Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts

Before we left the states I started working on 2 more quilts.  One was for my in-laws and the other was Grandma-in-law (is that a word?).   I was lucky enough to finish them before the move which is a good thing seeing how we aren't going to be getting our stuff at the new house until the end of this month (see post below).    Here's the final products ....


The first pattern I found in a quilting magazine that my mom gave me.   Its for my in laws.   The pattern is called "Brick by Brick".  I used over 50 different 1930s Feedsack Reproduction fabrics in this quilt.  I can't remember the exact measurements, but its about the size of a twin bed comforter, but a little larger in width and a little less in length.  I used a pastel variegated thread with just some random stitch on my machine for the quilting.

The green/white/pink flowers is the fabric I used for the backing.   

A close up of the stitch, although you can't really see it.

Even Laine likes it!

The second quilt is for Todd's Grandma.  I used all the same fabrics from the quilt above plus some.  Its a pinwheel pattern with a total of 63 pinwheels each one a different fabric.  Each finished block was 8" with the quilt's final measurements around 74" x 59".

I did the same variegated thread and stitch as the Brick by Brick.

The backing

The two quilts each with their own hand stitched label.