Graduation Quilt - Number 3

Of course my youngest daughter needed a graduation quilt as well! She wanted something green and black and modern, and I wanted something that didn't look like a bunch of squares stitched together in lines and rows.

This quilt fit the bill for both of us. Making the squares was fun, and putting it all together was quite a challenge. If you look closely you can see the groups of quilt squares I built into natural larger squares. I only really had one wonky seam to do around the middle medium block with the black outline. It included inside and outside corners.

It was machine quilted by my local quilt shop just in time for placing on the college dorm bunk. In true color it is much greener and less "white" than the photo.

We searched the Internet for quilts we liked, and I copied the pattern idea from somewhere we surfed together. If anyone knows who should be credited for the pattern, let me know.

Graduation Quilt - Number 2

Here is graduation quilt number two.

This took lots of cutting pieces, matching light / dark plans. I am still using up many of the quilting scraps that were given to my oldest daughter so very many years ago. I think we received a couple of cardboard boxes and a suitcase jammed full of pre-cut squares.

Over the years we've made several scrappy quilts, and here is another.

I love the diagonal set of the squares.

This quilt is tied with a tie dyed flannel backing.

Graduation Quilt - Number 1

With two of my youngest daughter's best friends graduating high school this summer, I determined to make them quilts for their gifts. I wanted them to feel warmed by my care and thoughts for them as they moved out onto their own.

This is the first quilt.

I used scraps from my stash of leftover sewing projects, and I also purchased some of the lighter materials from a yard sale. This quilt is tied and has a tie dyed red flannel backing that I used as a self bind.

The 20-Year Quilt

I started this quilt the summer my son was born. We had just purchased a house, I was off work on maternity leave, and I had two small children at home. Creativity rarely waits for anyone, so I was inspired to use my husband's old flannel shirts for quilt blocks. I began to cut the shirts up into these pieces. I added to the pile over the years - old flannel shirts, leftover material from sewing projects - and finally put it all together in 2013.

After all the years of collecting, there were enough flannel pieces to make a double sided quilt. I purchased maroon flannel for the front of the quilt and hunter green for the back. The solid color outlines the flannel.

I "ragged" the quilt on the front side, then machine quilted my son's ancestors' names on each strip with his name in the middle.