Quilt Camp - Third Entry

There are still so many quilts to share with you that this may take all week!  We'll have to see.  The first one today is another favorite of mine (so many were!).  This is by L who did the sweet pink and white baby quilt I showed you yesterday.  It is a kimono quilt that isn't terribly difficult to do, but one does have to find fabric with an appropriately sized print that will work.  I think L did a great job on that front and the quilting works also.  Several of us are scurrying to find this old pattern; anyone out there have one and are willing to share?

Quilter's have more than mere talent.  Some are also very smart.  This next piece was done by M, and she told me that this year she was making bed runners as holiday gifts.  She was tired of making the usual candle mats, place mats etc.  I never thought of bed runners as an option!  M said she chose these colors because they are Christmas-y but generic enough with the yellow and the subdued reds and greens to be used during other times of the year.  Smart cookie!

Speaking of gifts, here are a pair made by another P.  First she made the charming off-set square wall hanging in Dr. Seuss fabrics, and then had the wonderful idea to present the quilt in a pillow case even though it is not a bed quilt.  Her reasoning?  Keeping fabrics in plastic is not a good idea so why not make a better storage container, put the quilt in it, and present it that way with an explanation?  Another well-executed good idea!

K took a break from her Civil War extravaganza (see the first two entries of this week) to make pillow cases also.  These two are for two of her great-nephews, and I had to show them because I just love the fabric with the fishes  The second one has all sorts of animals that will keep a child busy with I Spy games for a long time.

B finished this lap quilt for her husband; hooray!  She wasn't thrilled with it when she started it and didn't really change her mind until she saw the finished article up on the design wall.  Isn't it great?  She has two fabrics with large trains (one of which I own and plan to turn into another shirt for D), railroad track fabric, and ticket fabric, and other lovelies that well with the above.  B's friend P said she thought the material with the tracks on it would make a good collar for D's shirt and someone else said possibly cuffs, and the next thing I knew B was letting me take quite a bit of her scraps.  Quilters share at the drop of a pin! 

And the last quilt of the day is the result of a semi-challenge to Susan who was showing us how to use a new ruler and all the neat things we could make with it.  Someone suggested that since we all were encouraged to work and to complete UFO's that maybe instead of merely making a block or two using the new ruler, Susan should see if she could complete the sample during Quilt Camp.  The above is Susan's Ta-Dah moment; pretty neat, eh?

Anyone with comments or ideas or other notes to share, please do so!