An Alaskan Frontier

Finally finished, a big quilt with a big heart, brought to me for quilting by Betty Gordon. She created this quilt, for her sister, with fabric suggesting Alaskan motifs. 

 

The pieced central medalion is surrounded by four black ravens and bordered by the theme print.

When Betty and her friends came to pick up the quilt, the photo session became an adventure as a gust of wind almost turned the quilt into a sail. 

Thanks Betty for allowing me to be part of this project.

Happy quilting

Denise

Checkerboards and Drawings

While sorting photos, I ran across a #Children's Quilt made in a class that I taught at the Newkowin Valley School last year.

Students K-8 learned about American quilts and how to sew pieced blocks. The children chose their own colors and volunteers helped either by sewing the blocks or teaching them how to use a sewing machine.

These blocks were made by 

sewing 2-inch strips into sets of four,

slicing the sets into 2 inch strips,

mixing up the strips and sewing four of them into a checkerboard. 

Their drawings of local plants and animals were done on another day. I stitched the blocks together and quilted the finished top. I love the finished product and the children were very proud.

Pastel Kitty Quilt

Here is another #Children's Quilt or I should say "young lady's quilt". It was made by Julia, a very special granddaughter of a favorite neighbor and quilting friend.

She chose this lovely pastel pallet to match her new bedroom design and with the encouragement of her Nona pieced purrrfect points on the kitty's ears.             Great job Julia!

Denise quilted this quilt for Julia, because she didn't have time to do it herself, before she went back to school. She quilted her first quilt on the APQS longarm machine along with our granddaughter Carrie several years ago. We pinned one large backing fabric on the frame then layered polyester batting with two small wholecloth Noah's Ark scenes on top. The girls took turns quilting them with puffy clouds and outlined animals. When they finished one row they rolled the two quilts and then quilted straight across, then rolled again. When they were finished they cut the two quilts apart. They were very proud to donate their finished product to our local quilt group The Tuesday Stitchers. The quilts where then donated to our local Caring Cabin. This is an organization that provides retreat facilities for families of children who are receiving cancer treatment. Its a great place for them to rest and recuperate. The Tuesday Stitchers are always happy to stitch with grandchildren of members who come to visit during the summer. It's fun to watch their skills grow. 

Graduation Quilt

Thanks Barb Stinger for sending this photo of you and your grandson Kyle and his very special graduation gift. 

It was great fun to quilt this unique memory quilt. We are very happy to add it to the growing list of T-Shirt Quilts quilted by Denise and Bobbie.