Retro Quilt: Marilyn Monroe

This quilt was created for Chris' daughter Kaytee. She loves Marilyn Monroe so I went on a hunt to find some Marilyn Monroe fabric. I didn't find any so I needed a plan B. I went online and found a lot of great black and white photos. I used a fabric treatment that allowed me to send fabric squares through the printer. The treatment keeps the ink in the fabric and doesn't allow it to wash out. I went to the fabric store with my color choices and selected some neat retro colored fabrics. I combined these colors with black borders and squares to complete the look. It was a big hit and turned out great! It was made to look vintage and I think that it was sucessful. Kaytee loved it!

Red Sox Quilt: A Gift for Chris

I saw a quilt that looked similar to this online. I decided that I would create a quilt for Chris for his birthday. I sketched out how I wanted it to look and the dimensions. It came out better than I could have imagined. The Red Sox logo in the middle was made by me. I drew it by hand and then appliqued it to the white fabric. I then paired the middle colors with the colors on the borders. The checkered background gave it a more modern look and the blue borders tied it all together. It was a huge hit and people are still amazed that I made it entirely on my own!

Zoo Animal Quilt

After creating the Aquarium Animal quilt, I instantly wanted to make another quilt for Jack's little brother. Though he is a baby, I am sure that he will grow to appreciate this quilt which is full of the cutest little zoo animals. I found an adorable fabric that had zoo animals on it already and I used that along with a blue fabric as the border to this one. The animals on the quilt were sketched and then turned into fabric. I appliqued the pieces to the white fabric and used a zig zag stitch around the shapes. This made the animals come to life.

This past of the quilt has a lion, a zebra, a monkey, and a tucan. The characters have a cartoon-like quality to them that makes you want to smile!

This part of the quilt has a turtle, a tiger, a giraffe, and a hippo.

Aquatic Life Quilt

This quilt started off as a "croc." Chris' three year old nephew, Jack, loves crocodiles and calls them "crocs." I was planning on making him a crocodile pillow for Christmas. As I was looking for crocodile images to use as my muse, I found a variety of "aquatic" life images that were too cute to pass up. I sketched the different animals out and the next thing I knew, I was mapping out an entire quilt. I selected the deep red and sage green to match his room and off I went. The animals are apliqued onto the white squares. I used a zig zag stitch on the sewing machine to trace around the shapes and to give them another dimension. The final product came out amazing and inspired me to create a quilt for his baby brother. On Christmas day when he opened the package, Jack jumped on the quilt and hugged it in his arms. He was so excited with the quilt which made all the work absolutely worth it!

One of the squares had a sea turtle on it.