Calendar Quilt

The Story of our Lives Together

This quilt represents many of the things we have enjoyed in 43 years of marriage. The greens signify the woods, trees, and leaves surrounding us in New England, where we lived for many years. The blues represent the lakes and oceans (on both coasts) where we have spent time. The light yellow and light blue dotted fabric around the hearth represent rain and snow – in New England we had a lot of both. We have two daughters who enjoyed the woods and water and snow with us as they grew up.

I’m a beginner – this is my second quilt. It’s a Cal King blanket, a bit ambitious for a second project, for sure! It’s machine pieced, and was machine quilted with beautiful leaves by My Quilts Long Arm Quilting Service.

The Story of our Lives Together

Jean Kammerer

CA

I made this wall hanging over a weekend.  The pattern
is featured in the current issue of Fons and Porter.  I decided I wanted to make it, pulled all of the fabric from my stash and had it hanging in no time.

Julie

Simi Valley, Ca

Red Cross Quilt

I bought 2 Laurel Burch quilt kits and gave one kit to my sister Barbara, who lives in Hawaii in November, 2008. Barbara finished hers and sent it to me to have it quilted locally, in Simi Valley. I had seeMyQuiltsonline.com do this for me, and it is so beautiful that it has inspired me to do mine as well. After I had it quilted, I decided to bind it for Barbara’s 60th birthday.  Carol, at seeMyQuiltsonline.com picked out the thread color (gold) and chose the pattern. The pattern is Christmas ornaments, which is perfect for the quilt. I know my sister will love this.

Linda M.

Simi Valley, CA

Red, White and Blue

Red, White and Blue

Red, White & Blue
This quilt came together through a mini-group project, and it took almost a year to finish. Each member decided on an individual theme, and put fabrics they wanted used in a box, and each month we would make a 36 in. strip in the fabric choice of whatever box of fabric they had at the time. We would switch boxes each month, and by the time everyone had exchanged with all the members…..we had enough strips to put together a quilt. It was then up to us to make something great out of what everyone else had contributed. All the quilts were completely different and it was a really fun result. I chose a patriotic theme, and supplied the background fabric , and a few other ‘s so there would be continuity throughout the quilt. We could add our own fabric also, as long as it fit the theme of the person we were making it for. It was a lot of fun, and each month we showed what we had accomplished as it went along.

Mine ended up very large, and it is a favorite of mine, as I have memories of all my friends.

Dindy N.
Simi Valley, CA

Crazy Patch for Alex

Alex's Crazy Patch

Crazy Patch for Alex
I made this quilt for my 2nd grand daughter who is getting married in Sept. 2009. She lives in Georgia and I don’t get to see her very often. She is a very creative young woman, and has shown an interest in quilting as well as many other artistic talents. I have made her a quilt for all of the important milestones in her life. Her wedding is the latest.
Dindy N.
Simi Valley, CA

Red Charm Quilt

Red Charm Quilt

RED CHARM SQUARE QUILT
I made this quilt when I was 7 years old with the help of my grandma. I picked out the charm squares that I wanted for the quilt from my grandma’s stash of fabric. I learned how to sew with my grandma’s sewing machine and I pieced the squares together. We sewed the two borders onto the quilt. It was quilted and bound with the help of my grandma.

I was able to share it at the Quilt Guild’s Quilt Show and I received a ribbon along with other junior quilters.

MIA L.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Sailing Into The Future

Sailing Into The Future

“Sailing Into The Future”
The Red River Quilters Guild of Wichita Falls, Texas recently celebrated our 25th year with a quilt challenge. The challenge was to put 25 of something (blocks, buttons, whatever) into a quilt and to use the silver challenge fabric in the quilt. “Sailing Into The Future” was my submission for the challenge. It shows 25 sailboats against a mountainous background with a golden sunrise. The sails of the sailboats are made from the silver challenge fabric. Each sailboat represents a year of our history as we sail together into the future. My quilt earned many oohs and aahs from the quilters and won third place in the competition.

Submitted by Audrey B
Texas

Dawn’s Love

I love this quilt!  It’s busy – it has contrast – and it has an interesting pattern.  It’s made of two blocks – a pinwheel and a 16 patch.  I made it in a class taught by Kitty Sorgen.  She was very helpful to me in organizing all the blocks and distributing the yellow fabric so it wasn’t all in one area.  I don’t usually make quilts with this  many pieces so the project was a bit overwhelming for me, however, all the work was worth it.    I am so pleased with the result!

Dawn M