Saturday, July 3, 2010

Where did June go? - A Re-cap - Part 1


One of the big events this summer was the whole family coming up to the Adirondacks for a visit. Since this is was the first visit for my nieces and nephew (all between the ages of 4 and 8). I thought it would be nice to make them all quilts for when they arrived.

I started on the quilts in March. My sister told me their favorite colors and I came up with what I hoped would be visually interesting quilts that would be pretty quick to piece.

The first one here (the pink one) was for my youngest niece - she is all about pink and princesses. I found a picture online of a quilt made of quarter log cabin blocks and decided to use that block. I could not decide on one single corner block to use for the whole quilt, so I went with 4. I used a variety of different sized strips for the rest of the block.



The second quilt (orange) is for my nephew. I found a picture online - I think the pattern is called 'Stones and Bricks' or something like that. As with the other quilt, I did not use a pattern I just figured how to create the blocks on my own. All the blocks in this quilt are made with 2 1/2 inch strips.

This quilt was the first one I finished. I got the top done in about 2 days at a quilt retreat in March. Of all the quilts, this one seems to have the biggest visual impact - it is very bright.




The third quilt (Blue) is for my eldest niece. She lives in Michigan and is a U of M fan. Having been born and raised in Ohio myself (the rivalry between Ohio and Michigan in college football is legendary) I could not bring myself to go with a purely Michigan theme. The result is the use of the U of M colors, but the night sky with stars is a nice neutral idea.


The blocks were constructed using Gwen Marston's Liberated Stars method (Gwen lives in Michigan so there is another Michigan connection for the quilt).

5 comments:

Shirley said...

Good looking quilts. I enjoyed looking at them. Shirley in Oklahoma comfortquilts.blogspot.com

Pat L said...

Beautiful quilts. I'll bet they were thrilled to receive them.

Pat L in NY

Candace said...

Beautiful quilts, lucky children.

Helen in the UK said...

All three are GORGEOUS!! The top is bright and fresh, the second so vibrant and 'zingy', the third is much more subdued, but love the contrast of star sizes. Congrats to you on 3 great quilts :)

Anonymous said...

Fantastic quilts!