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#38 Hexies and hidden stars
A minimalistic quilt for my newborn niece. Dense free motion quilting that forms little stars within the negative space.
#37 Simple Squares - A homage to Gerhard Richter
#35 and #36 Quilts for brothers
Two quilts for the sons of our friends
#34 Railfence - A Baby Boy Quilt
A scrappy Baby Boy quilt for our friends' first Baby.
#33 Homage to V.Vasarely - An Op-Art Quilt
Inspired by the art of the sixties.
#32 Sew-Euro-bee-an: A bee quilt
Pieced by all Bee members;
designed, backed, quilted and bound by me.
designed, backed, quilted and bound by me.
#31 A Baby Boy quilt - made by MQG Bielefeld
Pieced by all MQG Bielefeld members (except the new-to-be-mother of the Little Boy); designed, backed, quilted and bound by me)
#30 Gemmed - A Baby Girl quilt
A Baby Girl quilt for my sister's second child.
#29 Elmer revisited: A Baby Boy quilt
A quilt for my friends' first baby.
She asked for a smaller version of my Elmer Quilt.
She asked for a smaller version of my Elmer Quilt.
#28 Oh Deer! A baby boy quilt
A baby boy quilt for my cousins first baby.
Including Appliqué and a ric rac border.
Including Appliqué and a ric rac border.
#27 Stacked Strips
Epic Fail #2. Another bearding quilt.
#26 Baby Boy Patchwork Quilt
For my sister's first baby - my second nephew.
#25 Wonky Stars
A baby girl group quilt for our first MQG Bielefeld Baby.
#24 Paper lanterns
A not-so-girlish quilt for the newborn daughter of my former colleague.
#23 In the hedgerow
Almost wholecloth. A quilt for my mother-in-law.
#22 DNA Quilt
#21 Dare to be different
A scrappy quilt inspired by David McKee's character "Elmer".
#20 The yellow Lessons Learned Quilt
#19 Optimism - a manly gift
A gift for my colleague whom life had played a bad trick.
#18 A Paper Pieced Baby Girl Quilt
A gift for friends who expect a baby girl next month.
Lots of Dogwood quilting
And a matching backing and binding.
#17 Finally a Patchwork Quilt
A quilt for my youngest son (3).
Lots of free-motion circles...
#16 Bus-y words
A birthday gift for my dad.
Instead of making a quilt label I quilted the message all over the background fabric.
#15 Modern Mosaic - A Quiet Quilt
A christmas gift for my mum.
#14 Henning's Improv Quilt
A quilt for the third child of our business partner.
I used a triple zig zag stitch to attach the binding. Love it!
#13 Emma's Baby Quilt
A quilt for my newborn niece Emma.
Detail of raw edge application:
#12 Space Rocket Quilt
A summer quilt for my eldest son (4 at that time)
Detail of my FMQ
#11 Baby Quilt "Cars 'n Dots"
It took a long time to decide on the layout...
but finally I came up with this one:
The Pieced Backing:
Fabrics are again Ann Kelle's beautiful designs,
this time it was Ready, Set, Go! combined with some dots
from my LFS and an unknown white solid.
#10 Baby Quilt "Zoology Circles"
Raw edge appliqued circles of Ann Kelle's beautiful fabrics.
I was inspired by this book cover.
The backing and my name tag:
#9 Quilt "Loops 'n Rectangles" for my canadian "parents"
I used Monica's free pattern "Rectangle Reverie" that you can find here.
The pieced backing.
Detail of the FMQ (Loops)
#8 Quilt "Fiddleheads" for my canadian friends
I was inspired by a free tutorial of "crazy mom quilts" but changed the block layout a bit.
Detail of my FMQ, hence the name of the quilt :o)
I found the FMQ Design here.
#7 Baby Quilt for my first nephew
Detail of the binding.
I used a decorative stitch of my sewing machine.
#6 Lap Quilt for my best friend :o)
Detail of the FMQ (after washing and drying)
My first quilt label.
#5 Quilt for my oldest son
Backing and my first straight line quilting
#4 A quilt just for me!
The back
#3 Red Baby Quilt for my youngest son
Detail of my first free motion quilting and the backing
#2 Julius' Quilt
The backing is a Streets & Cars Print
#1 My first quilt ever...
Inspiration struck at moda bake shop :o)
The backing and hanging
These are darling quilts! I'd love to see where you found that fiddlehead FMQ design but your link is not working. Could you email me the correct link? idaewing@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteKimberly, thank you for your nice comment! And sorry, you are right, the link didn't work :o( I fixed it and I will send you the information by email as well.
ReplyDeleteMa courtepointe est tout simplement magnifique !! Tu m'impressionnes par ton talent Christine, mille mercis !! Ta maman canadienne !!
ReplyDeleteMerci, Nicole! Ça me fait un grand plaisir d'avoir coussu quelque chose que tu aimes. Et il faut que tu l'utilise :o)
DeleteBisous! Ta troisième fille :o)
very nice and nicely done!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilts :)
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