Japanese Crossings/Anniversary quilt for my parents

Today is my parents 60th Wedding Anniversary, July 29,2010 ( Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad). This is a quilt I made for them to decorate their bed and keep them warm. My mom loves blue and their bedroom has light blue walls. This is the front of the quilt. I didn't realize when choosing fabric that the quilt would have a modern Japanese look. Saw this pattern in magazine at the library and fell in love with it immediately (that one was made of different shades of green with brown). Made this queen size quilt in one week so that it would make it in time for their anniversary (had to get it finish before my camping trip and get it mailed off in time to arrive).


Up close of all the fabrics for the top of quilt.


The back of quilt. Somewhere on the back I signed the quilt (think on red strip).



A look at both sides. Used my favorite decorative stitch on the binding; front side has white thread and back side is red.

Blooming Nine Patch Table Runner

Top of runner

The snake-hose pin that Erica gave me for a decoration on the table runner.

The back side of runner.

Wonky Log Cabin

Years ago, Erica started a log cabin quilt but never finished it. She came across the squares that had been stored away recently and asked if I wanted to finish the project. She stated that she never finished the project since she had been frustrated with her finished blocks being irregular sizes. I told her no problem, that I could make them into wonky log cabin blocks by using her strips that she hadn't used and adding white for the background to square up the blocks. I used the blue and yellow strips that she had cut and additional fabric to piece the back. I just had enough fabric for the back. I'm delighted to say that Erica and I love the way this quilt has turned out.

A Bowl of Cherries

Top side of new table runner also made from scraps. I'm titling it, Life is like a bowl of cherries.

Bottom side. The binding is finished off with my favorite embroidery pattern; top thread is red and bottom is white.

Table Runner

Playing around with my fabric scraps the other day, I made this table runner.


One side is just the red flower print fabric that matches the blue flower print fabric on the other side.

Bali hexagon quilt

Here is the finished quilt. I washed it to remove all of the graphite markings, and now it has that old look.


The backside.


This is the center of the half hexi quilt that I have been working on.



Added a green boarder around the hexis. The yellow Bali print around the hexi center is only attached to the hexi center and not the green boarder.



Idea for quilting the the green boarder area.

Half Hexi Placemats

One placemat done and three more to finish. I saw numerous blogs by quilters that are using half hexagons for their hexagon quilts. I like this idea since I don't have to hand sew the pieces.


The backside of the placemats. I plan on using this quilting design for when I make my half-hexi Bali quilt.

Japanese spring table runner

Years ago while living in Tokyo, I picked up materials to be used as table runners. The adorable bunny print was part of a little sack purse that I never used. So, I dismantled the purse to use in this table runner. The pretty white flowers with the pink background came from a table runner that lacked something. The white and green fabrics were leftovers from previous quilts. This little project not only produce me with a new table runner for Easter, but also gave me the opportunity to practice my free motion quilting.

Nora's Pinwheel quilt

Finished the vintage pinwheel quilt top and quilting; I just need to finish the binding. This quilt will go to Suzanne's baby, Nora. The quilt went together very quickly, and I just love the vintage material, the prairie points, and the overall look of this quilt.


This is the back of the quilt. I'm thinking of using the extra back material for the binding by folding it over and stitching it down with one of the decorative stitches on my machine.

I found a very cute vintage material the has a girl washing clothes and a clothes line. I used that for the binding and my favorite decorative stitch that my machine makes to complete the quilt.

Idea for baby quilts

My sister's girls, Lauren and Suzanne, are having babies. I already made a baby quilt for Suzanne's baby, but I recently learned that Lauren is expecting. I'm now thinking that I will make a pinwheel quilt and make identical quilts tops to give to the expecting moms. Lauren and Suzanne will have the same quilt top, but the bottom of the quilts will be pink for Suzanne's baby and Lauren's will be something else. Erica's friend Anna, who just loves bunnies and pink, just loves the pink quilt with the bunnies that I made. So, I have a home for that quilt.