Will the Wolf Survive?

My guild's challenge this year was to quilt a song.  I knew I wanted to use the pattern by Toni Whitney, Winter Wolf, in my quilt.  I found the song, Will the Wolf Survive?, by Los Lobos and the whole quilt just came together in my head.  This is the first time my execution of a quilt matched the picture in my head.  Never made a round quilt before either, nor have I ever matched the binding around a quilt to the material on he quilt.  Everything was fused to the background and I used Texture Magic to create the bushes.  I quilted it on my Innova 18" using King Tut (13 colors) and Bottom Line threads from Superior Threads.

Gail's Sunflower Quilt

This is Gail's Sunflower Quilt - just off the longarm.

 The sunflower created in the large blocks.

Center block - I outlined the flowers with metallic thread, outlined some of the leaves in green.

 Corner block I outlined the flower petals in gold metallic.

Another corner block - I outlined these petals with bronze metallic.

Center of inner border - I quilted a sunflower with pebbling in the center with leaves going out to the corner blocks.

Dresden Plate

This is June's completed Dresden Plate quilt

 This is one of the 30 blocks - each of the blocks took an hour to quilt

 And a little closer picture of the detail of the block

This is a picture of the sashing intersection

This was a fun quilt to quilt.  I love the orange peel look of the quilting on the plates and the "leafy feathers" in the sashing was fun to do.  I did alternate the direction of the feathers so the quilt looks the same no matter which direction it is on the bed.  The feathers look like they go around the blocks....love how it turned out!  June is very happy with it too!!

CONGRATS EWU!!!

The Eastern Washington Eagles pulled off a stunning victory over Delaware to attain their first National Championship ever!!!  In no small part, this victory is due to their trainers' dedication...especially my DSD Carla!  Payoff for all those long days, evenings and weekends tending to those players owies!!!  We are so proud of her and really enjoyed seeing her on national TV!

Wedding quilt

I made this quilt for my friend Lindsay (she also cuts my hair!) as a wedding gift.  OK, her wedding was this past summer but life got in the way!  It was a fun mixture to quilt, using rulers, feathers and ribbon swirls with some stippling thrown in.

Quilts I made for Christmas this year

This year was really different for making quilts...we has a wedding and a 50th anniversary party within a week of each other this summer and at the last minute I thought I could make autograph quilts.  I've never made an autograph quilt and had no clue what size the strips or squares for the autographs to make, so I winged it!  Then it was fun to figure out what quilt pattern to use for the quilts.  At first I was just going to border each autographed rectangle with the focus fabric rather like a lasagna quilt, but then I found a wrapped candy quilt pattern that fit the candy bar my DSD had at her wedding for her guests to enjoy.  The I experimented with an X block for the anniversary quilt (that sample block turned into the label for the candy quilt!).  I'm sure there is a name for the X block, but I didn't have a pattern to follow, so I just played.
The last quilt I made this year for a Christmas present was for my DSIL and I chose the Hidden Wells pattern.  Well, let me tell you...I obviously can't cut or sew straight!!!  I LOVE the batiks I chose for this quilt, but like all my quilts, didn't turn out the way I thought it would.  The focus colors were to be the blueish-purple and green, not the orange and pink!!!  Because we spent a lovely week in Hawaii with with DSIL this past February, and the quilt ended up reminding me of the beautiful flowers of Hawaii, I named it "Hawaiian Dreams".

50th Anniversary quilt with my DILs

Hawaiian Dreams

Wrapped Candy quilt with the lovely bride and groom - love the picture of them at their wedding in one of the candies!

Merry Christmas!

1. Ok, my last post was right after Thanksgiving...how did it get to be Christmas already???  We had a lovely Christmas Eve with my DH's family last night  and got some great things...2 new shawls, cookies, cookbook, Sarah Palan's Going Rogue, bird food all ready to hang out, and a gift certificate to my LQS!  This morning, after some yummy French Toast, we opened presents here with 3 of the kids.  They have scattered this afternoon and will all end up at their mom's house tonight.  My girls are in Texas where their dad has joined them for the holidays.
2. I did get the two autograph quilts finished for giving, but my SIL had to give her quilt back so I can get it bound...I just ran out of time!  I'll post pictures as soon as I can get them off of my DH's camera.
3. The only white we had was left over...almost all melted :( but it is easier for travelers.