Rochelle's Bunco Quilts

Rochelle is in a Bunco group out in Cleveland and it's her turn to host the evening which includes giving out the prizes. She opted to make 4 quilts for some of the prizes since that is one of her talents. I think they turned out really well!

Easy Quilt Pattern Sites

One of our nieces, Dana Kae, sent me these cool sites for free quilt patterns. I thought I'd pass them along to those of you looking for something new. What a fun new idea!!

Go to http://www.quiltmaker.com/ On the top right, it directs you to free patterns you can download.
From that site, I found another one: http://www.freepatterns.com/
Another one: http://www.makeitsimpler.com/

Enjoy!!!

Annie's Quilt

Here is Annie hard at work with her new blanket. It was such fun choosing the bed sheets and having them help me during Thanksgiving. Annie was so serious at having it turn out just so.

She is way into High School Musical and thus the fabric. Her pattern was a monkey! Sooo fun!!

Abbie's Quilt

I decided to make each of the grandkids a new twin sized bed quilt. I've promised I'll do two a year, and work until they all have one. I started with the oldest two, and during Thanksgiving weekend we put them together. Here is Abigail's. It was wayyyy fun having her help me. They got so involved, and even helped choose the bedding and the design that went on it. Here Abbie is working on the 'Hannah Montana' theme. Her design was a horse and rider. Good job, Abbie!!

Cindy's Quilt for Christmas

My brother, Kent, wanted to surprise his wife, Cindy, for Christmas. He asked me to make this quilt for her and to surprise her in Boise. Well, we pulled it off. Congratulations and Merry Christmas, Cindy!!

Roxann's Quilt for Teresa

How fun is a college girls' quilt? Roxann had made this for Teresa and I'm not sure which one was the most excited about it. Really fun pattern , and really fun design on it. They got to see the machine 'in action' when they came over as it was finishing. Good job, you two!!

Provo Quilter

This was a fun quilt. It was for a lady in Provo who had already bound the outside edge. My first! I did the 'frame' quilting around each of the three border pieces of each picture. Then, I did a scroll down each side and across the top, joining each section. Was I nervous? Yup, sure was. It took me longer than planned, but it turned out really nice, I thought. Also, the girl was happy with it, and what a great way to cherish your wedding pictures!!

Dianne's "Mother" Quilt

This quilt was a very sacred quilt that I made. A very dear friend of ours called and asked me to help her with something very special for her mother. She was in the last stages of a terminal illness. She wanted me to make a quilt for her casket. Rather than a lot of flowers, they had decided they wanted to cover her with a blanket before they closed the casket, as that is what they had done for the last four or five years while caring for her in their homes. I truly felt honored to make this for them.

This one is a big heart, with the words "Thank you Mother"

in the center of the heart.

It was in the center of the blanket as well.

If you look carefully, you can see the four children in order,

girl, boy, girl, boy. They went across the top and bottom of the

quilt, above and below the large heart.

In each of the four corners of the quilt, we put this house with a

small heart filling it. Dianne's mom had favorite sayings that

she used with them, and the sayings filled the heart centers.

Here is a sideways view of the full quilt. Tilt your head to the left and you can get a glimpse of what it turned out like. Just looking at it reminds me of the sacred nature of being asked to do something this special. Thank you Dianne and Richard!

What great examples of Christlike family love you taught me!!

Kyle & Christy's Quilt

A fun thing I've started doing is making quilts for my kids from bed sheets. They've turned out really fun and are so easy to do. Here is the first one that we did for Kyle & Christy. They simply buy two sets of sheets, give me the flats and they keep the fitted and pillowcases. This way, it's cheaper than fabrics and gives them two sets of sheets to trade off with. It's pretty "European" as in those countries they only use a bottom sheet and a 'sleeved' set of sheets with the blanket inside, thus cutting down on the laundering of the blankets. Pretty cool, huh?

Jayne's Gramma Quilt

So little Jayne Emmaline came in October, and this is the sweet quilt that she got. Can I just tell you how much fun I have making these for each little new one? It seems to be the perfect size to put over the car seat, or over the boppy when they're sitting in it. Thanks, kids, for having the grandkids so I can sew another quilt!!

Debbie's Athlete's Quilt

Here's Deb's second quilt that she did. Awesome, huh!! This one was also donated to Festival of Trees. What a great job!!

Debbie's 'Cars' Quilt

So my friend Debbie has been wanting to learn to piece quilt. I decided to let her put some together and gave her a small "lesson" and set her on her own. Here is the first finished product. She donated the quilt to Festival of Trees and Primary Children's Medical Center fund raiser!

Deb's & Glenn's Quilts for Newborns

So I have two friends, one in Illinois and the other in Minnesota, who added two new babies to their families this year. Deb welcomed a new granddaughter, and Glenn a new great niece. My daughter had finished a couple of quilts and had some extra 'blocks' so I put them together for little quilts, added the backs, changed the quilting on both of them and walla! Many hands make light work. I heard back from both of the new mamas and they loved them!! Thanks Rochelle for sharing your overage and helping more than yourself!!

Ilene's Pillow Shams

I made some fun quilts a couple of years ago for Ilene. She had the leftover material, and asked me to make her some pillow shams for her bed as well. Here is the final product! Thanks, Ilene!!

Quilt for Tom/Bette's 1st Great Granddaughter

Our dear friends and adopted grandparents were "expecting" their first great granddaughter. They have been such wonderful friends to us, that we decided to make them a quilt for her. Here is the finished product! Thanks Tom & Bette!!

Finally! Pictures of quilts since September!!!!!

So, many of you think I've dropped off the face of the earth as far as posting pictures of the quilts. I'm so sorry, but with how busy things have been, as well as five/six teenagers, it's been a crazy end of the year. Natalie went off to college at BYU, Marta got her YW medallion and started hair design school at MATC as well as a junior in high school, Nate got his Eagle Scout award and joined Marta at the new high school (SHHS), Anita just returned home from her stent in foster care and lots and lots of therapy sessions, Jake returned home from USH and then got his Eagle Scout award, and Lydia started junior high and all the changes there. It has been an amazing growth time for our family.

I am currently in Ohio and one of my goals was to spend time on here updating the pictures of the many, many quilts that you creative ladies have made and had me help quilt. Thanks for your patience...but check back soon!!! I promise it will happen!!!