Shelley's EIGHT Quilts

Wowsers!!! Shelley really came through for us, with 8 fabulous quilts! The descriptions will be above the corresponding photo. I showed you two of them earlier, and will repost them at the end of the list.


Flannel 4-Patch & Rail Fence 
40"x 50" with pale pink fleece backing Blogged here
 



Garden Gate 
44"x58" Churndash with dark blue, cotton backing Blogged here




Scrappy Quilt 
48" square, w/ Baptist Fan quilting and white muslin backing.




Prairie Point Swap Quilt 
60"x62" with white muslin back. Note the solid black prairie point edge! It's important to note that most of the blocks have signatures on them, as the swappers signed them, and this one also has a hanging sleeve on the back.

 


Cathedral Window
35"x46"  (machine stitched) with unbleached muslin back




Gimme Diamonds 2
42"x56". Pieced flannel top, sashing is in baby print. She used pink/blue/yellow fleece on the back. The front has purple setting triangles, and the red squares have the word "believe" in them. There's enough pink on the back that this may be best suited for a little girl.



Gimme Diamonds 1
 42"x56". Pieced flannel top, sashing is in baby print. She used cute black & white dog print fleece on the back of this one. Great quilt for a baby boy!!

 


Arrowhead Star
53"x58" solid, dark purple cotton back Blogged here

Shelley's Arrowhead Star Quilt

This little beauty was made by Ms. Pirate (aka Shelley) in 2004 while taking a class in Houston. It is 54" square. She later quilted it on both her domestic sewing machine and her long arm for practice, and has blessed us with donating it to the survivors of the Taylor Bridge Fire! It hasn't quite arrived yet on my doorstep, but it's on the way!

Thanks again for another awesome quilt, Shelley!!

Edited to add link back to Shelley with her entertaining (as always) description of the making of the quilt! http://users.value.net/pirate/quilting/Houston-class-quilt/index.htm

Oooh! Look and See What Shelley is Sending!

I've heard from Shelley aka Pirate, and she is sending me a BUNCH of finished quilts, woo hoo!!!

Here's a picture of one of them, which some little boy is going to love.

Edited to add Shelley's description from when she posted it in Show & Tell on the about.com forum:

The top was pieced several months ago and has been waiting to be quilted.  It finally got its chance a couple of days ago.

All of the fabric in the top came from leftover flannel pieces. The backing is a doggy-print fleece.

It finished out at 42" x 56".  I quilted it with what I call an "embellished meander" and is one of the designs that I learned from Darlene Epp's Pocket Guides to Freehanding (Meandering).