Minkee and a bag

This is a minkee quilt, very challenging as the seams were too thick to allow the hopping foot on the machine to go across, so did block by block quilting.

 AE requested that I make a bag for her to give to her sister for a birthday gift. This is an Amy Butler pattern. I think this is the third or fourth one I've made from this pattern. Just love her stuff.

This is a cute batik square quilt that DF made for her sister. She said that the border fabric looks just like the backing from a quilt they used to play under when they were kids. She normally has a bit of a problem with blue, she said, because her mother dressed them (three kids) in particular colors, hers was blue!  We used to do that with our boys and a nephew, until we lost one of them in Silver Dollar City and didn't notice it for a minute, as all three boys, my two sons, and a nephew right in between them, were all blonde and dressed in a red shirt and overall shorts.  Imagine our panic when we realized there were only two boys instead of three. We never did that again.

Next week is the Machine Quilters Showcase in Overland Park, KS, so look for some gorgeous quilt pics from the show~