Best Friends QAL, the first one is complete

Boy, photographing a queen-size quilt is a challenge.  I finally hung it from the rain gutter, above the garage door.  I really love how this turned out.  It's a housewarming gift for a great couple.

I had 6 quilts to put the binding on and this is #5, only one more to go, and it's another Best Friends quilt.

 

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Giving Love Quilt or #7, is complete!

This is the 3rd Giving Love Quilt I've made, you can read about why I made another here.  It's for my cousins' daughter, Ellen.

I love the sunlight streaming through the quilt back.  Below is a close-up of the Dragonfly panto that is my current favorite.

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The Froggy-Girl Quilt is Complete!

One of my cousins, actually one of my cousins' granddaughters, loves frogs. She's 40 years old and legally blind. She has very limited vision; she started losing her vision at 3 years old. She's a trained chef and loves photography. She works as a nanny. And she's one of my favorite people.  

When I cut out the frogs from the Tula Pink fabric, I didn't have enough, so I threw in some owls! The quilt top measures 48 inches square.  

A close-up of the Dragonflies panto.

 

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The Sparkling Patchwork Quilt is complete

I really love how this Sparkling Patchwork Quilt turned out.  It's hot and the sun is very bright today, so the colors look a bit faded.  That blue is Kona Windsor Blue, one of my favorites.

You can read how I made this quilt from this post.  For the quilt back, I used the leftover striped fabric, since I hadn't used any on the front of the quilt.

This shows my new favorite panto, Dragonflies!  And below was my attempt at an "arty" photo!  😂

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The Lattice Quilt is finished!

The Lattice Quilt is complete and I'm a dork. This one is going to my daughter Carrie in N.C., and I was getting it ready to mail; the box was taped shut, then I realized I hadn't taken any photos!  Must take photos! 

For the quilt back I used the left-overs from the layer-cake.  The quilt measures 48" x 57".

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The Diamond Ripples Quilt

This is my final finish for 2020, quilt #20.  It's a special quilt for a special family.  This is the third quilt I've made for them.  

The quilt measures 57" x 72", and will be on its way to Belgium next week.

We're having a very windy day, here in Murrieta.  It made taking quilt photos a challenge, but I got it done!

 

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Pool Party Quilt

Well, my LAQ surprised me, and the rest of her customers.  She pushed herself to start 2021 with an empty "to-do" list.  That meant she needed to quilt a lot of quilts, and some were like mine, not due until mid-January.  So I got this Pool Party quilt back before Christmas, and I got the binding on this week.  I really love how it turned out.

The Pool Party Quilt was a result of my Pre-Cut Challenge.  I used a layer cake and various black and white low-volume fabrics, all from stash.  It measures 65" x 81", and will stay here at Casa Prytz.

The last photo shows that two hangers just didn't do the job!  Fun times.  This is quilt #21 for 2020; see something good did come out of this horrible year.

 

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The Birch Point Quilt is finished

The Birch Point quilt is done, and I love it.  Later I want to make a neutral color one.

 

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The Plan B X & + Quilt is Finished!

I'm so happy with how this turned out. Many of my quilts are "organic" and this one is no exception. Organic means I don't know what I'm doing, but the end result is perfect.  This is the 15th quilt I've finished this year.  The Stay-At-Home order means no travel, no travel means more sewing time.  It's a good trade-off.  I have two trips booked for next year, I'll have to wait to see if they'll actually happen.

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Two Strip Quilts are finished

Two jelly roll strip quilts complete. I finished binding them yesterday. The second photo shows the back of one. These are part of my PreCut Challenge to use my stash.

I used a batik jelly roll and a Kaffe Fassett jelly roll. The Kaffee roll only had 29 strips while the batik one had the normal 40 strips.  I removed the black batik because who needs a black batik and added 12 solid strips that I cut from my stash.  Then I shuffled everything a couple of times and divided them into two stacks.  This is the result.  I've very happy with how they turned out.  They measure 52" x 62"/

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Mystery Sampler Quiilt

I'm very happy with this quilt top. I took some orphan blocks that have been hanging around, added some Blocks of the Month from my quilt guild, and this is what I got. I'm calling it a Mystery Sampler Quilt because I really didn't know how it was going to turn out.   I love the star binding!

Started on May 30, 2020

Finished on August 21, 2020

It measures 60 x 72".

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Kassia's Quilt is finished

When my daughter Sharon asked me to make a quilt for her sons' half-sister, I was happy to do it.  Kassia is a great girl and in addition to my grandson, she has 3 brothers.  She's surrounded by boys!

Sharon says that every time Kassia visits her home, she wraps herself in a quilt.  Of course, since I'm a quilter, there are plenty of quilts, but Sharon wanted her to have one of her own.

This is my 8th finish this year.

Started on May 3, 2020

Finished on July 25, 2020

Measures 48.5" x 57"

 

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Sew Hometown Quilt

This is the Inspiring Stitches BOM Quilt Project from 2019 called Sew Hometown.  I pieced the quilt top last year, simultaneously with the Heartland Heritage quilt top.  The two quilt tops kept me pretty busy.  There is one glaring error in this top, and I decided to just leave it.

Above is the pieced quilt back and below is a group photo of the two quilts that are finished, so far.

Started 1/02019
Finished 5/11/2020
Measures 61" x 74"

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Heartland Heritage Quilt

It's a "binding kinda week".  this is the first of four quilts that came back from the LAQ.  This one is from the Inspiring Stitches BOM Quilt Project for 2018.  The original had a sewing machine block in it, but I changed it because I give most of my quilts away, and I thought few people would be excited about a sewing machine.

Above is the pieced quilt back and below is a group photo of the two quilts that are finished, so far.

Started 1/02019
Finished 5/11/2020
Measures 61" x 74"

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Currents Quilt!

Disparate times! Its been raining off and on, but I really wanted to get some photos of this completed quilt, Currents. I stood on my driveway waiting for someone to walk by. The first person was walking a dog, holding a bag of poop, and talking on the phone, so I just waved. The next person helped me, but he didn't want to hold the quilt, so he took the photos. Mission accomplished! This is my 3rd finish this year.

As you can see, I chose to use a facing on this quilt instead of binding it.  A binding would have stopped your eye as it moved across the quilt, a facing allows the movement of the quilt to keep going.

Started 1/17/2020

Finished 3/23/2020

Measures 60" Square

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