I bought a sewing machine almost a decade ago but it sat largely unused for a long time. In January I decided I wanted to make a quilt and my wife (who doesn’t sew) agreed to help. Since then we have been quilting together and have produced several quilts. Here are a few of them:
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This sailboat quilt was made as a gift for the girl on the right who just had a baby boy. My wife is on the left.
![Just needs to be quilted and bound and it'll be picnic time. photo photobucket-14757-1381187668842_zpsaec89864.jpg](http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/HandsomeRyan/photobucket-14757-1381187668842_zpsaec89864.jpg)
This quilt top is waiting to be quilted. It is a basic irish chain with piano key border on 2 sides. It will be backed with denim and used as a picnic quilt and a play quilt for my son who is due in February.
![HeartQuilt photo photobucket-1332-1360504538149_zps66030d13.jpg](http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/HandsomeRyan/photobucket-1332-1360504538149_zps66030d13.jpg)
This heart quilt I made as a lap quilt for my grandmother. I can not remember the name of the pattern but I found it for free off the Moda “Bakeshop” site.
![Bathroom1 photo photobucket-5811-1360967247563_zps3d205bd3.jpg](http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/HandsomeRyan/photobucket-5811-1360967247563_zps3d205bd3.jpg)
This is the quilted curtain and shower cutrain we made for out very 1960’s pink/grey bathroom. This is a log cabin block (with traditional red center) arranged in a “all sevens” design. The curtain is reinforced with stiff interfacing but the shower curtain is just backed with muslin and minimally quilted to avoid absorbing and holding moisture.
Finally,
![Getting pin basted and ready for quilting! photo photobucket-7491-1358693578956.jpg](http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/HandsomeRyan/photobucket-7491-1358693578956.jpg)
This was our very first quilt which was completed in February of 2013. It is a log cabin block arranged in a Raising the barn” design. It is a long full size quilt or a slightly small queen size. We made it to use with our couch, not to a specific bed size.
Best,
-Ryan