A friend's husband has recently became a double amputee. His wife asked if I could make him a Mets quilt for his wheelchair -- with his motto embroidered on it. “Stronger Than Yesterday”. This quilt measures 42 by 42 inches.
I had a VERY busy Summer painting my home and creating these lovely quilts, hence the delay in posting!! Sorry no house pictures in this post. Quilt 1: Swiss Cross Quilt in shades of light and dark gray fabrics. The quilt was a gift for a young boy from his grandmother. I have made quilts for Grandma before, but was surprised when the boy’s mother did not want a “Boy’s Toddler Quilt”. (I was thinking cars, dragons, sports, etc.) She wanted a quilt he would be able to use way into his teens. His mother picked out the quilt design and she and I worked together to find the perfect fabrics for her color scheme. Custom Label - Quilting: Parallel straight lines - Size: Twin. Quilt 2: Fairy Garden. The other quilt was a beautiful baby quilt for a girl. Fairy Garden was made with a mixture of techniques: hand dyed light gray background fabric, applique and embroidery designs. The very excited “Grandpa to be” even picked out all the fabrics!! Fairy Garden is one of my favorite quilts to make. Custom Label - Quilting: Free motions swirls, clouds and cute butterflies - Size: 46 by 51. They also chose https://www.dinahsquilts.com/new-products/peek-a-boo-i-love-you-fabric-book.
Two Memory Quilts.
Memory Quilt Number 1: This quilt is the 5th that I have made for the same customer. She made 4 quilts a year ago for her children. The quilts where made from her departed husband’s clothing. See post here: https://www.dinahsquilts.com/journal/2018/10/21/memorial-quilts-from-scraps-to-treasures . This year I competed one for Christine. The clothing used in this quilt were different than in her children’s quilts. The clothing used in this quilt had a very special meaning for her. Items used: dress shirts, suits, ties, Christmas Tree skirt, bath robe, infant shirt, t-shirts, tea towels.
Memory Quilt Number 2: was made for another customer. She used her children’s clothing. The original intent was to make a memory pillow. There were so many design elements that were to stay intact that a lap quilt was made in place of the pillow. Clothing used were: hats, sweaters, blankets, pillows, onesies, receiving blankets, gloves, toys, knitted items, towels, religious memorabilia, socks, rope & some “mini” pieces of clothing. The doll is tucked away in a knitted sweater. There is a snap closure so the doll can be removed for cleaning. Back of the quilt: The snake was originally a very large pillow. I combined the front of the pillow with the back . It’s bordered with roping. Loved making both of these!
The top of the Harry Potter quilt is completed. I added the borders. Each cornerstone has an embroidered House Crest and a checker board design in their house colors.
Nest steps: To Quilt it!!
The Harry Potter Quilt is slowly taking shape. All the fabric sections are cut and ready to go. I am following the gird I posted. So far I have completed 9 sections of the this 33 section quilt. The quilt will consist of multiple sewing / quilting techniques.
Section 1: Time Turner - Appliqued
Section 2: Harry’s Letter - Appliqued
Section 3: Mirror of Erised - Applied - Harry’s family- Iron On Transfer- Th mirror was too plain by itself, so I decided to add Harry’s Family. Love how this worked out!
Section 4: Deathly Hallows - Embroidered / Appliqued
Section 5: Quill - Appliqued
Section 6: Bricks - Appliqued
Section 7: Harry’s Robes - Appliqued
Section 8: HP - Embroidered
Section 9: Crest - Embroidered
Custom ordered quilt for a baby girl. Lavender color fabric was chosen for the border and the sashing. 36 large hearts and 7 smaller hearts are appliqued into the quilt. An elegant heart and swirl design are quilted into the border design and simple loops in the sashing.
I often get asked how long does it take to make a quilt. My answer is always-- "It Varies". Sometimes I can complete a quilt in a week-end and others it takes months. The quilts I am working on now falls into the months category.
Crazy patch quilts take a long time to make because they consist of multiple fabrics, decorative stitches and construction. To create the block, fabrics must be prepped, cut, ironed and sewn together. Each block takes about 30 mins. just to sew together. That is roughly 8 hours to construct all the blocks for one quilt. That is not including the time to prep, cut or embellish each block.
The video is a mini tutorial of how one block is constructed. (part 1)
Enjoy the process!
Starting a new project for a customer. Making four memory quilts from her husband's clothing. One quilt for each one of her children. I always feel blessed making these types of quilts. Really excited to begin.
