Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Quilts, Place Mat and the Nicest People!!

1) Place mat....


This would be yet another one that I had fun coloring, don't forget 
about the giveaway post it's 

Now that I'm done with the shameless part of the post, how about a few quilts?

I am sooooooo lucky!! 

Quilting for others gives me the opportunity to meet and get to know the nicest people!  Granted I am NEVER going to get rich doing this quilting stuff, in addition to meeting the nicest people it is kinda fun...look at the coloring I've been doing!!  Like I had nothing else to do...

Okay on with the quilts....

TURTLES!!!!  Marjorie in NH brought me this huge, wonderful t-shirt quilt that she made for one of her daughters.  Based on the shirts in this quilt, this is one interesting kid who has had a lot of interesting adventures. 
I TOTALLY loved this one block....(notice the turtles??)


But the message on this block says it all....It's the little things in life that count.  Marjorie, not a quilter did she a great job on this project.  The turtle design was perfect since her daughter has the nickname Turtle Girl from one of her many adventures.  Here's a few more of the blocks...





Lisa is a fairly new quilter, but her work is improving by leaps and bounds in the very, very short time she's been quilting.  I am seeing wonderful changes and she didn't have much improving to do to begin with.   Here's a couple....





Talk about STUNNING!!  JoAnn makes the most amazing quilts EVER!!!  I am so lucky to be able to share just some of her work, but you need to check out her blog to see some of the more detailed quilts that she has done.  Here's the link to JoAnn's Blog.  Here's a couple of her quilts that I've had the 
pleasure to work with.....





Frances, Frances, Frances.....I enjoy having Frances drop off and pickup her quilts and spending that time with her.  She's on a mission to use her stash!!  But aren't we all?? 
 She says " I tell myself, Frances, you don't need to buy that, use what you have!".  I have that same conversation but sometimes I don't win and end up buying the fabric anyway.  Here's three quilts that I recently 
quilted for Frances...










Bonnie is going to score MAJOR Grandma points with this quilt!!  She made it for her grandson and he is going to LOVE it!!  So bright and cheery and what little boy wouldn't love to have this on his bed for those little 
Hot Wheel cars and trucks?  




Today was about just five of all of the wonderful women I have the pleasure of getting to know through my quilting.  They are all amazing and special to me.  I'll introduce you to a few more in the coming days.  I can't wait to share Janet and some of her quilts.

Quilting will never make me rich financially, but it sure does a great job on enriching my friendship circle.  And on that note......

Hi, Becky!! 

More photo's of these and all of the quilts I quilt can be found at 
the other blog....


that's it for today...

hugs,
joanne

love to hear what you've got to say...............

3 comments:

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Wow! I love all the quilts, but you had me at turtles! My DD traveled to west Africa a few years ago to work for the Turtle Foundation. We both love turtles!

KathyinMN said...

Thank you for sharing your fantastic work, and the work of propel you quilt for. So inspiringly creative!

Dana said...

Joanne, your quilting really highlights the beautiful color choices and the piecing of your clients. Please continue to share with us... I love it!