Trunk Full of Quilts: Online Quilt Trunk Show

Welcome to my spot on the Trunk Full of Quilts online trunk show. This fun quilting event is being held by Soma @ Whims and Fancies. This online trunk show allows us quilters who have not been able to participate in actual trunk show in person to be able to share some of our favorite quilts with all of you viewers online. If you are new to my blog, I hope that you will take some time to look around and please follow along to view all of the lovely quilts that are being shown by the other trunk show hosts.

I have been quilting for over 20 years and blogging for 16 months. Many of my early quilts either did not get photographed properly or the photos have been misplaced. Most of my quilts have been gifted and out the door soon after completion.

The first quilt I would like to show during my trunk show is what has to be  my most favorite quilt finish to date, my Batik Shadowbox quilt. You can read more about it here.

I had seen a photo of this quilt in a magazine with out a name or maker. I did the best I could to research finding a pattern, but did not find one so I drew it out on graph paper the design. I have since then found multiple patterns for this quilt. My batik squares were larger than the original design. This collection of batiks have shown up in six quilts made over the last 5 years. The first one never got photographed. I will be sharing another finish and there are two quilts that need to be quilted with the last one still needing to be pieced (all pieces are cut).

My next quilt that I am sharing is my Batik High Tea quilt. Some of the same batiks show up in this one and I also added from a collection of 100 batik charm squares that I purchased off Ebay. I pattern tested this quilt pattern for On the Windy Side. You can read more about it here.

This quilt was the first time I used the serpentine stitch as a way to entirely quilt a quilt. I really like how turned out.  The gray and black really helped all of the bright batiks pop.

I was able to pattern test for Jan@The Colorful Fabriholic and made up her Plus Dash quilt that was presented to a special friend from high school. This quilt was a lot of fun to make. You can read more about it here.

I would like to share a quilt that I pattern tested for Cheryl@MeadowMistDesigns and it is the Sea Stars pattern and I called my version Positively Puppy Stars. I made this for our little cousin Anya and I am still working on a coordinating quilt for her baby sister. I hope to get completed by Christmas. I used scraps from the front to create a modernized disappearing nine patch quilt design on the back. This was the first time using that design and other full quilts have since spun off from that idea.

I would like to share my Broken Frames quilt that I made for my favorite Aunt. I used the pattern by Cheryl@MeadowMistDesigns.

I would like to share one more quilt that I really enjoyed creating. It is my Get Your Kicks on Route 66 quilt. It was created from a couple quilt patterns. I have since lost the name/link to the original design. It was a wedding gifts for some friends who are snowbirds, who are fortunate enough to live down in Texas for their winters.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out some of my favorite quilts from recent years. Please check out all the other lovely quilts linked up over at Soma’s Trunk Show.

Happy Sewing,

Shelley