graduation 2014 5, 6, and 8

Where is 7 do you ask?  Well, I forgot to get a photo before I gave it away.  

My goal for this year was six graduation quilts but as I was working on 5 and 6 and rejoicing because I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, #7 came to my attention.  A couple of weeks ago, #8 came to my attention but I think all of the grads in 2014 are finally taken care of.  All are 72 x 90 and all are my original design.

Various quilts.

   My comother in law and I collaborated on a quilt; she pieced and I quilted and bound it.

 Big floppy flowers in some of the blocks.

A graduation quilt. All of the subsequent quilts on this post are designed by my self and all of the grad. quilts are 72 x 90.

A graduation quilt.

A graduation quilt.

 A baby quilt for an eagerly awaited little guy.

A graduation quilt.

First foray into batiks.

Two sit in front of the tv sized quilts with a quilting detail.

Quilt for Tom the IVth and champion eater.

March's lovely finish and the dimply guy

 A couple of years ago I cut out a quilt that called for a lot of 4 1/2" strips.  For some reason, probably a faulty reason, I cut out two sets and squirreled the second set away.  At the beginning of the month I dug them out and decided that this would be me UFO finish for the month of March.

 Fortunately I finished by the end of March and I can go and visit this little guy with a clear conscience.

I am linking up with a lovely year of finishes on Flickr.  The quilt is 62 x 70.

Center block detail.

Little sister, big brother, February finish.

 This is Little Sister she is only 72" square and she is the February finish.  Another finish in the Lovely year of finishes.

 Quilting detail on little sister.

This is Big Brother 88" square.  As you can see he has the half square triangles for Little Sister lying on top of him waiting for stitching up.

Clara-batiks combined with prints.

Baby quilt 50x60.   This quilt was a collaboration.between my comother in law, Penny, and myself.  When we were picking out the fabrics; I selected a batik and she winced.  Is there a rule that you are not supposed to combine regular prints and batiks?  Just curious.

 Quilting detail

 Quilting detail

 Back detail.

I machine embroidered the recipient's name onto the back.