Sharon's quilts and table runners

Finally Summer is here. In a quilter's world it is a season when some time I think I forget the meaning of word "quilting". The weather is nice and the Christmas is too far away.., My friend Sharon was super nice and made an effort to put couple of tops together to keep me sane. Both of the tops are BOMs and very subtle. I used variegated auburn on the orange quilt and brown on the "Founding Fathers" quilt. I liked the way orange quilt is set. The asymmetrical setting disguises the fact that blocks are slightly different in size. It all worked together at the end, all quilted, bound and ready to go:)

Blue quilt by Melanie

Melanie envisioned a quilt for her daughter graduation, but was running short on time. I helped her to put together a twin sized quilt that has something old (cut outs of the baby blanket), something new (fabrics with tennis rackets) and something blue (pretty much the rest of the quilt). I doctored a pattern from the magazine and came up with a twin quilt made from 20 fat quarters. For the long arm I used "star" pattern to connect that star pieces from the crib size quilt. It will make a sure hit in the dorm.

American Girl quilt

After visiting American Girl store I was very inspired to make my own American Girl quilt. Miriam picked up a fabric and the design, and we put it together in the matter of hours. I was very thrilled with the result. I quilted "busy bees" pattern in pink. I think I might be making a matching twin size quilt:)

Sharon's flower quilt

This another stunning quilt from my friend Sharon. I just love the colors and the unique setting. Absolutely gorgeous, I wish I took better pictures. I chose flower pattern for the quilting in variegated pink. Lovely.

Baby boy quilt

Just another fast an easy creation. This is a quilt for a baby boy that I made on a whim. It is bright and colorful. And of course, all about sports! It was already plenty busy, so I did meandering in white, so it does not feel overwhelming.

Auction project

I put together a table runner that was sold at a school auction. This is an amazing effort on behalf of the kids. I transferred their drawings of the birds to the blocks and embroidered by hand. I put invisible nylon thread, so it would not clash with the birds.

Sharon's quilt

My friend Sharon graced me with another one of her quilts. This one is unique. I think we changed a plan of putting it together maybe 15 times in one day. At the end we came out with a twin size quilt with the pieced borders. I put 3 leaf pattern in brown and it plays nicely with complex and busy blocks. Check out the back of the quilt, "unique" is written all over it:)