Quilts

Quilts.  And why.

This is the quilt that did it.  Ashley went and had a baby girl and I created this quilt from her baby shower.  We all wrote down one word wishes and thoughts for her and I put them on the quilt.  I loved doing this one.

Then Jennifer went and had a baby and I just had to take the bird motif 

from her baby shower invitation and put them on a quilt.  This one, also, really fun.

The Adoption Quilt

We welcome Baby Z into our community from Ethiopia.  

I made this quilt out of the colors of the Ethiopian flag.  Next time I'll 

figure out a way to involve some more feminine elements although I'm 

sure her 2 older brothers are perfectly happy with the result.

The Farewell Quilt

It was hard to say good bye to Kate and Alex when they left in November.  This wall hanging represents our little community, our girls, our husbands as the trees, and - again - words that we had shared to 

capture the beauty of her.

Two Birds

So, I'm asked to do a quilt and of course I see the one in Joelle Hoverson's "Last Minute Patchwork" book and I just had to do it.  Turns out the "short cut" she suggested was more complicated than just doing the turn-down applique, which is what I ended up doing.  I felt much better about that and am really so happy with how it turned out.  Next time I'll probably machine stitch the tree to bind it, and maybe I could make it look more like a tree trunk with the stitching.  We'll see.