Artful Homemade Quilts Have A Way

[Dabs]

Becki.....I love love love the colorful pattern above!!!!!!

 

[freedombecki]

Thanks, Dabs. I like it too, not sure who the maker is, I was just surfing quilt images on Bing! and it was the only checkerboard close to the ones I have planned that are really quick and easy to make. You just sew a dark to a light, ten 4.5" strips each, and you have a crib or couch-potato sized top in no time. After you sew them, you just press them open, cut at 4.5" the opposite way, and sew pairs of them light to dark and dark to light after pinning at the center seam allowance. The colorful scrap one looks very easy to make and I agree, it is an eyeful of fun.

 

[freedombecki]

The purple Hugs-for-babies top was fun and is done. It measures about 42x52 give or take an inch.

 

[Samson]

Just thought I'd post here to let you ladies know that I'm aware of this refuge, and if I ever become really bored then I'm posting some great pictures of Quilt Erotica.

 

[freedombecki]

Still recuperating surgery on my foot from the past week and am doing okay. Bad news is, I still can't wear a shoe on my foot, the good news is, I can still work on quilt tops. My June project was interrupted, but that's okay, because while looking for some blue fabric, I found the blocks for 3 good Hugs quilts for children in crisis, sashed and bordered two of them today, and cut some green strips to sash a 3rd one for a local needy child.

First, the red one...

 

[freedombecki]

And more red scrap quilt for a Hugs child

 

[freedombecki]

And here is the blue one that was completed just before I got here today.

 

[freedombecki]

And the rest of the blue-bordered Hugs quilt finished just an hour ago...

 

[freedombecki]

One more for the gipper...

 

[freedombecki]

Oh, yes, and I ran across the most unique "checkerboard" quilts browsing on Bing! today...

That is truly nice work!

And the one below is done in antebellum fabrics:

Oh, my goodness, someone made Checkerboard Cookies even!

Checkerboard cookies recipe in grams
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[Sunni Man]

5 Pillars of Islam quilt pattern.

Quilts with Style - Five Pillars of Islam

 

[freedombecki]

Quite pretty quilt, SunniMan.

 

[freedombecki]

Last night, I went to bed early, but couldn't sleep, so I got up and put the finishing touches on the quilt I started yesterday. There was this little piece of airplane fabric I found at the local quilt store, and it was so cute, I just had to have a yard in my collection for when I needed one more little boy hugs quilt for the shelter. I was missing one of the 1-patch, 16-square quilts as my stack had 23 squares, not 24, and there were 4 quilt potentials, now all done. Yay.

I saved strips left over from all the above quilts. I used 12 of them in making up the last quilt, that had 3.5" squares. Most of the borders are either larger than 3.5" OR have a scrap that size out of what is left when I pieced them together. I try to save as many large pieces as possible for times like this when a colorful scrap or two is needed to cheer up a child's quilt.

Anyhooo, here's the last 1-patch, 16-square quilt called Airplane.

 

[freedombecki]

Now, I can get back to my pile of sale fabric. I hope I don't run into any more of that yukky gauze stuff. If I do, I'm going to have to back it with some cotton percale. That can get tricky.

 

[freedombecki]

It was not a very productive sewing day. I was just sitting there, sewing, and suddenly a storm came up, thunder, lightning, and the lights went out. We were out about 2 or 3 hours. I used what heat there was left in the iron to open some freshly-sewn seams, and pinned a row of red and white checkerboards together. I now have a 10x12 block piece of 4" blocks, so it's about 40x48" without the border yet. I did have some leftover blocks, so I made them into a matching 10" piece with smaller squares:

So much for not getting my project finished before noon, and now, I'm just sleepy. I'm still taking antibiotics for the toe surgery and regular medicine to deal with fibromyalgia and wonky parathyroid issues after parathyroid surgery 2 years ago. My foot is sure feeling a lot better, and all the swelling from the infection is gone, and not missed one little bit.

The purple checkerboard was so pleasing (last week) I did this one in red and white. I'm just fascinated with red and white quilts lately. The bigger one is going to make a nice crib blanket for a hugs child, I hope.

 

[freedombecki]

Darn it, I miss Sunshine.

 

[Dabs]

These aren't quilts Becki, but they are some beautiful crochet work my Mother did, I wanted to share...hope you don't mind
These 3 are patterns she either made up or followed........she could do the most fancy stuff.....all of the afghans I am showing here, I have in my home...she made for me~

 

[Dabs]

The blue and yellow one is a baby blanket and the pastel colored one is a story......it was originally a baby blanket pattern...but I fell in love with it and I asked Mom if she could use thicker yarn and make it bigger...for me...and she did

 

[Dabs]

This last one is awesome.
It is so colorful and so huge...it fits a king size bed.
Mother crocheted it for me when I was 8 months pregnant with my first child....and that child will turn 34 years old on July 3rd....so this afghan is 34 years old!!!
It still looks just as great as the day she gave it to me...I toss it into the washer and dryer

 

[freedombecki]

These aren't quilts Becki, but they are some beautiful crochet work my Mother did, I wanted to share...hope you don't mind
These 3 are patterns she either made up or followed........she could do the most fancy stuff.....all of the afghans I am showing here, I have in my home...she made for me~

That's nice, Dabs. They're out of this world. I think I still like the pink and gray one you showed some time ago. Although the little square ruffled one next to the sheep looks like something out of a really, really better crochet magazine. Fabulous!