Owl Baby Quilt

Reneta made this darling quilt for a lucky new baby.  The owl block comes from the Fancy Forest quilt by Elizabeth Hartman.  I just love the grey and peach combo she chose.

Reneta has made countless baby quilts in this style with differing animals  For most, like this one Reneta's request has been for my Freehand woodgrain quilting and I am always happy to oblige.

 

Mushy Throw

Margaret made this fun quilt.  The pattern is called Mushy Throw by Rose City Originals.  Margaret personalized the pattern to reflect the kind of mushrooms that she loves to pick, instead of the more whimsical ones on the pattern cover.

Margaret decided on my freehand woodgrain quilting, and I really love the final result.

Goats in Pajamas

Reneta made this darling baby quilt using the Kidding Around - Goats in Pajamas pattern from Art East Quilting Company.  Reneta made three blocks and adapted the layout to allow space for adding the baby's name.

I love the cute flannel fabrics that Reneta chose for the goat's pajamas!

Reneta requested my freehand all over woodgrain design for the quilting.  It is one of my favorite designs to quilt out and I think it looks good here.

Wonderful Woodland for Finn

This is the 3rd baby quilt I made for my first grandchild.  Kyla and Reed had settled on a Woodland theme and didn't know if they were having a boy or girl.  They loved the Art East Wonderful Woodland pattern and I was happy to have an excuse to make this pattern as I have quilted many for others.  I did make one change to the pattern....

Kyla was able to go shopping with me and selected this lovely blue Northcott Canvas fabric for background.  I did a little shopping at a few of my favorite stores to augment the brown section of my stash and then pulled the different fabrics for all the animals.  There are very few repeats and that was a lot of fun.

The one major change I made was changing out the porcupine block for an owl.  My grandbaby needed an owl!  I designed an owl in EQ and decided to paper piece it.

My favorite way to quilt this pattern is to add my freehand wood grain pattern.  I love the texture it adds.

For the backing I added a wonderful denim blue Fireside for maximum cuddliness.  I chose Quilters Dream Puff batting.

I hope Finn enjoys this one as I loved making it!

 

Teddy Bear's Picnic

 

Karen made this darling quilt she is calling "Teddy Bear's Picnic."  The bear blocks are from the pattern Bjorn Bear by Elizabeth Hartman and Karen added her own trees,  and the cute paper pieced picnic table from Pitcher's Boutique.

The plaid backing is perfect for the theme.  This quilt is for Karen's first grandchild and she said the blue glasses represent her husband and that she is always wearing sunglasses. Karen decided on my freehand woodgrain quilting design.  It is one of my favorite things to quilt and I love being able to avoid stitching through eyeballs in the process!

Cindy's Wonderful Woodland

 

Cindy made this fabulous Wonderful Woodland quilt as a gift for a baby that will be arriving soon to friends in Japan.  What a perfect choice to send a little bit of Canada over to a new baby from its "Canadian Grandma".

I did my freehand woodgrain quilting pattern as I love the texture it adds and I like to plan my stitchhing path to avoid stitching through any cute little eyeballs!

Cindy chose a lovely grey fireside for the backing and this is a super sweet and cuddly quilt.

I also had the opportunity to quilt up this stunning digitally printed panel for Marion.  The panel is called "Winter's Wings" and is from Hoffman fabrics.  Marion wanted some simple but denser quilting for this one and she chose the Soho pantograph.

Wonderful Woodland

This is Loraine's version of the Wonderful Woodland quilt by Art East Quilt Company.  Loraine picked up this kit from Keystone Modern Creative, and it is still available if you need to make one for yourself.

I suggested adding my freehand woodgrain quilting to finish this one off and Loraine agreed.  It is my favorite quilting design for patterns such as this.

 

Wonderful Woodland for Baby

Reneta made this darling baby quilt using some of the blocks from the Wonderful Woodland pattern by Art East Quilt Company.  You can see Reneta's original full quilt with all the blocks here.

Reneta requested my freehand woodgrain quilting which is one of my favorite things to do.  I am having trouble deciding on my favourite block!  The blue raccoons are pretty special though.

 

Fancy Forest

 

I think this is the 4th Fancy Forest quilt that I have quilted for Reneta.  This one is extra special though.   It has lovingly been made for Reneta's first grandchild set to arrive any day.  Reneta dug into her Ombre Confetti fabric that she had been saving for just the right occasion.

 

Reneta always requests my freehand woodgrain quilting for this pattern, and I never get tired of the finished look.  I love all these cute animals, and check out the minky added to the bunny ears! 

 

Sherry's Fancy Foxes

Sherry sent this fantastic little quilt that she made with the fox blocks from Elizabeth Hartman's Fancy Fox pattern.   As with most of the of the fox quilts that have come into my studio the request was for my freehand woodgrain quilting.

I love how inventive Sherry was with the layout.  Sherry has also wowed me with her ability to mix and match unexpected fabrics effortlessly.  It is a bit hard to see in the photos, but the grey background fabric is a botanical print..  There are larger leaves at the top and smaller denser leaves at the bottom. Inserting the band of foxes in just the right location was inspired!

Sherry chose one of my wide backings from Northoctt, a grey leafy print that tied in very nicely.

Sometimes I wish these lovely quilts come stay and live with me!