Mystic Ribbons

This is the first quilt that I feel like I really started "from scratch" by finding a pattern, selecting the fabrics, and cutting and piecing all the blocks. I'm posting these in the order that I started them, so by now I've actually finished a quilt including the machine quilting and binding...but this one still feels like the first even though it's not finished yet.

• Pattern is adapted from a couple of different sources, but it is usually called "Ribbons"


• I'm making this one for my husband, for a "TV Quilt"


• I have 21 of 24 blocks finished so far. Shown are 12 blocks laid out, but not yet sewn together.

Baby Rags

After making two quilts for the baby shower, I realized that I had no quilts at home for the first Grandbaby. I wanted something quick and easy. I learned how to make a rag quilt, though I did it a bit different. I used just two layers...one of flannel and one of fleece.

• Flannels and Fleece


• Basic Rag Quilt Pattern


• Made for Grandbaby to have at our house


• Completed May 2007

Quilt of Many Textures

The next quilt I did was also grandbaby inspired.

Though this was a very simple pattern from a kit, I learned a lot from it. The pieces had to be cut to size, sewn together, and the inner and outer borders had to be measured and assembled for the full quilt. Then, I had to decide how to quilt it. I chose to stitch in the ditch for both borders and tie quilted the center panel

• Made from a JoAnn's kit



• For Daughter's baby shower in April 2007

Quilted Beginnings

I think it's a common thing for a first grandchild to spark a new creative hobby. I grew up with my grandmother's quilts, but never sewed more than a stitch or two myself until my first grandchild was on the way. Of course, my first quilts were for him.

This first attempt was a prequilted panel that I just sewed the binding to. I found that was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be!

• Made from a Prequilted panel


• For Daughter's baby shower in April 2007