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Psalm 23

Linda — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:37:43 GMT

Last winter I made a red Psalm 23 wall hanging to give to Pastor Murphy at my church in Arizona. Meanwhile Pastor Garred came over to give me communion before I left on my trip that afternoon. When he saw the wall hanging he asked if it was for him. I said I'd make him one when he starts saying the 23rd Psalm before giving communion. He really must have wanted have wanted the banner because when he'd come to give me communion, he will now say the 23rd Psalm. Sometimes I'm able to go to Bible class when it doesn't conflict with one of my doctor appointments. Pastor Garred took me to his office to show me that it had been repainted and pointed to a spot on the wall and said that is where his Psalm 23 wall hanging is going.

Made of 100% cotton, machine pieced, hand quilted

Neice Shelby Koller - My Second Quilt

Linda — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:41:46 GMT

Encourage by my first quilt, I decided to make a baby quilt for my first neice Shelby as she was expecting her first baby. I took an old computerized calender photo of Shelby from when she was just 18 months old and made that the center. The rest are just preprinted borders, but I thought it tured out really cute. Hey it was just my second quilt. I put a lot of time in hand quilting it.

Floral Wall Hanging

Linda — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:10:59 GMT

This floral wall hanging is for my secret sister. Had I given her any quilted items during the year, she would have guessed who I was. So I'm giving her 4 mini quilts on reveal day next month. This one made of 100% cotton is machine pieced and hand quilted.

Precious RWYS Project - Part 1

Linda — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:20:02 GMT

If you have been following my blog or if you haven't been following, here's the result of the Precious RWYS Project - Part 1.

The pillows are muslin and 100% cotton floral prints. The original quilter had the 18" squares hand quilted except for the borders, which I completed. I think she might have been starting a quilt as you go quilt, but I'm not sure. I do not know the names of the patterns of the squares. (I have 16 squares total, each with a different pattern.) Barb (our parish nurse) and I thought it would be nice to return the pillows to the original quilter who now has alzheimers. We thought it might be something she could hold onto and hug. This woman was very active in our church and always had a smile for everyone. A lot of love went into the pillows for this special lady. And I got them done just in time for Christmas.

I begin Part 2 - a wall hanging.

OSU Buckeyes Quilt

Linda — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:18:24 GMT

My grandson Christopher loves the OSU Buckeyes! So for his birthday in 2010 I made him the quilt of his dreams. My favorite saying is "patterns are only suggestions" and this quilt is the result of a pattern I liked but I changed because the OSU logo was too big so the whole pattern had to be changed. The result looks similar to the original pattern. The OSU logo came from a purchased sheet set. The rest of the fabric is 100% cotton solids. Since the quilt is twin size, I had an Amish woman hand quilt it for me. She chose footballs and baseballs for the motif. It turned out adorable. Christopher was ecstatic when he received his OSU Buckeyes quilt on his birthday!

Fall Sunflowers

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:50:35 GMT

This wall quilt hangs in my dining room. It is made from a jelly roll. The sunflowers are made from muslin and are just machine stitched on. The leaves are a leaf print also machine stitched on. The quilt is machine quilted with the exception of the outer border, which is hand quilted using a leaf vine stencil stitched in red.

Celtic Trinity Knot

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:49:11 GMT

I started this quilt at retreat in August 2009. It is all hand applique and hand quilted. The quilting echoes the applique work in the center. It is my first attempt at this type of quilting. If I find the time, I'd love to make another Celtic quilt or wall hanging. It is very time consuming however. It is also one of the first quilts I've done for myself. I mostly quilt for children's charities or my grandchildren.

Joshuatown Side 2

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:10:02 GMT

Here's the other side of "Joshuatown". This quilt is hand quilted.