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.

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 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.

Simple Patchwork #2

This is a simple patchwork quilt from Joel Dewberry Birch Farm collection. Richard doesn't care for this quilt, because of it's simplicity.

I love the colors in this fabric. The back and binding are the dutch oven in egg blue.

Simple Random Patchwork

Richard though this quilt was boring because it was just simple patchwork. The fabric from this quilt is from Joel Dewberry Birch Farm. The back of the quilt is a Kona bone.  The binding is super scrappy from leftover fabric.

  

Reunion #3 Simple Squares

This is the third and final quilt that we did in this pattern from Reunion.  The large border is multi-color jacks. The binding is the same.

The back of the quilt is off white from Kona.  I think this one is my favorite.  You would think we would be done with Reunion fabric by now, but we still have quite a bit left.  That is what happens when you ending up buying  half-yard and yard pieces of many of this line.  It is still one of Richard's favorite lines, even if it is several years old.

Story Book #3 Peach

This is a really fun line with clouds, birds, hot air balloons, airplanes, castles, clothes on line, branches and ships. This is made from Peach and Stone from Storybook line by Kate & Birdie for Moda. 

 

The back and binding are also peach fabric from same line.

Sawtooth #2

We made it out of Wishes by Sweet-water. The back is a confetti print on off white.  The binding is a multi-color medallion print from Wishes.  

This is made from the leftovers for the quilt Richard made with a co-worker.

This is one we didn't originally plan a second quilt of, but with the oops and all the fabric cut leftover, we didn't have a choice.  It turned out bright and cheery though.

Here is a picture with #1 and #2 together.  A kid took this picture, don't quite know why.

Story Book #2 Yellow

This is a really fun line with clouds, birds, hot air balloons, airplanes, castles, clothes on line, branches and ships. This is made from Yellow and Stone from Storybook line by Kate & Birdie for Moda. 

The back is a tan colored fabric. It is bound with a yellow from same line. 

Dr Suess # 2

This is the second Dr.Suess quilt we have done.  This one we added some solids, turquoise and yellow to tone it down.

The back is the letter fabric from the same line. The top was made by Tanya and was quilted and bound by Richard.

It is bound with a chevron in turquoise and red chevron. I like this one a lot better than the first, because is a lot less busy.

Baby Quilt for Coworker

Sawtooth #1 quilt is finished.  We made it out of Wishes by Sweet-water. The back is a aqua solid.  The binding is a multi-color medallion print from Wishes.  

This quilt is for one of Richard's coworkers.

It is echo quilted around each rectangle to make it pop.

Reunion Gray

I love the reunion material and here is another fantastic quilt made from it.  This is our Simple Squares pattern that we sell on Craftsy.

This is another quilt that will show up on our Etsy Store.

Baby Girl Quilt

This is a quilt top that was made by Tanya.  She put minky on the back and had me quilt it.  

As you can see from our pictures we had a hard time with the colors on this one.  I really thing the colors look better in real life most likely the brown wall behind it is why it had such a hard time but great quilt from Tanya.

Bright Baby Girl Quilt from Stash

This quilt was made mostly from stash with only buying aqua dots for border.

Julia came in room while taking pictures.  She wanted one of her taken.

It is always rewarding to make a quilt almost completely from stash leftovers.

In Richard Style, we had to (ok, I had to) put a strip across the back.  Tanya and I debate about the need of such things.  I love them and she hates to baste the pieced backs

Orange Diagonal Quilt 2

This is the second orange diagonal quilt.  It has been in the stack for a while, waiting to be squared and bound.  This one just has a plain back, unlike the first we did.

You can find our Diagonal Quilt Pattern on Craftsy.  It has been a popular pattern.  It is one of the ones I enjoy making but have to be in the mood to make as it takes more thought then some of the quilts I make.

My biggest problem with this quilt is if you do it wrong the quilt gets out of whack and can be hard to square.  This copy of the quilt I really messed up and had to do some serious squaring on it which meant that I had a lot in the trash when done.

All in all I am happy with this finish and it will go on etsy for sell.