Working full time as a Technical Support Engineer for large Enterprise data center servers meant I had less time to craft. During the COVID restrictions and distancing in 2020 and 2021, I turned to quilting.
I made "Favorite Things" quilts for each family member with various designs that show case busy fabric prints representing things we like.
The design inspiration for my daughter's quilt was this Craftsman Style quilt pattern:
The design for my son's quilt was just squares separated by sashing strips and corner squares the same size as the sashing.
We didn't photograph the backing, but it's the same gray as the corner stone squares.
My husband's quilt front was inspired by the "Key to my Heart" quilt as well as an ocean themed quilt I made in 2019.
The back of his quilt uses the corner HST scraps from the quilt front to make pinwheel border strips for the Riley Blake 4 Utah National Park panels. I think I like it even better than the front!
My quilt is based on the "Dazzling Diamonds" pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Company. I saw a cute Halloween fabrics version of it in one of their publications as well. It has a sort of retro 60s new age space needle vibe to it, so I used planet fabric for the borders and backing.
I took all 4 quilts to a long arm quilting store to be quilted since I don't enjoy machine quilting. The shop I like to use for quilting is called "Quilts on the Corner" in Sandy, Utah.
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