Since I sew, I also make quilts. I am in the process of making another quilt, this one for myself, and I thought that I would intro it with the quilts that I have made in the past. I made my first quilt in a quilting class in Mass with my friend, Kjestine. It was about the year 2004-ish, I think.
My first quilt I made a wallhanging size. Now I have never hung it on the wall, but use it as a throw. I still use it to this day. The style is a logcabin.
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| My First Quilt - 2004 |
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| My First Quilt - 2004 |
My second quilt I made as a gift and it was a baby quilt size, which was quite large actually. The baby's bedroom had a jungle theme.
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| Joni - 2005 |
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| Joni - 2005 |
Next, later in 2005, I made another baby quilt for my cousin Stephanie's baby, Aiden. This was made with fleece and did a blanket stitch around the edges.
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| Aiden - 2005 |
I was a quilting fool in 2005, I made a third quilt for my friend Erin's baby, Janelle.
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| Janelle - 2005 |
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| Janelle - 2005 |
I took a small break and made a quilt in 2007 for myself. I made it bedspread size. This one was a spin off the courthouse steps style. I used flannel as my backing (back fabric). So snuggley.
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| Mine - 2007 |
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| Mine - 2007 |
Next, in 2009, I made a baby quilt for my friend Nicole's baby, Allison.
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| Allison - 2009 |
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| Allison - 2009 |
In 2009, I made two quilts, one for each of Vince's daughters for Christmas. These were full size quilts and I backed them with flannel, like I did for mine in 2007.
Youngest daughter Gen, I made a daisy chain style.
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| Gen - 2009 |
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| Gen - 2009 |
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| Gen - 2009 |
For his oldest daughter Alex, I made a spin of courthouse steps style.
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| Alex - 2009 |
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| Alex - 2009 |
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| Alex - 2009 |
In 2010, two more friends had babies. Crissta was first, with Ines. Her sex was unknown, so I had to make it neutral.
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| Ines - 2010 |
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| Ines - 2010 |
Next was Sheri, who had Keira.
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| Keira - 2010 |
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| Keira - 2010 |
I have made another one for my friend Crystal's son, Zander, but I could not find any pics of it. Hey Crystal, if you can, take a pic of the quilt for me!
Update!
I now have pics of Zander's quilt. His had a bug theme (and little mice thrown in :-) ):
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| Zander - 2008 |
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| Zander - 2008 |
I have saved all the scraps from these quilts and that is what I will use to make my next quilt. I will share this with you over the next couple of weeks.
Let me know which one(s) are your favorites! I truly love each of these and I got great enjoyment giving them as gifts. For the ones that I kept, I cherish and use them all the time. Take time to learn how to quilt, it is a timeless tradition that makes family heirlooms.
3 comments:
I love the one for Gen (2009) and of course for Ines (2010)!!
I have to say I like them all but Janelle's quilt is sitting next to me on the couch and we use it all the time. :)
Erin! You still read the blog!! I'm so happy to hear that it is still holding up. I hope all is well with you and your family. XOXO
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