Quilt 37 - Raspberries!

I officially quit doing long arm quilting for others this past week when I had another birthday pass. After nine years, I thought it was time to get moving on some more of my quilts. It was a hard decision as I had so many wonderful customers but I can already tell I made the right decision!

Here is the first quilt I made with leftovers from another quilt.

 I've always been a fan of strippy quilts!

 Always the close-up and 

the backing! Why do I like fun backs?? I guess it's the surprise factor and also a way to use up the rest of the extra pieces. About an 1/8" of a yard of fabric is all that was left of these scraps.

Quilts 25 - 29! Charity Quilts!

 These are scraps left from Under the Big Top that I made last summer for a great nephew.

 This is a charity quilt and I also have learned a neat way to sew the binding on entirely by machine. 

Here is a close up!!

 These are leftover pieces from the Chevron quilt I made for another great nephew earlier this year.

 What shall I do??

 I am pretty fond of strippy quilts so I started putting pieces in rows, cutting up a few larger pieces and all of a sudden I had a cool finished quilt!

 I am afraid my binding stretched the edges a little. 

I like this basket weave pantograph for this quilt, giving it a contemporary feel to go along with the colors.

And here is another machine sewn binding!

 I used the above pattern for the next three quilts. So quick and easy and cool results!

 Again, leftover fabrics from a quilt I made last year. Isn't it amazing how much fabric is leftover sometimes, even from a kit?!

 Another machine sewn binding. . .

 more details. . .

and, a pieced back - just happened to have these fabrics in the closet, waiting for a use.

 This began with a pile of scraps as I was cleaning out my closet and giving fabric away a couple of weeks ago.

 I began pressing it, cutting it up in rectangles, added some fun polka dots and bright fabrics and all of a sudden I had two more baby quilts made.

 I used swirls on both of them - one a pantograph and one freehand. The above quilt binding was a bright turquoise.

 I did buy this cool backing drastically reduced at a quilt shop as I realized the colors were perfect for these quilt tops in the making.

 Looks like this is the pantograph!

 Finished with a binding of sunflowers like the back!

Back two! Whew, I think I'll take a break and rest!

Quilt 22 - Scrappy String Bars

 I got the idea for this quilt from Gwen Marston's book, Liberated String Quilts.

 I had quite a few 'strings' and scraps of reproduction fabrics and cut them into 7" pieces, sewed them together, and just kept on with sections until I had the size quilt I desired.

 I put the borders on like you see on antique quilts sometimes - both borders sewn on together without mitering, so you have the inner border go out in the outer border. I like the look for a change!

Here is my scrappy back - as usual - with even a pieced sleeve at the top. A fun quilt and a great way to use up strips.