3 New Quilts - Actually Completed before HP

This is "A is for Aubrey"  I made this one for Laura's niece.  Turned out very cute - and I used corresponding fabric.  Oooooo.  It is machine appliqued. Machine quilted, with decorative stitching.

 This is Holly's Mariners Compass.  These blocks are pieced, and then appliqued to the back ground fabric.  I quilted this on my home machine.  Between the stars it is free motion quilted, and the border and edges are stitched in a zig-zag fashion.  I also put some strategically place prairie points in few places around the border.  I re-learned those at the Olathe quilt guild meeting.  But I remember doing them as a child, with my mom.

 

 This little quilt was made for Faith, my co-workers daughter.  I also machine quilted it, and used decorative stitching.  My favorite part though is the felt flowers with pink button centers.

Harry Potter Rules

I finally finished my Harry Potter quilt.  It is done rather in the style of a Weasley.  My kids tell me that I am most like Mrs Weasley - so why not go all the way.  I think it is rather fun to go through each appliques piece, and figure out its link to the movies.  Keep in mind, many of these designs were done prior to the movies being released, so they done all match the movie.  I love this quilt.  It is very bright, interesting, and heavy.  Almost all the fabrics are fancy fabric, either satins, brochades, or drapery samples - oh and velvet.  This is a very tactile quilts.  And crooked.  I don't think the Weasley's would mind how crooked it is, so I am not fixing it.  The fabrics are quite slick - thats my story and I am sticking to it...I think I like Hedwig best, or the snitch.  And yes, the sword of Gryffindor looks more like a dagger - just adapt, that is my logic.