Endless Photos of Quilts at Quiltcon 2017

     Here is a selection of Quilts I photographed at Quiltcon East in Savannah 2017.  I had trouble uploaded so I missed a lot, but they are soooo inspiring.  Looking back at this will be my continuous inspiration to hopefully some amazing quilts in the future!!  Sorry for the week late Quiltcon overload but I have had internet issues!

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Bright Pink

     Project Quilt Challenge 4 theme, was "Bright".  I was really unsure what to do at first, but then as as I went thru my precuts, I found some precut Breast Cancer scrap fabric.  I also found a box of rainbow fabric scraps that I was saving for a quilt.  The dilemma was that a family friend is having a personal struggle with breast cancer.  I wanted to do the pink and started the pink quilt, but in a post in the quilt group, someone suggested the cancer patient usually does not like the constant reminder. So for the first time ever, I asked Donna which quilt she would prefer.  And she told me the Pink breast cancer one, its her favorite color!

     On to sewing I went!  I quickly came up with a plan.  There were lots of 4 inch and 2 inch quilt squares in my breast cancer scrap material box and I threw in a few extra bright pinks.  I decided to make 16 patches with each, alternating with white on white ribbon print.

     On the outside of the 16 patches I added white fabric smashing to make all the blocks the same size (14 1/2 Inches).

   I squared them all up and sewed them together alternating blocks.  Making the quilt 4 blocks
The quilt *** by ***, plenty long enough

    The backing is a plain pink vintage sheet.  It's sooo soft. Not something I usually do, but I was led to it.

     It's bound in bright pink fabric to go with the bright theme!

     The quilt was photographed on a road at the hunting club that Donnas son and my family has spent many years at.

A Boy and His Many Shirts!!

   The theme for Project Quilt Week 5 is "A well dressed Man".  I had soooo many ideas go thru my mind.  I thought about pulling out some of my husbands grandfathers clothes and doing a quit for my son.  I had a T-shitt quilt to do and a purse I am dying to make.  But ultimately I decided to do the project I already had on my to do list for 6 months.  The T-shirt quilt!!

     I had already measured up the t-shirts and had a halfway plan already written up.  Only bad thing was I couldn't figure out half of my drawing.  So I just cut and got started, knowing I would make a go of whatever I made.  I cut the shirts and ironed the french fuse to the t-shirts.

     I sat and debated on the fabric I bought months ago for the sashing and filler.  I bought this fabric because I liked the Eagle fabric and its patriotic meaning and His college mascot.  The flag fabric, though busier then I usually pick just stuck out as a good match.  I decided to use the busy flag fabric as the sashing and binding, then the blue eagle fabric as the filler and outer border. I decided to make the sashing two and a quarter inches.

     When I do a t-shirt quilt, I do not cut all of my blocks to match.  I cut them at different heights and widths dependent on the size of what is on them.  I then try to organize the rows with like heights or widths.  In the end, I wish I would have done this quilt with the blocks facing the opposite direction, but things like that are sometimes just an afterthought.

     Usually I use a lot of filler material.  For this quilt, I had 2 vests, a dress shirt and camo shirt to put in somewhere.  Instead of using the filler I put the vests and shirt in the bigger spaces.  I really did not know what to do of a dress shirt that had prints of New York City on it.  In the end the tall row needed a four and a half inch filler, the Statue of Liberty fit in perfect.  So I put it in the middle.  It may be my favorite part of this quilt!

      This quilt ended up being huge at 82 x 91, it kept growing.  The young man this quilt will belong to is tall like his parents.  So that's a good thing.

      I decided to make the outer border 5 inches.  That allowed the Eagles on the blue to stand out. And when I found a side that was not squared well,  hid my mistake perfectly.

     I don't have my Juki back,  so I decided due to the size of this quilt, I would straight line quilt it.

      I haven't made a T-shirt quilt in a while,  sometimes making them is very unpredictable when it comes to the fabrics provided and you never know how the person your making it for will act.  So I only will do these for a few people, with the understanding that they won't always be perfect.