Quilt'm by Sunflower Designs

In thinking about my beginnings, my thoughts go back to my first customers. Or one of my first. We started working together in March of 2011. She had a quilter back east where her sister lived that she would send her quilt tops to and was willing to try someone local. I can’t remember how she found me, maybe craigslist or something like that. But she has been one of my most regular customers.

I thought it might be fun to highlight all of her quilts from the beginning.

Signature quilt

Around the world

Flower Garden

Old hankies made into Ladies and various activities

Antique star

Antique fans

All fabrics are flowers from Alaska

Kimonos made from Kimonos

t-shirt quilt with ties as the sashing

Antique 9-patch

And it’s twin

Antique butterflies

Antique bowties

Lace hankies from China (I think)

Bears on a picnic

Dallas Cowboys Fan Quilt

Pheasants and hunting quilt

Alphabet Hankies

Christmas spirit

Disappearing nine-patch

Streets of San Francisco (customer quilted the streets, I did the ocean waves and mountain peaks on the border)

McKenna Ryan quilt – just stick in the ditch between the blocks

Japanese coin quilt

Homestead embroidery blocks

Whales in the Ocean – This one is going to be entered into the CA State Fair this year

Farmer Bob Quilt

Embroidered flowers

Pink Bargello quilt

I think I may be missing one or two…but this is quite a quilt collection. My customer finds incomplete quilts or blocks at estate sales, antique stores or wherever, completes the top and hands them over to me for the quilting. Some of these she made completely, others are treasure hunts. I always look forward to her emails saying she has a couple more for me.