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LoneStar Shining

chocake2 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:13:28 GMT

I made this for DD a few years back. She'd found the metalic print at a quilt show and had to have it. It took me a while to put it to use, and while it was a wonderful springboard for color options in this quilt, I hated to use it for the background. I backed it with bright pink flannel. DD loves it and takes it along to her sleep overs, road trips and outdoor games.

sunshine!!

chocake2 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:09:01 GMT

I was sorting throug my stash a few years ago and noticed that I seemed to have an abundance of Yellow/Orange/Red and Blue/Purple.I grabbed my rotery cutter and chopped a mountain of squares, big and small, and randomly pieced them together. Then I handed the pile of blocks to the kids and told them to figure out a lay-out. In a weeks time we had a top...but finding a border for it!! That was a nightmare! It sat in the closet waiting to be finished for months before, on a fluke, I saw the perfect batik in the sale bin of my favorite quilt shop! I wasn't even looking with that top in mind when I found it!

Horsin' Around

chocake2 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:35:22 GMT

This is all Horse prints with a fun red 'barbed wire' print for the sashing. There are 2 applique blocks. It too DD and I about 2 years to collect fat quartes of horse prints so we could make it. Her Baby brother thought it was pretty cool when we finished it. :D

Little Monsters

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:21:59 GMT

This is the quilt I made for DS1 to go on the kids' brand new bunk beds (See Carosel Horse for the full story). I loved the little monsters on the print, but didn't know exactly what I wanted to do with it when I bought it. I ended up with a 4" strip left over when I was done making the top...talk about cutting it close!

Carosel Horse

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:17:44 GMT

I made this for DD when we moved to a new house. The kids ended up having to share a bedroom, so I commisioned a friend to make them bunkbeds. He's notoriously slow about finishing jobs, so to speed him up and make it fun, I bet him that I could finish two, custome designed, quilts to go on it before he could make the beds. I won...with 3 days to spare. LOL

Dragon Star

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:12:34 GMT

I did this Lonestar (sometimes called Morning Star) for my DS1 a couple of years ago. He picked out a funky dragon print and asked me to make him a "Firey" quilt. I'd just finished making his sister's Lonestar, so I made his with the same pattern. I added flame appliques and a stary sky print on the inner border. It's backed with bright green flannel.