Sunshine Panel

My neighbor saw this panel and wanted a small wall hanging made with it.  Another friend saw the panel at the same time and wanted a twin quilt from it.  See it here. 

She wanted a little pop of turquoise so I used that on either side of the 9-patch blocks, and in their centers.  

I pulled in the green and yellow for the 9-patches:

I found the bumble bee fabric that matches the panel and used it for a border (above)

 and quilted it using a swirly pantograph with grey thread(below)

I had a black and white mesh look for the backing:

BOILER UP

Danielle's daughter went to Purdue and sent me these shirts for a quilt.  She even found some Purdue fabric to use on the front and back.  I'ts 50 x 60.  I used a medium grey thread to quilt a pantograph.

quilting pattern

backing fabric

FIRE ISLAND FIESTA

This pattern is by Linda Hahn - a New York Beauty pattern.  She has a great way of paper piecing this so it goes together easily.  It's 58 x 58.  I used Quilter's Dream Puff batting so it's super fluffy.  I did lots of ruler work for the quilting.

This is made up of 2 blocks.  One is the New York Beauty, 

and the other is a modified half-square triangle.

The New York Beauty locks are put together is various ways to create the pattern.

Two of the HST blocks are always put in this manner.

border quilting

I found the perfect fabric for the backing - all of the colors from the front:

GOOD FORTUNE

This is a Bonnie Hunter mystery from 2018-19.  She called for a white/cream background, but I had lots of grey so I used that.  Bought a few more must to have variety.  I bought the gold, but all the rest was from my stash.  This is 74 x 74.  I took 2nd place in our Feb 2020 quilt show

The ribbon committee did a great job this year

There are 2 blocks, one with the gold, and the other a green flower.  

gold flower with quilting detail

green flower

There are 4 borders, and I did a lot of ruler quilting in them:

I used up a lot of leftovers for the backing:

quilting from the back

METRO RINGS

I love this pattern - I have made it twice.  This one is 57 x 76. The other one I made for my Mom - see it   here.   I had a jelly roll that was waiting for just the right project, and this one was it.  The black and white connectors really add pop, and the grey background is a great neutral to make the colors stand out.  I used a light grey thread throughout - it really blends with every color.

straight lines quilted in black/white sections

X's and cross-hatching in the melon areas

curved cross-hatching in the larger areas

several different fabrics used up in the back, and bound in the same grey fabric as the front.

QUILT OF VALOR

I made this from a pattern that was suggested by my quilt guild.  It went together so fast because of the large pieces.  It's 60x78  I changed thread colors with each area.

I used a lot of rulers- my favorite way of quilting:

8-pointed star in center of blocks

This fabric was also used for the binding.

X's in the white sashing and red/blue rail sections

curves in the corner half-square triangle sections

the backing is a mix of 2 fabrics:

HEAT WAVE

This was a kit that I did in 2019, and entered into our 2020 show.  I love the bright colors in it, although I swapped out several from the kit because I didn't like them.  It's 72 x 72.

flame pantograph

I quilted a pantograph that looks like fire, in a medium gold thread that seemed to blend with all the colors.  

I put a facing on the edges rather than a binding that would have disrupted the pattern.

The back is a bright mix of some of the colors from the front.

Cadence Court

This was a block-of-the-month program that I participated in 2018-2019.  It's 60 x 60.  I love all the bright colors and the intricate piecing.  Paper piecing really can create some spectacular patterns.  I used white thread throughout for quilting.  I won a second place ribbon in our 2020 show.  Ribbon is shown at the end.

 

I continued the diamond pattern into the quilting, and used several designs for the filler in the background.

I added an additional square to fill the corner, including the diamond in the center.

I did a stitch-in-the-ditch with invisible thread in the large pieced diamonds, crosshatching in the white areas, and several different shapes in the remaining areas.

I did a lot of ruler work in the center:

I used this bright, colorful fabric for backing and binding:

The ribbon committee did a fabulous job this year.

Miimi's flower garden

This was a 10-year project of hand pieced hexies.  Paper piecing was used to keep all the hexies exactly the same size.  All the colors are totally random from my stash - each flower has the same red center.  It measures 86 x 108 but I have it on a twin bed, so it reaches the floor.  I used white thread to quilt connecting curves throughout. My grandmother - Mimi - loved flowers, so this was named for her.

connecting curves

I found this perfect backing.  It is bound in the same red as the flower centers.