Quilt #3 - for a Big Sister!

After I finished my second quilt, I had a book of lots of ideas of patterns, but I had no idea who my next recipient would be.  Finally Jon had a good idea, I could make one for the big sister of the recipient of Quilt #2.  We wouldn't want her to be jealous that he got a quilt and she didn't.

So, with no pattern in mind, Jon and I went to JoAnn Fabric to look for fun "Big Sister" fabric.  Little did I know what fabric shopping would be like with Jon.  We picked out 2 fabrics.  One with cupcakes and one with monkeys.  (Penguins were scary to me.  Jon thought it was scary to have cupcakes near lady bugs...BUGS ON FOOD IS SCARY!)

I had no idea what to do with this pink cupcake material with green monkeys.  Finally I figured it out, I needed a third color.  Then I made a pattern similar to a quilt we(my friend Kat, Andie and I) made for our friend Bea's wedding.  The difference being that her quilt was on point.(turned 45 degrees)

The first layout on the floor!

Bordered and Quilted

Quilt Specs:

Size: 42"x66"
Started: December 7/8, 2011

Finished the top: December 11, 2011

Quilted: December 11, 2011 

Finished: December 13, 2012

Gifted: January 7, 2012

To: Makayla Ankeny

Made by: Jill Ryan, Rita Ryan and material picked out by Jon.

Quality Control: Jon

Quilt #2 -- First quilt for a baby boy!

So, after finishing one quilt, I wanted to see if I could do another.  I had the perfect recipient in mind.  His arrival date was off in the future yet.   I kept the pattern the same as the first.  Just new colors(blue and green instead of pink and pink).  The blue actually had planes, trains, and automobiles on it.  And I became OCD and made them always run the same direction on the whole quilt.  So that was the added challenge on this one.  

One of the initial layouts.  Just squares and a possible border

On the quilting frame!

On the Quality Control Tester

Finished...all 4 sides...

The finished product with awesome flannel back.

Quilt  Specs:

Size: 42"x54"
Started: Sunday, November 6, 2011

Quilted: November 26, 2011 

Finished: December 7, 2011

Gifted: January 7, 2012

To: Michael Jeffery Ankeny

Made by: Jill Ryan...(With help quilting it from Rita Ryan)

Quality Control tested: Jon