Friday, April 1, 2016

Michele's quilts

I had a wonderful visit at Michele's home in northern Kentucky.  Her home is filled with everything that I love:  Longaberger baskets, collectibles and lots of quilts. Here are photos of just a few of Michele's quilts.  She showed me a lot more than these, but I guess I was too busy looking and enjoying the show and tell and forgot to take photos.

If you are a quilter, Michele's home is filled with inspiration.  This is her Stars in the Garden quilt.  The pattern calls for 1/4", 3/8" or 1/2" hexagons so it can be framed.  Michele used 3/4" hexagons.  By using 3/4" hexagons, this quilt made a nice sized wall hanging.  This one is on my list of quilts to do,  I love how the black border frames the quilt and just makes the colors pop.


This quilt is Butterscotch Tart a pattern by Fig Tree and Co.  I really like this pattern and plan to try it soon.



While I like the Butterscotch Tart quilt above, this one was my favorite.  I love that fabric in the setting triangles.  


This is Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows, a pattern by Sue Daley.  I love the vibrant colors in this one.  



I don't know the name of this pattern, but it's made of quarter sections of Dresdens.  This one might be an Edyta Sitar pattern called Shooting Star.  


I love all of the red in Michele's quilts.


I have this Jo Morton border in this colorway and pink.  I still haven't used mine, but I love what Michele did with hers.   It makes a wonderful border with mitered corners.  

Here's another beautiful red quilt.  Again, she has used beautiful border fabric.


I haven't tried a lone star quilt yet.  After seeing those that Michele did, I just might try one.  


I love how the color appears to swirl in this one.



Here's another one.  The placement of the red just makes this one pop.  



I think this batik Lone Star is my favorite.  I love how the star colors are pulled from the border.  


I love this bow tie setting with the randomly placed snowflakes.  I'm pretty sure this is some of Edyta's fabric (Laundry Basket Quilts).   

Here's a photo of the two quilts hanging on the wall in the room where I slept.  Notice the bright, red quilt in the bottom corner of the photo.


Here is that red quilt.  The photo was taken on my porch.  I liked that quilt so much that Michele gave it to me.  When I was a teenager, my Grandmother made a quilt for me. Besides the one from my Grandmother this is the only quilt that I've ever received, and I am truly touched.  I just love it.   Thanks again Michele!


I'm a bit behind on my posting.  I still have another post or two from my trip, and I've been doing some sewing, too.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

I hope you are finding some time to stitch today. 

12 comments:

  1. Those are all lovely quilts. I've enjoyed this post a lot. Michele is a very talented lady. Thanks for sharing LuAnn. ;^)

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  2. With each new quilt you shared there were thoughts racing through my head to leave in the comment, but there were so many beautiful quilts that now I wouldn't even know where to begin. Lovely quilts, all of them. And your story of the quilt at the end--so sweet!

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  3. All of Michelle's quilts are beautiful!
    And what a treat to receive that beautiful red & white quilt from her as a gift!

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  4. Oh. My. Gosh. What wonderful quilts. I've never seen a star with the colors twirling before. Awesome.

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  5. Thankyou for the little quilt show! your red quilt is lovely, what a lucky girl you are :-)

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  6. Wow--what a lovely collection of quilts! And how generous of her to give you that beautiful quilt--lucky you!

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  7. What a generous and wonderful gift.. The quilt is vibrant and fun, probably just like your friend. Thanks for sharing her talent with us.

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  8. What a lucky gal, and what a great friend to gift you with one of her quilts. It's a lovely one - I've made a version of it myself in scrappy fabrics. She does beautiful work and I'm so glad you shared all those pictures!

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  9. Wow LuAnn, you made my quilts look wonderful. I had such a great time when you came to visit. We are going to have to do it again very soon. What a fantastic weekend!!

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  10. Very pretty quilts! hard to pick a favorite. You just had too much fun!

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  11. It is an enjoyable thing for one prolific quilter to visit another and see all the quilts displayed. Thank you for sharing pictures.

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  12. I enjoyed Michele's quilts .... so lovely! What a thrill for you to be gifted that red quilt. Enjoy.

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