Americana

This is actually my very first quilt that I pieced!  I went to lunch one day with some old high school friends and they talked me into trying to make a quilt (thanks, Laura and Richelle)!!  After a lot of arm twisting, they took me to a fabric store and I bought a pattern and fabric and this is what I came up with!  This quilt sat for a long time (I actually pieced it in September 2010) because I was too afraid to try binding it, but I finally got my courage up and got 'er done!  I've got lots to learn, but I think I'm really gonna like this quilting thing!  :o)

Pattern:  Yellow Brick Road
Pieced By:  Me!
Quilted By:  Kathy Brand
Binding By:  Me!
Size:  Lap

Mom and Dad's Hawaiian Lap Quilts

Several years ago my parents served an LDS mission in Hawaii.  While they were there my Mom bought TONS of Hawaiian print fat quarters!  When she saw the fabric she just couldn't resist buying it because it was all so beautiful, even though she had no idea what to do with it once she got home because she doesn't sew any more!  So all of this incredible fabric just sat in a box for several years.  For Christmas 2010, I contacted all of my siblings and we decided to surprise my parents and make each of them a lap quilt out of their fabric!  They already had several large quilts for their bed that they got while they were in Hawaii, so I thought a lap quilt for each of them would be nice to cuddle up with on a cold winter's night and bring back some great memories of their mission!  My sister, Kristi, and her family currently live in South Korea because her husband, Chris, serves as a chaplain in the Army.  They came to America for a visit in January 2011, so we didn't give my parents their Christmas presents until everyone could be there.  They were soooo surprised!  I loved it! 

January 2011 - Dad's Bold Hawaii Lap Quilt
Pattern:  Yellow Brick Road
Fabric:  Hawaiian prints

Pieced by:  Me

Binding by:  Me

Quilted by:  Pam Faddis

Size:  Large Lap 

  

 

Dad's Hawaii Lap Quilt (Held by Jess and Kyle!)



Close-up of quilting and fabric 

   

Close-up of the corner

  

Quilt back

 


Close-up of quilting on the back

   

This is my Mom's quilt that we gave her!

January 2011 - Mom's Pastel Hawaii Lap Quilt
Pattern:  Yellow Brick Road
Fabric:  Hawaiian prints

Pieced by:  Me

Binding by:  Me

Quilted by:  Pam Faddis

Size:  Large Lap 

 

Mom's Hawaiian Lap Quilt



Close-up of quilting and fabric



Close-up of the corner

Close-up of quilting on the back

The following pictures are from the night we gave the quilts to my parents.  We were at Sizzler where we met to have dinner and our "belated" Christmas party!  Fun memories!

 



(That is my cute granddaughter, Cambria, in the corner of the picture!)





I love my parents sooooo much!!!