Reese's Cowboy Quilt

This was the first Fautin kid quilt I made. Reese is a cowboy, he has been a cowboy since the day he was born.

This panel of fabric had the cool running horses border, and it worked out just right in the bars around the pictures. I can't remember when I made this quilt, it was sometime between 2000 and 2005, so it is pretty cool to me that he still has it on his bed!

Oh the basic pattern is a rail fence/apple bar and nine square. Two of my favorite blocks to make!

Naketa's Quilt

I finally finished this quilt for my friend Naketa! I love how it turned out so maybe that's why I had such a hard time giving it away.

I took the quilt to my Mom's friend Myrna to have it quilted. She did an amazing job as always. I think I just told her to do whatever she thought would look good.

I am very proud of the borders, especially since I did them without the help of my mom!

Jackie's Stars Cont.

Jackie's star quilts started with this one and with a lot of help from my mother-in-law I completed my first quilt EVER! I made it for my friend Jessica's baby Claire who was the first baby of all of my friends. I even hand quilted this one. A little too ambitious for my first quilt, I think. I loved the results, and it was hard to give away.



This next one I made completely on my own. I made it for my mom who loves Halloween.




I surprised myself that I could actually make this on my own that I went a little crazy. For Christmas I made one for my nephew Holden..





(Joel helped with the back. He went a little crazy too).
I made one for my niece Greta..



And for our friend's son Ethan..(the rock "Star" quilt)



And just when I thought I was done I got a last minute request to do a Pirate quilt to match my nephew Trenten's new room.




Now if I could only get one done for my own daughter...

Jackie's Stars

This is a quilt my mom designed. My sister-in-law Jackie has made quite a few of them, so the name Jackie's Stars has just stuck with it.

This is one I made for Christmas 2009. That year Jackie also made star quilts for Christmas gifts. I will have to take pictures of the ones she gave to my kids. Greta sleeps with hers almost every night.

I am not sure if this is right but I will call it a stack and whack. you stack blocks of four colors together and cut them apart then put them back together to look like this with interlocking star blocks. It is pretty fun to do.
Jackie and Shauna, if you are reading this please add your star quilts to this post!!!

Christmas Wallhanging 2010

One night as I was trying to get Greta to sleep I was watching a sewing show and the guest was talking about 'raggedy reverse applique'. It looked like such a fun easy technique that I started brainstorming patterns I could do. It was a few weeks before Halloween, and I thought it would be really cute to make some Halloween blocks, but then I realized realistically I was not going to get anything done till Christmas.

 At work we have a lady's gift exchange, last year I gave away a stars wall hanging(I will post that one too) and it was a hit, so I thought I would do this for this years exchange. It was a success as well.

 It was so easy and quick to make, which is good since I didn't have time to start sewing till two days before the party. I had drawn up the patterns over the past few weeks, as usual reinventing the wheel every time I do a quilt.

 My favorite is the Christmas tree.

 I like the holly too, but I shouldn't have used black as the top color, it isn't enough contrast.

The method is really fun and easy. You stack 3 color blocks on top of each other then sew around the design you have chosen then cut out the layers to reveal the color you want to see.

I think it will be fun to do a whole lap quilt, I have a whole bunch of ideas!!!

Thanks Naketa and Jessica!

This is a quilt that was given to me for my wedding by two of my best friends and former roommates. Neither of them have quilted before and I think they did an incredible job on their first quilt. They even hand quilted every block. It is great to have wonderful friends who will spend a whole semester making you a quilt. I love the quilt and I love Naketa and Jessica for making it!

Andrew's quilt

Here is the beautiful flying geese quilt I made Andrew for Christmas this year. My mom kept telling me that I must really love this guy because it only took me three or four days to put it together. That is a new record for me. Usually it takes me months to finish a quilt top. It was still not completely finished by christmas, but that is ok. I'm so excited for it to be all quilted. I hope that Andrew loves this quilt as much as I do. I think it turned out so great!

close-up view
The whole thing