Parents & Siblings' Family Quilts

MOM AND PA'S FAMILY QUILTS

Mom chose this pattern and colors years ago.  I finally finished it Christmas 2002.  I could not get the fan's half-circles to go on properly, so I sewed a square in the corner, then laid the fan over it.  Antique lace is used over the top of the fan from Great Uncle Robert's Shiffli lace factory in Philadelphia Pa (now closed).  I added a purchased Battenburg lace border around the edges, she wanted the quilt to go to the floor from her antique sleigh bed.  

TODD'S FAMILY QUILTS

A quilt for Todd's son. This quilt is all flannel and is made from leftover blocks from Dennis's sons' quilts.

A quilt for Todd's second son.  This quilt is all flannels and is made from leftover blocks from Dennis's sons' quilts. 

A quilt for Todd's daughter.  This quilt is made from all flannel.

 DENNIS'S FAMILY QUILTS

This banner was given to my nephew.  It is a "cheater" panel. 

This banner was given to my nice.  It is a "cheater" panel.

This quilt is all flannel and was given to my nephew.  I made another one with green sashings and borders that was given to my other nephew. 

This little quilt was made for my newest grand-nephew, who is Dennis's new grandson. 

MARK'S QUILT

I made this quilted banner for my brother, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers football fan.  I believe this quilt has been lost. 

MICHELE'S FAMILY QUILTS

I made this quilt for my niece when she broke both her arms in a gymnastics mishap. The pattern is from a Good Housekeeping article from many years ago.  I embroidered the cats on each square, and then sashed and bound the quilt in my niece's favorite colors.  I made two more of this quilt for a friend's daughters, one in the same lavender and another in pink. I also made a maroon one that was given to a charity for a raffle in Pennsylvania.

MARGARET'S FAMILY QUILTS

My sister, Margaret, likes to cross-stitch and embroider.  In many cases, she embroidered quilt blocks, and then sent them to me to make quilts.  She also took her kids' and grandkids' artwork, applied it to fabric and embroidered over it, then sent it on to me to make more quilts.

 

Margaret's first (and only) granddaughter's baby quilt.

The grand-daughter's second quilt, made from leftover blocks of a quilt Margaret embroidered for herself.

A grandson's quilt. These are embroidered Star Trek sayings and drawings, made by her son when he was a young child. The quilt belongs to one of his sons. 

Another grandson's quilt.  The squares were drawn by the granddaughter, and Margaret embroidered over them.

This is one of two identical quilts - the granddaughter drew the pictures, Margaret embroidered over them and the quilts were given to twin grandsons.

Margaret embroidered these squares with sayings about love and marriage and a few cross-stitched blocks, too.  

Margaret embroidered these squares to keep herself busy in the evenings just after her divorce.  She sent the quilt to me to finish.

I made this quilt for Margaret's daughter-in-law.  Her favorite colors are pink, purple and turquoise.

Margaret's daughter drew these pictures with fabric paints as a 5 year old. Margaret embroidered over some of them. The quilt is now owned by Margaret's daughter.

This is a three-dimensional quilt I made for another person who didn't want it.  Margaret fell in love with the pansies and asked to keep it. Pansies were our grandmother's favorite flowers.

Margaret embroidered all kinds of sayings about love and marriage. I put them together with a pink heart in the center and this quilt was presented to her daughter as a wedding present.

A cheater panel of our solar system that I made to hang in my office.  Now that I no longer have room, I gave it to my nephew, who loves space.  The funny thing about this quilt - in the selvage was a small note "Objects depicted are not to scale." 

Margaret's daughter drew these pictures when she was about 8 years old.  Margaret embroidered around them and I made it into a quilt. The back of the quilt is fleece.

Margaret loves pelicans and has one bathroom decorated with beach scenes and pelicans, including a life-sized wooden carving my Dad made.  I gave her this quilt for a birthday present.

Margaret's son served in the Coast Guard and I made this blue star banner for her to hang in the window.

This is one of two quilts.  They are very small, for two little dogs. The other quilt has an L in the center block.  Margaret's daughter chose each block's position, and the center initial for her dogs' names.

I made this tic-tac-toe game for a one time event at church.  Margaret asked if she could have it for her grandkids when I was ready to pass it on.  The trees and gingerbread men are bean bags. This is a floor quilt and the kids play tic-tac-toe by tossing the bean bags in each square.

Margaret's daughter chose the fabric and the layout of this quilt when she was 12 years old.  This is the only quilt I've made that I ever sent out to have machine quilted.  It is queen-size and I had problems getting it to fit under my regular sewing machine.

Margaret's Shamrock table-runner and coasters on her coffee table.

CHUCK'S FAMILY QUILTS
 

There are actually 3 of these quilts, there is another with a yellow S in the middle.  I made these for my three grand-nieces who live in Germany. The back of the quilts are the same squares, so basically, the three quilts are each two quilt-tops quilted together.