

I quilted a pantograph that has flags with one star in the corner:

The backing is white with little blue triangles:

QUILT OF VALOR

This is another quilt of valor from the national organization.  It's 61 x 76.  It's rail fence blocks with a cream triangle in one corner to create the secondary pattern.  Piano key border was added to the bottom.  I used a light tan thread throughout.

I did an all over quilting pattern with an angled meander and stars.

The backing is pieced from 2 different fabrics:

Gloria's table runner

Gloria sent me an embroidered table runner and told me to have fun.  Boy - did I ever  . . .

It's 13 x 43

Here is the before:

and here's the after:

I used matching thread and outlined the embroidery:

Then I filled in around the outside to flatten it out.

That left the whole middle to have fun with:

I found a backing that had the right orange color, and already had the orange I used for the binding.

HARLEY MEMORIES 2

I made THIS quilt for Rochelle from her husband's Harley t-shirts.  Then I made another for her daughter.   It's also 2-sided, and is 58 x 69.  I used a medium grey thread to quilt the same pattern of flames that I did in the first quilt.

This is the front.  She wanted each shirt outlined in a solid color so it would stand out against the grey background.  Two strips of a busy batik fabric were added to separate the columns, and to eliminate some of the grey.

Harley Memories

Rochelle wanted a 2-sided quilt made from her husband's Harley t-shirts.  She had over 350 to choose from.  This is 58 x 69.

The front side faces sideways so the shirts display nicely across the back of the couch.  The gold fabric blends with her caramel colored wall.

The second side faces the long-ways:

I used grey thread for the quilting that is a pantograph that looks like flames - a great one for a Harley quilt

Memorial baby quilt

Heather was expecting her first baby when her father-in-law passed.  She wanted a quilt for the baby made from his shirts.  This is 49x58.  I used a thread that matches the solid blue fabric that I purchased to go with the shirts.  She did a great job of picking out shirts that all blend well.

I used Bonnie Hunter's free pattern - Weed Wacker.  (available here:  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/weed-whacker.html )  It's a great pattern to use when there are lots of different fabrics.

I had 11 different shirts to work with, plus one sweatshirt.  That is  the "Chicago" in the middle.

I quilted 2 hooks in each strip, and continuous curves in the blue triangles.

I carried the hook theme in the small border - that is a shirt I didn't use in the body:

The backing is a batik that fit with the shirt colors:

Quilt of Valor

This is another from the national organization.  It's 58x74.  I like the pattern that the placement of the  blue/white HST makes throughout the quilt.   I used a red/white/blue variegated thread.

one block:

The quilting pantograph has stars with a swirl in the middle:

The backing is red with stars: