Teddy Bear

 

This is the quilt I did for my grandson, who was born in February. My friend hand quilted it and did the machine embroidery. The piece of fabric in the middle of the bear's forehead, right above his nose, was from a vest I made my mother in 1981. There are also pieces of kitchen curtains from when my daughter was young. The brown border fabric was the last piece I ever will buy from Joann's. 

Pattern inspired by this, but I messed up the face a bit:

https://quiltinggail.com/2022/04/14/teddy-bear-class-1/

Ohio Star Wars quilt

I don't have a picture of this quilted, but a friend used Star Wars cookie cutters to put Yoda, Darth Vader, etc., in the white sashing blocks. Made this for a special former student who loves Star Wars. I think he liked it. I was happy with the colors. 

Used this pattern by https://conniekresin.com/river-espresso/.

 

Opening Day of Quilt Season 2025

 It's spring break, so a great time to quilt. I've been cutting out crib quilt tops and putting them WITH COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS in shoeboxes, since it might be hard to get to my fabric stash over the summer, while my daughter and her three cats are staying with me. 

Love this streak of lightning quilt, and it was great for using up the oddly large amount of small pieces of electric blue fabric that I had. The only light fabric that went well was a geometric print from 2005, but since it's going to a good friend's daughter for her baby, I don't mind as much. The state outline backing has been hanging out in my stash since 2012, and there was JUST enough. 

Have to admit that I've been struggling with the closing of Joann's. I don't buy a lot of new fabric; for sustainability sake, I've been buying fabric at the thrift store, which also is good for my design process of using what I have. Still, it's hard knowing that if I need a couple of yards of white fabric, I'll have to... go to a fancy quilt shop and pay big bucks? Get something less than desirable at WalMart? Or worst of all, order something online? Luckily, I am good on thread since several friends have cleared out relatives' stashes. 

My 2024 Helper

 My dogs have always been SO helpful when I quilt, emulating cats as they sit right on the quilt. Leo is no exception. He is a ten year old shih tzu who has been with me about two months. 

Final quilt of 2024!

 Had three fabrics that screamed that they needed to be together, and found a test block in this pattern when I was organizing! Perfect. These are all the projects I plan to get done until next June.

String quilts

 Sometimes, one project bleeds into another! Had 4 triangles left, so they became the center of the next quilt!

Other graduation present