Baby Butterflies Quilt

I made this quilt for my second daughter when I discovered that I was having another baby girl. (I have 4 now, daughters, I mean.)  

I particularly like the little applique block in the center. 

And the flower quilting on the border, I really love how that turned out. 

I do regret, however, the backing.  It's cute.  Adorable fabric. But it's stiff.  I've learned since then to use flannel on baby and bed quilts. 

I hope you like it.

♥Holli

Flower Garden Twin Quilt

This beautiful quilt was made for my second daughter when she outgrew her crib. The colors are not too typical of little girl quilts, but it's one of my favorite color schemes.  It looks beautiful on her bed.  

This is probably the hardest quilt I've ever made. Those flower blocks are the most difficult thing I've yet attempted, they took forever.  The original quilt was supposed to have each block as a flower, but I just couldn't do it, so instead I added the setting squares, which consequently, worked out quite nicely.  

I used one solid fabric and one printed fabric to make each flower. 

My Mother-In-Law did the quilting on this quilt, using a Long-Arm Quilter, she used a shell design. (kind of hard to see in these pictures.)

Once again, this quilt is backed in flannel, warmer and softer. 

I love this quilt.

Hope you like it too! 

♥Holli

4-Square Baby Quilt

This quilt is one of my most recent.  I started it just over a year ago when I found out that I was expecting a baby girl.  It took FOREVER!  It took nearly 9 months, although I will admit, it's a lot harder to quilt with the aching back that comes from the protruding belly.  

I love the pink, turquoise, and purples. I only quilted the white sashings, the blocks themselves have not been quilted at all, which I like the effect of.  The quilting itself is what took so long. It's probably the most in-depth hand quilting job I have done.  

Once again, it's backed with flannel.  A requirement to ensure maximum softness for my sweet angel. 

What I love most about this quilt, is how much it is loved.  My little angel grabs it every time I lay her down and pulls it over herself and goes to sleep.  

Hope you love it as much as I do!

♥Holli

Piano Runner

My husband inherited a beautiful piano from his Grandma.  A beautiful, German, pearl white piano.  It's his pride and joy.

I wanted to put a couple things on top of it. Like the crystal pieces I inherited from his Grandma as well.

He wouldn't let me.  He didn't want anything that could possibly scratch his piano to touch it. 

So I made this. ☺

Problem Solved. 

I used mostly black because I thought it would compliment the white piano.  I was right.  It turned out nice. 

I measured my piano and pulled out all of my black scraps.  I cut my strips in various sizes and pieced them together randomly. I machine quilted it with some silver thread and laid it on my (husbands) piano. Then placed my crystal on top. 

It only took me a day to make, incredibly easy.

I hope you like it. 

♥Holli

Lemon Bars

I made this quilt for my eldest daughter when she outgrew her crib.  Her baby quilt, made by my Mother-In-Law just didn't look right on that big bed.  I based the colors on the sheet set that she chose herself.

I really love how the dark purple just pops out.  That could be because it's my favorite color, and that makes me happy. 

I backed the quilt with flannel, so it would be slightly warmer, I quilted it on a Long-Arm with meandering flowers.  It's the only chance that I have had to use that wonderful machine.  One day I will have one.... I might be an old lady by then, but I will.

I made this quilt nearly 5 years ago and it's still one of my favorites. 

Hope you like it as well. 

♥Holli

Skylight Stars Baby Quilt

I made this quilt from the Skylight Stars pattern for my nephew.

This is another quilt that I had a difficult time with.  I think it was a little beyond my skill level at the time.  It's really not that bad though, I have a few misaligned seams.  

It's hand quilted with stars, although the stitching is difficult to see.

I'm told this quilt is loved by my nephew.

Thanks for looking! 

♥Holli

Snowman Wall Hanging

This project was used for the sole purpose of practicing my free motion quilting.

I bought this panel a while ago because I thought it cute.  Had no idea what I was going to do with it.  Then I decided to use it for my practicing. 

I simply outlined a lot of it, like the Snowmen.

I traced the snowflakes so they popped just a little bit. 

And did a little work around the frames of the snowmen families. 

I quilted the negative space in the frames with small circles so the snowmen popped out.

I quilted the negative space in the quilt with a meandering pattern of loops and small snowflakes.

I'm looking forward to hanging it beside my Christmas Tree this year. 

Thanks for looking 

♥Holli

Autumn Wall Hanging

This is my Autumn Wall Hanging, it hangs in my living room in October and November every year. 

I didn't use a pattern for this one, I had seen a picture of one similar and I used my math skills to make my own pattern for it.  

I love the colors.

I made the whole quilt in a day and stitched it with squares.

I'm looking forward to October so I can hang it up again.

♥Holli

Springtime Flowers

This is my springtime quilt,

It was intended to be a wall hanging for my livingroom, however

I gave it to my Mom instead. 

I actually love the quilt.... from a distance.

You see... from a distance you can't see all the hundreds of mistakes I made.  

This quilt was my first attempt at diamonds, and I didn't do it correctly.  The blocks were each greatly messed up and I had to add random pieces to each block to make them square. 

Because of all the random pieces I had to add to it, it was too difficult to press the seems properly, so they're messed up too.

I do love the multicolored flower petals though.

The petals are made from my scraps, so this quilt is pretty much made up of all my other quilts. 

There are six colors of flowers

I might have to re-make it later and work a little harder to make it nicer and get my angles right. 

Then I can hang it on my wall during spring time. 

I still like it. 

Hope you do too.

♥Holli

Keep Your Sunny Side Up

Keep Your Sunny Side Up by Ro Gregg

(I don't usually remember the names of the people who design the quilts I make, but for some reason I find this one easy to remember.)

I made this table runner for my Mom and she uses it in her summer home.

I love the bright colors, they just seem so happy. 

Small Dresden plate flowers

8 Point Heart Flowers along the borders

Fussy Cut Centers

It's not without its blemishes, but I love it, and so does Mom.

♥Holli