Got em Done

These are most of the quilts I spent a lot of time on last year. It is really kind of funny because Billy did help me a lot with laying them out and he also clipped every one of the raggy ones. He thought this was an order I had for a friend for after Christmas and he laid out the design and even mentioned how he liked the way I put the back on. I did not have the heart to make him clip his own quilt and this one was traditional. I used a lot of Corduroy and some civil war prints. He was very surprised when he opened it on Christmas morning. Most of my pictures are not good at all. They were all taken with my cell phone and I did ask my kids to take a picture and email to me....well you know how that goes.
This is Billy's quilt laid out on full size bed in guest room before I wrapped it. I used a mattress pad inside this one in the middle. It is real long and he lets it hang down on the floor when he sits in recliner to watch T V and that is where 2 dogs are always laying.This is the quilt that I spent the most time on for my #1 son Dan. I just knew he would like the Cross with the hills and the sky
The blue fabric was clouds and the green was trees and the cross print fabric kind of looked like wood. I did stitch his name in the top right but it doesn't show in the pictures
I bought some fabric with cute Angel like print and each one had a Bible Verse. I appliqued 3 on the black boarder on each side
My friend Dani stitched the pieces of fabric that was for the boarder on the top and bottom. The top says "On A Hill Far Away" and on the bottom is stitched ...Stood an old rugged cross
He Loves his quilt and since he is kind of big I made it big enough for him to use in the sleeper in the semi that he drives over the road
This quilt is for Dan's wife Brenda and yes ..I know I made a mistake with 2 of the same print together OPPS
I did emb the name and from me on each quilt and Brenda's was a print that was like a Hawaiian trip and I made the same print for my GD that is their Oldest DD Amanda
This one is all purple prints and was for Jessica ..my son Dan's 16 yr old DD
She loves purple so she was very happy with her quilt
This picture does not show the print on this quilt that I made for my #3 son Jim..it has a nature outdoor print
He did send me a better picture and he does this every year. He texts me a picture of him with the gifts I sent to him to thank me :)
This quilt was for Jean...Jim's wife and you really can't tell that it has print that has really pretty birds mixed with solid dk blue squares
My GS tried to send me a better picture but it is kind of hard to see the print in his picture too
I forgot to take a picture of GS Nick's quilt so he took this one and sent it. His print has Trees and Black Bears. His was also traditional and not raggy
This is the quilt I made for #6 son Mark and has a lot of fishing and other nature print
Like I said..My cell phone just didn't get good pictures
This is a very similar print for Marks wife Kelly
This is a Dog prints quilt for Marks oldest Daughter Ashley
Ashley called me and was squealing to tell me how much she loved the quilt
My stitching is not very good but it is for sure they can all tell that I did it myself :)
This one is for GD Jennifer and has kitty print and some chenille and some corduroy squares and is extra warm since she gets cold so easy
This is the one I made that tore up my sewing machine because I used a nice warm blanket in the middle and it was too thick for my Viking machine..I did the rest of them with a different machine made by Singer and very durable..thank goodness
This one is mostly tans and brown and has some nature type prints and made for son #4 Troy
I made a real nice one for Troys oldest son and had some print with Dale Earnheart but couldn't find the picture I took and of course he never remembered to send me one
This one was for my youngest GS "Gavin" and he likes bright colors and fish. I did it a little different and made some of the blocks into a 9 patch which of course made it even more work
I think all the raggy quilts will last much longer than if I made them all traditional..I hope so because I do not plan on making them any again
This one was for #7 son "Lonnie" and he loves anything to do with John Deere. He always knows that he will be getting something from me that has to do with John Deer
I did have a square that a friend had emb a tractor on so that is the 1 I used to stitch his name on :)
Lonnie's wife "Angie" Loves anything that has to do with the Beach so of course all the prints in hers have a Beach theme
Just can't see how nice it really looks in this picture
This is another one that was a LOT of work because I got the bright idea to put a thermal blanket inside and even put pieces of batting in the middle. It is for my DD "Nellie" and it does get really cold in Chicago. She Loves colors and prints like this
This is one I made from Homespun and denim and even sewed denim pockets to hold whatever you needed while laying on the couch to watch T V. I sold this one to someone and they gave it to 11 yr old boy and he was very impressed with the pockets
This one has all the same print with Horses and is all flannel on the top. Another one that I sold to someone to give to a young girl that Loves Horses and has 1.
This one is mostly Americana prints with red and blue theme. I sold this one at the craft show I was in last November
This one has Owl prints and I gave it to a friend and told her that Owls are supposed to bring Good Luck. She loves to lay in front of the fireplace and cover up with it to watch T V
All of my quilts have flannel on the back or in the middle. They are light weight but cozy