Quilts for Guys

The stars are made from mens’ ties. The background fabric was chosen to look like a man’s suit. The two borders are made from the scraps of the ties. The shirts on the outside are real little boys shirts and the buttons in the stars are from the shirts. The little ties are from the ends of the ties.

Quilt size: width: 48" height: 36"

Lovely nature inspired shades of brown from the fields with bird insert surrounded by a half square triangle border. The bird insert is carefully outlined with hand stitching on the birds feathers . Measuring 32″ square, it is machine pieced and quilted by a beginning quilter.

Quilt size: width: 32" height: 32"

This is machine pieced and appliqued. It was a custom order from a customer last year. I love this quilt!!!

I appliqued the schooner on the center of the quilt…on the 4 corners of the first border; I stitched the compass. On the outside 4 corners I appliqued anchors….they were very happy .

Quilt size: width: 88" height: 98"

Flannel top/muslin back. I was a pattern tester for Cindy at Quilt Doodle Doodles. When the top was done I sent to Mary at Quilt Hollow for my first long arm experience. My oldest son loved the finished quilt and it became his on the occasion of his moving to his first apartment.

Quilt size: width: 75" height: 90"

My mom bought the center square of fabric and wanted to know if I could make a quilt for my fiance from it. The pattern provided for the square was incorrect, so I improvised, made the border longer and appliqued deer silouettes to break up the lengths. He loves it!

Quilt size: width: 78" height: 89"

Este edredón fue elaborado con aplicaciones de muñecas, flores, corazones, mariposas a maquina y a mano con punto festón. Fue acolchada a mano y a maquina. Es reversible, por el lado posterior es color rosado. Las telas son de algodon. dEsta colcha fue elaborada para una sobrina con mucho cariño

Quilt size: width: 59,5" height: 90,5"

Every Friday 13th; thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts converge on Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.

Quilt size: width: 67" height: 90"

My Dad loves golf, if he’s not playing he’s watching it on tv. So for his 70th birthday this past February I made him this quilt. Except for a few traditional quilt blocks, I designed it myself. Since golf originated from Scotland, I tried to stay in the theme using mostly plaids.

Quilt size: width: 58" height: 74"

I started by sewing up a jelly roll from Connecting Threads. I used tan from my stash for the big blocks. And no clue where it was going. I used my 16″ square and just cut, designed, and sewed and this is what I ended up with. The only thing left was a 6″ strip. It’s just a top. Fun and simple.

Quilt size: width: 76" height: 88"

I made this quilt for the local parish pastor to welcome him to our country. I chose a Kaufman quilters linen for the negative space and Parson Gray’s Curious Nature for the cross blocks with a splash of chartreuse quilters linen.

Quilt size: width: 57" height: 90"

I pieced this motorcycle quilt using the Double Delight pattern, which is a great way to use a large focal print such as this. Ron Olson from NM quilted it with a motorcycle pattern. It was given to a Veteran through the Quilts of Valor program.

Quilt size: width: 58" height: 66"

My Grandson is a music major and it made this quilt for his dorm room bed. His main instrument is a Tuba but he is also playing guitar and sings.

Quilt size: width: 81" height: 108"

This quilt is made for a 18 year old boy in my family. I only used triangles, and I made all of them sewing on paper. The quilting is done by Janne Torsvik.

Quilt size: width: 62" height: 80"

My husband loves to fish. I wanted a quilt that felt like it had been hanging around camp for a decade. I like the Old Brown Shoe quilt pattern and spent months gathering fishing, or nature related fabrics.

Quilt size: width: 60" height: 72"

I wanted to make a pirate quilt for my son’s bedroom, so I designed this Mariner’s Compass. It’s free motion quilted with anchors using gold metallic thread. Coins and beads are sewn into the binding.

Quilt size: width: 36" height: 36"

I designed this for my son based off my Gear Works block published in 100 Blocks. This quilt was published in Quilts from 100 blocks. I love the all guy feel of the gear tracks created. And I shared a few helpful hints in the intro post about speeding up the piecing process at my blog.

Quilt size: width: 68" height: 80"

I made this quilt for my son for his 30th birthday. I did a slightly different take on the Turning Twenty pattern, used 30 fat quarters to make 30 blocks, therefore the name “Turning 30”. There are no floral prints in the quilt. His little dog Freya was excited to have a new quilt to cuddle up on.

Quilt size: width: 84" height: 98"