Quilt Made in a Class

I took a class with **** ***** one time and I made this quilt. (I don't want to get in trouble by mentioning any names). I had just come out of the hospital after hernia surgery, and wasn't feeling very well, I had to get somebody else to carry my sewing machine. I didn't want to lose the money i paid for the class, lol!
I chose one of her house and yard patterns to make. Things went well, except she hated every one of my fabric choices in my quilt and made sure she let me know. It wasn't like there was a fabric kit we had to buy, we were using our own fabrics.
Oh well, I like to make my own choices and not have a clone of somebody else's quilt.
Shame on me! :)

Christmas display

This is a Christmas display we had at one of our quilt shows. I made the plaid rocking horse quilt for a baby gift for a friend at work. The Christmas Cats quilt, I made for myself. I had a chance to sell it one time, but I went into panic mode because I really didn't want to get rid of it. I put it away so the person who was interested in it didn't see it, then she forgot about it. It was an internet Christmas cat block exchange, lots of fun to make.

1930s

This quilt is made from 1930's reproduction prints and some original fabrics from that time period. I bought a big box of fabric for $20 from somebody at work. Her grandma was moving from a house to an apartment, so she was getting rid of extra stuff. There was a lot of odds and ends in the box- old sheets, junky stuff, but also some treasures. The border on my quilt was made from an old fabric from that box. Plus there are pieces here and there in the quilt that are oldies.
I love that old fabric, the prints are really interesting.

Yellow Brick Road

This quilt was made from the Yellow Brick Road pattern. I like to change the layout around and set the blocks on point, it looks more interesting. I had to sell this quilt and another one during a winter a few years ago to be able to pay my heating bill :(
I've made several Yellow Brick Road quilts, they go together quickly and they're easy to pick out the fabrics for- 12 fat quarters.
I think the next one I make will be made from black and white fabrics.

Radiant Nine Patch

I'm back home and have access to my pictures now. I'll have to get the bugs worked out of putting pictures on a disk, then I'll be able to take them with me.
This quilt is called "Radiant Nine Patch". The pattern I followed had the light area right in the middle of the quilt. I didn't like that so much because it looked like a bottle of bleach got dumped on it. I chose to grade the fabrics from darkest in one corner to lightest in the opposite corner. That's a lot of little nine patches, it was quite a challenge to find all the fabrics for it. I added a few "punch" fabrics to add some life to it. It's mostly blue and black, but a tiny bit of red and green appears here and there. I ended up giving this quilt to my brother for his birthday. He had worn out the other quilt I made for him. No wonder- he had it on his bed for more than 20 years!

Sharp Curves

Our guild had a challenge one time with the theme being "oxymorons". We had to make a quilt about an oxymoron, then they were all displayed at the Art Spot, the local gallery. It was a great time!
This is my sister, Linda Huntrods entry to the challenge, it's called "Sharp Curves"
It is also an advertisement for Minolta cameras- don't ever buy one! There was no way that camera could ever take a picture without cutting off part of it. The viewfinder was faulty, my daughter had a Minolta that did the same thing, but worse. What a rip off- pay about $140 for a camera and it can't even work properly?
At least now we have digital cameras, so we don't have to worry about that anymore.

Comfort Quilt

This is another one of the comfort quilts our guild makes for local kids who are sick. Donna Madden made the crazy quilt blocks and somebody else finished the rest of the quilt.
I feel like i'm slowly sneaking back into the land of the living. I had some kind of flu this week that knocked me right down. Me, not being able to eat? Unheard of! Me, not being able to drink coffee? Totally absurd. Last night, I was finally able to eat some soup, even though it felt like there were people on both sides, stabbing knives into my ears. The soup agreed with me, so now I'm on the mend.
Now I have to get up enough gumption to drive back home, go and buy 2 birthday cakes, strawberries and whipped cream to take to my mom's birthday party on Friday. I might have to just throw the supplies in the general direction of the building so i don't give all of them the flu! No, i'll just keep my distance and let somebody else serve the cake and stuff. I'll quarantine myself in the far corner.