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

Quilt #4 -- A birthday gift!

OK, some of you are wondering what happened to the blog about Quilt #2 & 3.  They happen to be gifts that have yet to be gifted.  So, you just have to wait for them!  I'm excited to post them too, but I don't want the recipients to see.

Quilt #4 was a gift for Janey Czeck's 69th Birthday!  Her favorite color is PURPLE!  She is also a huge lover of music.  Thus this quilt was made with 2 purple pieces and the white squares on the diagonal are made up of music notes.  I would have used white puppy dog fabric if I could have found it.

Size: 42"x78"
Started: Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Finished the top: December 31, 2011

Quilted: December 31, 2011 

Finished: January 1, 2012

Gifted: January 2, 2012

To: Janey Czeck

Made by: Jill Ryan, Rita Ryan and advice from Mike Ryan.

Inside complete, just needs border

I have no pictures while quilting this one, oddly enough.

The next pictures are the complete pictures, with the QA tester:

Here you can see the back!

Here you can see the full length of the quilt

Upon giving this to Janey, she was thrilled.  It was so much fun to see excitement over what I made.  She used it the rest of the night as we watched the Timberwolves beat the Spurs!

Still to come: A picture of the pattern, in case you want to make it too!  This is very easy, I can type up instructions if anyone is interested!

Quilt #1 - for Ella Greene

I've decided I want to make a scrap book of pictures/fabric etc of quilts I make.

Until I have that in my hands, Here is a brief explanation of the quilt:

MADE: October, 28 2011.
Finished: (Before November 19)
Given: November 19th
TO: Trina Greene
FOR: Baby Ella Greene
(Picture with Ella comes in MARCH).
Created by: Jill Ryan, Rita Ryan, Lisa DeGross
All of the squares lined up on the floor, only a few seams left

Added 2 borders
The complete top!

The whole she-bang!  All done.  First one!

The back

The front :)

In the nursery!