Two Mini Quilts

This quilt was made for a swap between my guild and the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. My partner didn’t give me any requests, just told me to make whatever my heart desired. So I used scraps from a previous project (my Good Bones mini quilts from my drawing final) and the design was loosely inspired by the Arne Quilt by Rossie Crafts. I did my own quilting on this one and was pretty happy with the outcome.

And another mini for a swap. This time it was a swap within my own guild. Again, my partner left it pretty wide open in terms of what she likes, so I tried to make something that reflects what I see in her: bright, vibrant, energetic. I had fun improving my way through this mini. My partner liked it and it turned out to be a parting gift, as she soon after moved from Chicago to Milwaukee.

triangle baby quilt

This quilt was another project completed over the summer.  A friend from high school had a beautiful baby boy and I wanted to make her a quick quilt.  I used Big Thangles to make a bunch of half square triangles in blues, greens, greys, and just a bit of red and orange.  Even using Thangles, my HST's did not come out perfectly.  I have a talent for non-perfect HST's.  I decided not to trim them up since I was in a hurry and this quilt would be used by a tiny human.  Despite my not trimming, and many points not matching up, I was pleased with how this quilt came together.  I had fun pulling fabrics from my stash, and my favorite part of the process was arranging the squares on my design wall until they were in a nicely random pattern, with the pops of warm colors exactly where I liked them, and three full diamonds strategically placed.  I quilted this myself, with some very simple straight lines.  Hopefully baby Nico and his mom are getting a lot of use out of this little quilt.