Delaware Quilts - My Quilts page 2

2007 and Forward

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#357
Here is a link to the 2007 Row by Row project

#358 My Curvey Quilt was two experiments in one. An attempt or practice at
making curved pieces in preparation for another planned quilt. And my first
ever quilt as you go project. In the end I felt that both were successful.

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#360

#361

#362
This pattern from Quiltville.com

Simply Squares is just that, made from all squares. #361 (above) was my prototype and I was so happy with it I made four more. (#363, #364 #365 and #378 which is my favorite.)

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#365

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#367

This is not my table or my kitty, but my friend Rita's.
She purchased this table topper from me and her
kitty decided she really liked it.

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#374

2008

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#376

This is another Simply Squares quilt and this one is my favorite!
It was made using all scraps. Yes they are all very close in color
value, but there are at least two dozen different blues, reds and
yellows in this quilt and the white-on-whites were all scraps too!
If you look at the enlargement, you can see the different colors.

#378

In March 2008 I started the Mysteries For Relay Yahoo Group as a Relay For Life fundraiser. I greatly appreciate all the ladies who joined the group and helped me reach my annual fundraising goals. We made some beautiful quilts and lasting friendships too. I will mark the Mystery quilts with a "M" by the number.

Note that I usually made baby quilts as my samples. Many times I would make another quilt along with the class, either a second (or 3rd) quilt in a larger size.

Tessellated Friendship Stars was mystery #1

#379 M1

#380

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#382 M2

#383 M2

#384 M2

#386 M3
You can find the Old Maid's Puzzle block here

#387 M4

I saw a photo of Jan Davis' Scrappy Bricks and knew I had to make one. She generously shared her directions and gave me permission to write my own directions for her pattern. This was mystery #6 on the Mysteries For Relay group and everyone loved it. This is a great scrap buster!

#388 M6

#389 M4

#390 M8

#391 M8

#392 M5

2009

#393
When our friend Joan was undergoing her second battle with cancer
her friends sent her hearts to let her know they were thinking of her.
She gave them all to me and I made her this queen size quilt.

#394 M10

#395 M9

#396 M11

2010

#397 M17

#398 M15

#399 M13

These are the miniatures I made for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.
#400, #401, #402, #403, #404

#405 M18

#406 M28

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#412
Here is a link to the 2011 Sampler Page

2011

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#416 M18

I have a couple of friends who think they can send me anything and I can make something from it. These quilts, #417 to #423 are results of their “gifts”.
I called them orphan quilts and except for #422, the Friendship Stars, all were donated to charity.

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#422
Friendship Stars can be found here.

#423 Another scrappy quilt for charity.

#424

#425 I tried the Next Generation 9Patch, didn't agree with me

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#428 M20 The Jack in the Box pattern is here

#429 M20 The Jack in the Box pattern is here

#433

#436 Find directions for this block at the bottom
of the 3D BowTie page.

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#438

2012

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#440 M23 Jacob's Ladder block pattern here

#441 M23 Jacob's Ladder block pattern pattern here

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#450 M25 You can find the Worlds Fair block here

#451

#453 You can find the Carrie Nation block here

#454

#455 M25

#456 #457, #458 & #459 All of these quilts were made with scraps, left over pieces from other quilts. I made them into the quilts shown here.
Someone else quilted them all and they were donated to different charities.

At the 2012 Spring Retreat Janet showed one of the quilts she was working on and I had to make one…
I've actually made three, below are two of them.

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#461

I decided that Janet's Quilt would make a great mystery so it became one, for the online group and the retreaters too. Weeks after the mystery, I started getting "leftovers" in the mail. I just happened to have some of my own, so I made this lap quilt.

#462 M26

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#467 Road to Oklahoma block here

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Then I went back to making more strings quilts for charity.

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#477 got away with no photo

#478 Front

back

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#480
You can see the CarrieNation pattern here

2013

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#483 M31

#490

I had never used flannel before and decided to give it a try, buying two whole bolts to use for charity. I didn't “love” it but used it all up making these baby quilts.

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#495 M33

#496 I had seen a few Disappearing 9-Patch quilts I liked so I decided to try
one. Not a favorite for sure, maybe the fabrics?

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#498

#499 I decided to make another Disappearing 9-Patch with
some soft pastels I had and this one I loved!

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#502

I found an incomplete kit in my stuff that someone sent me, and I decided to finish it. All that was in it were a sheet of directions
that didn't make sense and a piece of Christmas fabric. I added some more fabric to it, and made these three little wall hangings.

#503

2014

#504 M35

#505 M36

#506 M36

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#516
I made this quilt for my son Jon and his wife Steph for thier wedding.

2015

In January 2015 I started a new project, a Nine Inch Sampler Quilt. (#518)
I'd completed 49 blocks when I sat that project aside to work on some other things else.

Something else was a request from my son Michael for his wife Kelly, a chevron quilt she'd seen in a magazine on line she really liked... and he wondered if I could duplicate it. Lucky for him it was an easy project and I could, especially since he wanted it in a hurry. (And then I made a doll quilt for Kelly's niece with the scraps.)

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#521 M42

#522 M42

#523 M43 Find the Missouri Puzzle block here

#524 M42

#525 M39

#526

#527
One of many U.F.Os.

#528

These are string table covers which are quilted onto plastic tablecloths
to protect my plant tables from water spills.

And in 2019 I made a bunch of strings purses to sell to raise money for Relay For Life. Thanks to everyone who bought one.

#529

In 2020 I started a Christmas Strings Table Topper for our kitchen table. I wanted it to slightly hang
over the sides, but it had extensions for the length, so I wasn't sure how to handle it... so it's a UFO still.
(Besides, with covid that year, we didn't do much for Christmas anyway.)

After covid struck, there were no more retreats, and the quilting part of me just kind of disappeared. It just wasn't the same quilting all by myself and I truly missed all of my quilting friends. I found I had nothing to prepare for, nothing to look forward to, and absolutely no desire to do any quilting at all.

A few years later we moved and packing and unpacking ALL of my quilting supplies made me realize how much I really had. I had always had double and triple of many quilting tools, for retreaters who flew in, or those who forgot things. Now I only needed one of everything. I had five jumbo cutting mats and four of the “normal” size ones, and I can't tell you how many rulers and rotary cutters I had. Surge protector power strips, only six of those, two for my bedroom and four for the conference room.

And fabric… I don't think I have to tell you how much of that I had. I found fabric I had bought years ago, even before there were retreats. The worse thing of all, unfinished projects, half finished quilts, started quilts, brand new designed projects printed out with fabric selected and stuffed in boxes ready to go, future mysteries.

We had a “Quilters Yard Sale”. Sold a LOT of fabric, tools, patterns, and some other household stuff. I even sold a number of wall hangings and small quilts. But there were still over 250 large quilts and many many small quilts and wall hangings to find homes for. I advertised on Facebook and that was successful. Many quilts and smaller quilts found new homes. But there are still about 100 quilts here taking up space that we don't have.

We have two beds, and both have quilts on them, #251 and #479. I have quite a few I will never sell or give away during my lifetime, they are special for many reasons. Others will find a home, some way, somehow, some day. As for my fabric and UFOs, don't give up on them or me yet.

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