QuiltsBy.me

I don't know what compelled me to do this b/c I had never made any type of quilt before but back in 2003 I decided to make my mom a family quilt for her birthday. I asked all of her children and grandchildren to send me a 13 inch square piece of fabric that fit their personality or to make a 13 inch block. I had NO IDEA what I was doing. I just started sewing strips between the blocks and made rows. I am shocked it turned out as well as it did b/c I had no pattern and no instruction.<br /><br /> My girls hand stitched their blocks but all the rest were just squares of fabric. There is one block for dad, five blocks for her children plus 3 blocks for spouses, 17 grandchild blocks, 1 great grandchild block, two dogs, and a Your Family block. (30 total).<br /><br /> I didn't quilt most of it, only in the sashings. I used yarn ties b/c my grandmother used to tie her quilts and my mom loved to play with the yarns while watching tv.

By shartlesville

6 LIKES | 1570 VIEWS

Memory Quilt

Made for a special girl friend...I tried to match her living room and family room colors...made for an unusual combination. This was a huge hit (and a lot of sneaking around to get photos from her daughter and husband)...these quilts always seem to bring tears...and so simple to make.

By TerriJ0628

11 LIKES | 1961 VIEWS

Disappearing Pinwheel

This was made for my great nieces high school graduation. It was hand quilter by my mother, her great grandmother. At the age of 89 she still does amazing quilting and quickly. It took me several months to complete the quilt top and it only took her a couple of weeks to quilt it.

By Stocktonquilter

6 LIKES | 1364 VIEWS

1st Quilt December 2013

My husband and I decided that we would spend Christmas in California with my mother a couple years ago. It had been 25 years since I'd gone home for Christmas and I wanted to give my mother something extra special. I decided that I would try making a simple memory quilt for my mom. This was the first try at it..I used simple blocks and printed the pictures and hand quilted it. My mother was very touched by the gift...many tears.

By TerriJ0628

16 LIKES | 2246 VIEWS

Family Valor

This quilt is dedicated to my Father-in-law and his sons grandson and daughter-in-law. Their service spans from the years of WWII to Desert Storm. They were what other did not want to be, they went were others failed to go and did what others failed to do. They asked nothing from those who gave nothing and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness should they fail. They have seen the face of terror , felt the sting of cold of fear and enjoyed the sweet taste of victory. They have lived times other would say were best forgotten. We are proud of what they did. As family of these soldier we have a love them and a pride we share for our country.

By Shelly972

5 LIKES | 1612 VIEWS

All Things Zen

I got into Zen tangles a few years back and just had a blast. Recently I decided to print my favorites on fabric and make a memory quilt. Well here it is and I just LOVE it.

By PonyGrams

5 LIKES | 1229 VIEWS

Spooky

My Dad is a Vietnam vet and his fellow vets get together for a reunion every year and I created this quilt for them. It will be auctioned off to help raise money for a memorial to their lost colleagues. I was hoping to just give a little thanks for their service! This is my second quilt for auction last years went for $1000.

By Nanor

2 LIKES | 1281 VIEWS

Dresden plate

Just love the tutorial on the Dresden plate. I went to Jenny trunk show in Syracuse NY and fell in love with the material. Made this for Mom for Christmas

By Quilts4me

29 LIKES | 2041 VIEWS

OKLAHOMA SOONERS

Our granddaughter is a senior at Oklahoma University studying chemical engineering and will graduate in 2016. I made this wall hanging from an OU tee shirt. She has hung it in her new apartment and is ready for her senior year.

By bsktgranny

2 LIKES | 1452 VIEWS

Mom's quilt

After making my sister's quilt, I started on my mom's. My goal was to make each quilt and give them for birthday presents to all the ladies in my family. This one was made in January, 2014. It then became special because my mom was diagnosed with cancer in April 2014, and she used it during chemotherapy treatments. I have this quilt now as she passed away in February 2015.

By Danaquilts

4 LIKES | 1454 VIEWS

Ruth's Quilt

I decided to make quilts for all the ladies in my family. My sister was on Hospice at the time so I made hers first. She used it as a lap quilt and when she passed away in April of 2014, I placed it in her casket with her.

By Danaquilts

1 LIKES | 1342 VIEWS

Baby Mason's quilt

Mason's dad is my nephew and a few years ago gave the gift of a well to a village in Ghana. When he and his wife, a wedding planner and flower arranger, went to Ghana to be honored for their gift she brought me some wonderful fabric. I have been wondering what to do with it and then I found that I liked quilting. The pattern representing flowers in a basket using fabric from Ghana was a perfect hit. One of my most inspired quilts

By Suecam

3 LIKES | 1127 VIEWS

The First Lulu Quilt and More Lulu Quilts

"Lulu" was the "grandmother name" my mom selected. (She insisted she was too young to be called Grandma or Nana or any such "old-sounding" name.) Mom passed away long before any of her great grandchildren were born, so I wanted to be sure each of them knew about her and had a piece of her. When she passed away, I kept two of her favorite nightgowns, not knowing what I might do with them at the time. (This was long before I started quilting.) The white quilt is the first "Lulu Quilt" I made, for my great nephew. The satin circles are from one of mom's gowns. Next came the chevron Lulu Quilt, which was for my first grandson. Then came one for my great niece and another for my second grandson. All four feature fabrics from the same satin gown my mother loved.

By vrduff

5 LIKES | 1669 VIEWS

Wendy's Bookshelf

Commissioned quilt. I used my embroidery machine to put the titles and authors of my customer's favorite books on the spines, along with a knitting basket - her other hobby.

By Melanie

26 LIKES | 2158 VIEWS

Kayaking in Summer

I started a nonprofit called the Parkinson's Comfort Project in 2011 to gather handmade lap quilts and then donate them to people with Parkinson's disease. I did this in honor of my parents, both of whom died of complications of this neurological disorder. Ever since then, I've experimented with lots of different patterns because this smaller sized quilt gives me enough space to experiment and still get it done in a reasonable amount of time. A art quilter friend in my guild loves working in series. Inspired by her, I decided to use a simple pattern (Nine-patch on Point) to make a quilt with colors from every season. Kayaking in Summer is one of the four. My husband and I live in the beautiful state of Vermont and we spend as much time as we can in our kayaks during the summer months. This quilt was inspired by the glint of sunlight hitting the water as we paddled under the trees on a late-summer day. It's just the right size for a Parkinson's Comfort quilt, 38 x 64 inches, and I often bring it with me for my own show and tell when I speak to quilt guilds about my work as a writer and as the founder of the Parkinson's Comfort Project.

By Sonja

3 LIKES | 1340 VIEWS

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