Boxed In 9 Patch

This is a quilt made by Richard using a pattern that Tanya created which she calls Boxed In.

This is of course a simple 9 patch block just surrounded by white with white in the center.  This is meant to be a really simple pattern for a beginner quilter.

I love the colors Tanya picked they are really bright and pretty.

The back of the quilt is a star minky.  Tanya knows how much I hate to quilt minky and I think that inspires her to keep buying more and more minkey to make my quilting more dificult.  Good thing it looks and feels so nice on them.

Purple Quilt

This purple quilt is a vanishing 9 patch.

Purple is a color that tends to sell well on our etsy store, but it is hard finding purple fabric in quilt stores.

I wanted a purple stripe for binding, but ended up with a purple gingham.  

We linked up with  Monday Making and Patchwork Times

Simple Patchwork out of Birch Farm

This is a simple quilt out of Birch Farm fabric by Joel Dewberry.

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The back is off white.  The binding is scrappy.

Elephant and Chevron Rag Quilt

Here is a rag quilt that is elephants and chevrons and blue.

I know you are thinking, another rag quilt, aren't you tired of those yet.

They tend to be popular on our etsy site. 

John Deere Girl Quilt #2 and Twin Girls

The purpose of our vacation last week was to deliver this quilt and a similar quilt too it that we posted about Last November.  My brother in law lives in Southern Utah and has spent many a year diving John Deere equipment in the work he does.  So when he had a pair of twin girls we felt it fit to give him a pair of John Deere Rag Quilts.  The first quilt (follow the link above) was made as part of a custom order but was never bought and paid for.  So its now the first of 2 gifts.

It is amazing how much Julia is growing up and how much she wants to help and participate in our quilting adventures. Often she tries to sit on my lap while I quilt or run the pedal while I quilt which tends to make some creative quilting.  Or best of all testing out the quilts we make to make sure they are snuggle enough. For this quilt she wanted to help me take pictures.

I am not sure what I like most in the picture above the cute quilt or the cute smile on Julia's face as she helps me take pictures.  Below is the twins that received these quilts their baby blessing is what prompted our trip and this was the first time Tanya and I had seen the twins and got to hold them.

Custom Quilt From Vintage Fabric Complete

We seem to be on a trend of doing stuff with vintage fabric.  About a month ago, a customer contacted us with a request for a quilt with their fabric. Some of the fabric is really thin.  With so few fabrics to chose from,we ended up with several repeat placements in the the random order.

A Craftsy Giveaway Check it out

 This quilt was finished a few days ago, but our dryer struck again and we ended up with a couple of black marks.

After the dryer melted several of Jared's socks we decided it was time to replace it.We bought a new dryer on Saturday and brought it home and rewashed the quilt with great success. We also ran washer cleaner through the washing machine.

The back of the quilt and some of the triangles in the front have part of a tea towel in it.  It turned out really cute, I wasn't so sure when we agreed to make it.  

A Quilt for the Wheatley's

Last night, Tanya and I delivered a baby gift to the Wheatley's they are neighbors of ours.  This quilt is made from some Dresden Petals given to us from another neighbor.  They are serious vintage goods.

The Wheatley's, are a artistic family (the husband is a local artist and High School art teacher) and so I went above and beyond on my attempts to be artistic.

I have not done a ton of free motion quilting, but this quilt I did a lot on.  I am always afraid to start a FMQ project for fear that I wont finish it, but this one was so much fun that I could not stop until it was finished.  After a dozen bobbin fulls of thread I was finally done.

This quilt has five Dresden wheels spread across it and the edge of the wheels were not quilted down. This is so that when washed they will rag out and become frilly.  When we dropped it off they seamed to like it so I guess all that hard work paid off.

Kids Art Work

Last week I finished this custom quilt.  It was a custom quilt sell from our Etsy Store.  This quilt is made from my Diagonal Quilt Pattern.  You can find the pattern both on Etsy and Craftsy where I sell the pattern for $4.00 as a PDF download.  Though I bet if you asked me really nice, I would probably send it to you for free. 

Though sadly the point of today's post is not about my beautiful quilt, but about my wonderful 4 year old and her art work.  While I was in the middle of creating this quilt, Julia decided to do a little art work on the sewing table.  Sadly at the time my new quilt was on the table and she just smoothed it out and used it as a table cloth.  In the zeal of her art, her pen went out side the lines and off paper and all over my quilt top.  Needless to say we were not so proud of the art work.

Luckily for us my wife was able to work her magic and when we washed it the ink came out.  My wife tells me hair spay is what fixed it. To think I thought you just used that stuff to make your hair not blow away in a wind storm.

Rebecca, while I was quilting it thought that we needed a picture of me.  Like all great pictures we got a picture of my best side, yes my back side.

We did not get a lot of great pictures of this quilt,  This one as it lay on the table before binding the quilt, but after it was quilted was one of the best.

Oh and for those that wanted to see a picture of me, here is my head and toes, in the style of  Mr Wilson from Home Improvement showing just the tip of my head.