As previously mentioned, I keep a spreadsheet of all the quilts I've made through the years. One of the pieces of information I keep is the quilt owner. This way I can keep track of where all those I spy quilts have gone. But it also shows me how many quilts I have stashed around my home. According to my spreadsheet, I have 64 quilts, 9 of which are novelty. Wow, I know I have quilts hanging in pretty much every room in the house but 64 is a lot. Most of these have been documented in previous blogs, but there are some that have been left out. I'll put the Christmas ones in a separate post, but here are the others.
AZ sampler. The blocks in this quilt were pieced by the hostesses from the VOS quilt group. The first year I went to a retreat with this group in Phoenix, they had a "name the quilt block" contest and I won. I put the blocks together for this quilt which lives on our sofa, protecting the front edge from dogs leaning on it. Not my usual style but it reminds me of the wondaful friends I have made from the yearly sewing retreats to Phoenix.
Circus Fun. Years ago, I found this dancing guy pattern on the internet. I made several then added the weird applique shapes to offset all the spiky little figures. My daughter liked it so it hangs in her room.
Chain Letter. I've made this pattern several times over the years in novelties, but this was the first. It was made using left over fabrics from a quilt kit (discussed below). I added the dark blue batik, but all the rest was leftovers. It hangs above the sofa in our den because it goes well with the shades in the room.
VOS Purple Row Robin. This was a group quilt made with friends from the VOS quilting group. We each purchased the fabric we wanted in our quilt, then mailed it to the next person who made 4 blocks of their choosing. The fabrics I chose coordinated with our living room furniture at that time which included a dark purple leather sofa. Not my typical colors, but it still lives in our living room, draped over the sofa for the cat to sleep on, though that purple sofa is long gone now.
Midnight Garden. This is one of my guest quilts that gets pulled out when family visits. I love these colors and really enjoyed the working on the combination of pieced and applique.
Autumn Splendor. This was a Judy Niemeyer pattern & kit that was on clearance at a local quilt shop many years ago. I initially purchased it because I wanted the wonderful batik fabrics. But when I got home and looked at the pattern, I decided to give it a try. The pattern was extremely well written and organized, making it fun and easy to do. The construction method was paper piecing, and the pattern included the papers and fabric cutting templates. This quilt has pride of place, hanging on the large wall in our living room. I have it tacked to the wall using lathe strips at top & bottom with velcro to hold it firmly in place. The screen for our television rolls down in front of it.
Blessings from the Hollow, pattern from Kim Brackett. My quilting cousin had a box of red/black/white strips that she didn't want, so I used them for this quilt. It is one of my personal favorites and is used to cuddle on the sofa in the den.
Misc Orange & Purple HST. This was an attempt to use some of the waste triangles from a previous quilt. It hangs on the glass door between the den & mud room because when we first built the addition, my husband kept running into the door.
Purple & Orange Feathered Star. I also used some of those orange and purple waste triangles to try making a feathered star. And the baggy still isn't empty. Eventually I'll toss them but there might be one more small quilt. This one hangs in my sewing room.
Hawaiian applique round robin. I wanted to try needle turn Hawaiian applique. I look at this now and kind of shudder at the jagged curves and the quilting is ....well, let's just say I've gotten much better over the years. But I love the four patch & pinwheel borders, and it reminds me that this quilting thing is a journey.
Storm at Sea. This was another "bucket list" quilt like many of the quilts in this post. The very first quilt show I attended, there was a storm at sea pattern that really caught my eye. I decided to make a small wall hanging to put in the bathroom of our new addition. I see it each morning when I get up and it makes me smile.
Fused Star Clock. I wanted a quilt themed clock for my sewing room, so I pulled out favorite colors and tried a fused construction method. I didn't think about how difficult it would be to see the small black arms against the black fabric, so I added the white cardboard tips - not the most professional but it works.
Friendship Stars all over town. I wanted to make a house quilt and found this simple pattern by Missouri Star. It was fun using up scraps. It needed to be a bit larger, so I added friendship stars in reference to the new friends I was making at the quilt guild I was able to join after semi-retirement.
Grey Sofa modern. After purchasing a new sofa, my husband was worried our cat would scratch the upholstery, so he wanted me to make a quilt to cover it. I didn't want it to look like an obvious quilt, so I chose a number of low tone fabrics similar to the upholstery fabric with a large half square triangle pattern. This was the first and only king-sized quilt I've done on my long arm. I thought I would never finish quilting it. It has protected the sofa not only from the cat, but from shoes, food, pens, etc. Though I do spend a lot of time straightening it.
One year at the VOS quilt retreat, Ellen Born led a bargello class. I had wanted to try the method (another bucket list) but was intimidated to try it on my own. So about 10 of us did it together over the weekend. Only Ellen could have managed to teach that many a complicated pattern in one weekend. I really love how this turned out, but don't want to try another.
