Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forums... I've been reading a lot in all of the different threads for a few days now and I want to start playing with you all! LOL Sooo, I thought I'd start with some of my pictures. I'm no professional by ANY stretch and in the past I've stuck mostly with crib sized quilts because I can actually quilt those myself. hehehe

We just very recently moved to North Carolina and when we got here I decided that my dining room needed a makeover... and that included new placemats! Here's a close up of 1 out of 6 placemats... it hadn't been washed yet in the picture, so you can still see the white fabric pencil lines in the borders... I bought a stencil to use for some fancier quilting there.

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This is the very first quilt I ever made. I started it while in college and I was hand sewing the little hexagons together. It's hilarious how rudimentary the whole beginning was. And I obviously had NO idea what I was doing.... who starts off with a hexagon pattern as their very first quilt?!?!?! But I never finished it.... exactly 10 years later, I decided I would pull it back out. I had a sewing machine by that time, so I finished it by machine. I ended up giving it to my husband's cousin when she had her first baby.

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This pattern was fun and simple too, but I thought it looked so sweet when finished!! I forget the name, exactly, but something about Bricks. LOL It's made with 1930's reproduction fabrics and a white tone-on-tone. I made this for one of my best high school friends when she had her first baby (a girl).

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This one I made for my mother when she moved into her new house. I told her I'd make a couch throw/twin size quilt for her living room (she lives in Ohio and is always cold), and she should choose her colors. So she picked the color scheme and I picked the pattern. It was the hardest pattern I'd done at that time, so I learned a lot. LOL!!

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This is the first of 3 Confetti quilts that I made. All 3 are made from 100% cotton flannel and are the softest things I've ever made. AWESOME!! I made two boy Confetti's and one girl Confetti. I LOVE THEM... and gave all 3 away to people who were having babies.

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I love this one!!! Can't bear to give it away, yet. In fact, I've added a white border to this top, but it's not even quilted yet. LOL Another made from 1930's reproduction fabrics in a baby-sized Friendship Star pattern. Love it.

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I participated in a round robin... I made my center and then sent it, along with all the remaining fabric to the next person on the list. This is what I got back. The top is all wrinkly... I never made anything with it.

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I told my Dad that I'd make him a quilt too.... and he had zero requests as to color or pattern or anything. SO... I tried my hand at a Bargello pattern that I'd seen at a quilt show in Charleston. This is just the center piece... it now has borders on it, too. I never finished it tho!! Poor Dad! LOL

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I made these for a Swapper's Choice block swap one time. 4 Bear's Paws

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I hope that's not too many pics for one post here. :-o I have so many it's hard to whittle it down to a reasonable number.

no way is it too many! Bring on more!! All very lovely work!

You do beautiful work! Thanks for sharing! We love pictures!

Very Pretty!!! I agree, no way is it too many!!! Keep them coming!!!

Thank you for sharing. I love pictures.

Don't whittle down. Let us see them.

WE WANT MORE!!!!!!

You have some beautiful quilts. I don't think I could choose my favorite.

All your quilts are beautiful -- whether finished or not.. :wink:

Very nice. The confetti quilts are really sweet. We'd love to see more. You can never see too many quilts.

Great work! We want more, more, more!

Beautiful quilts. Keep them comming.

Those are beautiful!

Glad to have you with us. I loved seeing your work. Keep on sharing with us.

Brazen, your quilts are beautiful!!! I love your color choices and designs. I can't even pick a favorite, as they all would qualify! Welcome above from Kansas City, KS. Please feel free to display more of your quilts. We LOVE pictures! If you ever get stuck, get on the board and someone will answer your questions. Again, welcome to the Board!

Great work!!!

You've made some beautiful quilts. Glad you decided to join in. We don't get tired of looking at quilt photos so just go ahead & post them when you get the chance. :D

All of your quilts are beautiful! I can't wait to see more!

I enjoyed seeing your work. They're all gorgeous.

The more quilt pictures.........the more ideas. Thanks for sharing your talent.

Glad you decided to join us! Your work is gorgeous! I love the confetti quilts!

You did a fantastic job. Thanks for showing them. I hope you will post more and keep in touch. :thumbup:
Susan

What beautiful quilts....and you just started :mrgreen: You do beautiful work, and we love the pictures. :D

What gorgeous quilts you have made!!!! Thank you so much for posting them for us--no way was it too many! We LOVE lots of quilt pictures. Welcome to the board.

Welcome to the board...you do lovely work!

Welcome and great job....ditto to what everyone is saying.. we love seeing pictures.....so bring them on girl...

we love pics. you are really good. thanks for sharing

Thanks!! When my day slows down, later, I'll post up another big group of pictures!

Everyone is so FRIENDLY here!

