Rich's Quilt

 Rich won a lap quilt made my me in an auction and when i got his shirts I noticed that some were really big and some were really small.  Not to worry, though.  I got creative and I think the finished product is pretty cool!

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Finished Feb. 2013

Karen's Quilt

Karen is a friend who asked me to make a quilt from a combination of her shirts and her first husband's shirts.  She lost him a few years ago and is remarried but wanted to do something to preserve the memory of their time together in high school and college.

To make things worse, she just lost a ton of stuff from their time together because their storage unit in Hoboken completely flooded when Sandy came to town. Naturally, I was happy to take on this project!

The key to this quilt was that Princess Leia needed to be featured prominently.  I think I accomplished that.

 

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Finished Mar. 2013

Janet's Daughter's Quilt

Janet got in touch with me to see if I could make a double-sided quilt. One side would be for her daughter's soccer shirts and jerseys, and one would be for her la crosse shirts and jerseys.

Naturally I said of course!

Here's the La Crosse side:

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Finished Feb. 2013

Emily's Quilt

This was seriously one of the most fun quilts I've ever done. Emily has been in dance since she was a tiny wee child, and this year she went off to college, leaving behind all her dance costumes.  Her mother, Miriam, is a good friend and together we went through the stash and decided what we should use. 

Miriam decided on a crazy, which is one of my most favorite kinds of quilts to do and the result is so fantastic.

 Here are all the squares finished and laid out on the bed

 

 Don't you just love all the sequins and fringe?

And here it is finished and ready to go home:

For the back I found this really beautiful plum colored velveteen

And some close ups:

 The poodle skirt

 A heart buckle

 Another buckle and a ton of fringe

 Miriam thinks this looks like the Eiffel Tower upside down and I thinks she's right.  This zipper is appliqued onto the purple plaid to give contrast and texture.

 The golden sequins were so fun to work with...

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $450.

Finished Feb. 2013

Andrew's Quilt

Andrew is the son of a very good friend, and he saw what I did for his sister's t-shirts and decided to get in touch.  Not only did he have shirts but he had a towel, which is something I'd never worked with before.

When I was initially doing the layout, I sort of thought it would look good like this:

 

To see how I finished, click here.



Finished Feb. 2013.

Anjie's Quilt

Anjie won a quilt at the auction at my old alma mater and she sent her H-M gear my way.  Here's what I did with it:

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Finished Feb. 2013

Kelly's Wedding Dress Quilt

Kelly got in touch to see if I could make a wedding dress quilt for her made from her dress and one of her bridesmaid's dresses.  Before I show you the final product, here's the beautiful bride herself:

 

 

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Finished January 2013

Jennie's Shabby Chic Quilt

My awesome cousin Jennie asked me to make her a twin size shabby chic quilt.  I said sure, but the reason I quilt people's clothes is because I have no confidence in my ability to go to the fabric store and buy stuff that will go together well.

Luckily, Jennie has this talent in spades.  Here's the initial design she sent:

So pretty, right?  I told her I'd love to help with this project so she went shopping and and sent me a boxful of the most beautiful shabby chic fabric I'd ever seen.

So I got cutting:

And cutting:

And finally when it was all done I decided the easiest way to put this project together was to do Pine Patches Squares.  A Nine Patch Square is exactly what it sounds like.  Nine little squares are sewn together to make one larger square.  In my case, each little square measured four and a half inches so that the large square measured twelve.

Once all the little squares were done, I started sewing the bigger squares together:

And finally, at long last (it took roughly six months), the face was done!

For the backing, Jennie included in the box a really pretty single piece of fabric that worked beautifully:

And you can see from the pic that she also sent this soft and fuzzy fabric just for the heck of it.  I was able to use a lot of it for the edging.

AND, there was enough left over to make a few extras like pillow cases and a throw pillow!

 

The Type-A crazy person inside me wanted the pillow cases to be symmetrical:

This was such a fun project to work on!  Anytime Jennie wants to pick out fabric I'm all hers!

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $850, pillow cases $150, throw pillow $75.

Finished Dec. 2012

Ruth Ann's Necktie Purses

Ruth Ann lost her husband back in the spring and she asked me to make some bags for her and her family members, including her 10 year old daughter.  The lighting isn't great and my droid isn't the best picture-taker, but they turned out so beautifully.

First Bag: Earth Tones

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 All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. Bags like these would be priced at $75.

Finished Nov. 2012

Cindy's Pillows

Cindy asked me to take her late husband's ties and create a pillow for each of her children and one for herself.  The results are so unique!

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 All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. Pillows like these would be priced at $100.

Finished Nov. 2012

Linda's Quilt

 Linda gave me her son's t-shirts over the summer 

along with this map of what he wanted.

 

 

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 All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $110.

Finished Nov. 2012

 

QbK Featured on MommyPoppins.com!!

I am so thrilled to share this article in which Quilts by Kate is featured!  Thank you for the love, mommypoppins.com, and thank you to all my friends and clients for the amazing support!

Susan's Wedding Dress Quilt

Susan's mother and father are about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.  As a gift, Susan decided to take her mom's dress from that big day and turn it into a quilt for her parents.  Here's the dress before:

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All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $450.

Finished Sept. 2012

Courtney's T-Shirt Quilt

Courtney's wife, Melissa, is an incredibly gifted artist.  When I saw one of her pieces at an auction I knew I had to have it.  When I lost out to someone with a quicker draw than me I was very sad -- until Melissa suggested a barter!  One t-shirt quilt for one window.  Lucky, lucky me! 

 Aren't Courtney's t-shirts awesome?

 

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All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $200.

Finished August 2012

 

Sara's T-Shirt Quilt

Sara got in touch over the spring to see if I could do a quilt made out of her marathon t-shirts.  Girl has been running a LONG time.  This quilt turned out to be six feet by six feet!  I had to drape it over a few chairs in order to get the whole thing in a picture!

 

Look at all those shirts!

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All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $450.

Finished August 2012

Holiday Wreaths

 It's that time of year again.  The annual UU Auction is coming up in November and my quilty ladies and I are putting together projects that might be of interest for people to bid on.

This past Saturday, in the space of 2 hours or so, I made these holiday wreaths out of neckties.  They're not for sale, but if you'd like them you can bid on them at the U in mid-November.  Or, if you live far away and want something similar let me know and I'm sure we can come to some sort of arrangement.

ETA: I finally finished the third and final wreath over the weekend.  Yay!

 

All quilts by kate pieces are one-of-a-kind originals. A wreath like this would be priced at $40.

Nadine's Quilt

 Nadine recently gave me a bunch of her mother and father's button down shirts, and a suit her mom used to wear.  The suit was comprised of a navy skirt, a mustard yellow silk blouse, and a cream, yellow and navy checked jacket.  What to do?  Well, I started with the shirts:

 Here they are in a pile on the bed, ready to be cut up.

And there they are neatly cut into squares with the sleeves from the shirts piled underneath.

 Here's the quilt laid out on the bed, ready to be sewn together.

And here it is, sewn together.  This is just the face, without the backing yet.

 And here it is again.

 In the meantime I had to figure out what to do with the suit.  Nadine decided on three 12 inch pillows, so i got to work on the design.  I tried to incorporate as much of the detail as possible, hence the buttons, etc.

 And here they are finished.

Back to the quilt.

I chose a pale blue color for the back because with shirts like these, 

many people would wear them with either jeans or khakis 

and I thought the light blue was a nice compromise 

without making it too heavy.

 And here is the final product.  It ended up being 9 feet by six feet.

All quilts by kate are one-of-a-kind originals. A quilt like this would be priced at $400.

Finished August 2012.