There is NEVER such a thing as too many pictures of quilts - so bring them on!! Welcome to the site from MN

Hey!! Ok... here's another round of pictures!

This was my first try at making a blankie-type quilt. I made it for a little girl that my son went to daycare with for her 2nd birthday. The fabrics were a mix of terry and cotton and it was SO snuggly!! I made the little matching dolly blankie quilt too that's in the pic.

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I made this for my mother-in-law as a housewarming gift when they built and moved into their new home. It matches their paint in the downstairs of the house. It's a Rail Fence pattern... very simple and quick to piece.

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I participated in a Row Robin. My row is the 2nd one in from the right. THAT was the hardest thing I'd done to that point... it was supposed to be paper pieced, but I couldn't figure out how to do that, so I just cut the fabric and sewed it together like normal. I think it looks pretty ok for not doing it w/ the paper pieces. LOL That one is still just a quilt top too, no actual quilting done

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THEN I decided I was going to host my OWN swap. So I ran a Friendship Star block swap. This picture shows 31 of the star blocks I'd recieved by that time. In the end, I have a whopping total of 91 of them!!!!!! Way plenty to put together a king size quilt. Every one of those stars has writing on them: the person's name who made it, the year, the city & state where she lives, and something else I can't remember. LOL

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This was back when I first started learning to piece. These are just pieced rows... I never did anything else with them. I don't like the fabrics AT ALL.

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This is for me and my couch!!! It's a huge 100% cotton flannel (THICK flannel, too!)... I think I'm done with the blocks... I will just add borders now.

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This is one of those art quilts.... I bought the pattern at a quilt show with the intention of making it for my daughter. She was... like... 7 or 8 at the time? Now she's 14 and probably won't want it anymore. LMAO The picture of the pattern has glare, but I wanted you to see what MINE is supposed to end up looking like:

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And here's what I've got so far. All 5 rows of the log cabin blocks and the 2 dolphins. All that's left, really, is the blue background and the two-tone blue pieced border.

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At one point I thought I was going to do a Jewels quilt. LOL

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And 8 Monkey Wrench blocks

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A Nine Patch Chain baby girl quilt top. The pink fabric is Peter Cotton Tail.

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I just LOOOOVE these little Nine Patch Heart blocks!!! I'd love to do a whole quilt with them. I was all set to host a swap for these... but something kept me from doing it. Pretty sure I was burned out by that huge Friendship Star swap I did.

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I made easy Nine Patch placemats for our family

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And I have hundreds of these Nine Patch blocks from a monthly swap I did. Each month you had to do a different color. Like January could be blues, and February was reds, etc etc. I did most of the months and have oodles of these patches as a result. LOL!!!!!!

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These sit with me here on my couch... This one is a Shaggy... made from homespun cottons... and the interior layer is a thick cream colored cotton flannel.

The pillow is made exactly like the quilt, only with smaller squares. :D

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The story on this one..... My daughter (who's 14) wanted a black comforter and hot pink sheets for her bed. I recently saw a quilt in a magazine that's black and white with a hint of a different color in it (in the magazine it's yellow, I made it hot pink for this quilt). My DD is also a wannabe fashion designer who LOVES the show Project Runway. I just happened to find the new line of fabrics FROM the show Project Runway, and most of them are black and white!!! It was totally perfect. You can't see the individual designs on the fabrics in this picture, but later I'll take a closerup picture. Super cute and perfect for this purpose.

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This is a Full/Queen size... or will be when I'm done with it. :D

You do very nice work! I love all the colors you used in your quilts.

You are certainly busy!! And your quilts are great. I love that you also showed your stacks of blocks and a few UFOs--looks a lot like my quilts!

I sent you a PM.

Oh gosh. You have been busy quilting. You are an inspiration. I just love your quilts. Thanks. :D

They are all beautiful!!!! Very nice work!!

Thanks for sharing. We'll be looking for pictures as you make progress on those UFOs. You have some very nice quilts.

Beautiful, can't wait to see more.

Wow! Great quilts.

Great job on everything!

Brazen, what great quilts you have!! Don't even think you have posted too many...we love em'! I really like that confetti quilt pattern you used. I have just gotten some flannel and have never made a quilt with any before. I just might try that pattern with it....looks comfy!!

Welcome to the board...we do love pic sharers!!!

Wow....so many, you are a super woman....how much time do you spend quilting.............lovely work :D :D :D

Thank you everyone!! I finished my first quilt in 2001 (I think)... and then took a nearly 3 year break from late 2005 to mid-2008.

They're mostly either UFOs or crib size! So not THAT much.

I just now finished putting the last border on my daughter's black/white/pink "Project Runway" quilt, tho!! I need to find an affordable long-armer... my next project! hehe :)

Thanks for sharing all your beauties.. :D