Bless This House Handmade Quilt

Charming tree quilt can be personalized with photos and would make a good wall hanging.

Bless This House Handmade Quilt

I didn't buy this Bless This House handmade quilt for the obvious reason but it is a good idea if you're looking for a handmade quilt you can easily personalize. It was the red fabric with white dot yo-yos, the traditional little circles of fabric pulled together to form the charming shapes. See them as the apples?

The apples have clear fronts that look like a shiny accent when not in use.

Now one doesn't see yo-yos very often any more. They are tedious to make although they do use up some of those leftover fabric pieces we love and can't make ourselves give away, or toss.

The red yo-yos add wonderful details to this brand new, imported 50x60 inch Bless This House handmade quilt. The size makes it a great option for a quilted wall hanging, especially if the apples are embellished with photos.

You can easily personalize by adding photos into the apples for a personalized quilt gift.

Eleven apples have clear pockets for photos or inspirational sayings and quotes, maybe a combination of both. The photos and other additions can be easily changed.

Bless This House handmade lap quilt is a soft quilt made out of a fluffy polyester fill so it can be used as a chair quilt. 

I would still be tempted to hang it on a wall somewhere so I could enjoy the little garden scene, wouldn't you?

Charlotte

All Blue Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Our all blue double wedding ring quilt features a nice variety of blue-toned fabrics.

All Blue Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Double wedding ring quilts are one of the most popular wedding and anniversary gifts. When I started Bluebird Gardens in 1998, it was one of the most requested patterns by beginning quilters, not something I recommend. The traditional patchwork design is one of the hardest patchwork quilts to make, which is why we started to make and offer them.

This all blue double wedding ring quilt in a king size was inspired by blue flowers in my garden: spring-blooming bluebells are the light blue, false indigo Lobelia suggested the darker navy blue tones.  Since blue is still the leading favorite bedroom color, I thought weaving a variety of blue-toned fabrics would help the quilt fit into a variety of blue home decor choices.

The high quality cotton fabrics include a white cotton with blue flowers to a solid navy blue fabric at the ring corners.

A wide range of blue fabric colors make this a very versatile gift quilt.

The double wedding ring quilt was made in the larger king size so that it can be used on both king-size and queen-size beds. Most beds these days have extra padding, making the traditional quilt sizes a little short on the sides.

By selecting a larger size, the quilt will definitely cover the bed sides and, if one size larger than the bed, provide full coverage down the sides.

I still recommend to customers that they measure the mattress size and the height of the mattress to make sure the quilt they are selecting will give them the home decor look they are wanting.

This made in USA quilt was also finished with renewable, sustainable bamboo fill, which adds a warmth similar to cotton but eliminates the environmentally-damaged process for harvesting cotton.

The quilt is machine quilted for easy care. Machine quilting makes the washing and drying of this double wedding ring quilt easy in a home washing machine and dryer. Wash on cold; dry on cool.

The flower inside each of the rings adds a lovely dimension to the overall design. 

Double wedding ring quilts are wonderful to personalize by adding a couple's name and wedding date in a corner block.

Charlotte

Felt Flower Ribbons

Felt Flower Ribbons

Loved these handmade felt flower ribbons! 

The ribbons were awarded at Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild's 2015 annual show, a lovely tribute to the dozens of beautiful quilts and other quilted items guild members made.

Since it's now mid-July, time to start making holiday gifts - I know, it snuck up on me, too - I will be featuring some of my favorite quilted items including handmade quilts, bags, wall hangings and seating for gift inspiration. I know I review some of the photos for color combinations, textures, even quilt descriptions all give my creativity a boost.

And those felt flower ribbons? Well, wouldn't hurt to collect one of those someday, would it, such a lovely little personalized floral-themed gift, like our flowers day of the week dish towels. A flower a day makes the blues go away, or at least brings a smile!

Have you been awarded a ribbon for your quilt?

Charlotte

Personalized Play to Win Throw

Play to Win Throw personalized with custom embroidery at the bottom.

Personalized Play to Win Throw

Sometimes it's hard to imagine how one of our quilts and throws will look with custom embroidery. Very understandable since with some quilts and throws there are several places where custom embroidery can be added.

One of the harder quilts to find is one with a sports theme, especially for a baby shower gift. We carry this all-cotton, standard 50x60-inch throw so that it can be used as a nursery quilted wall hanging. When baby is older, it can then become the baby's favorite blanket. Well, that's the plan in any event.

In the case of personalizing Play to Win throw, we recommended the custom embroidery in the solid navy blue fabric at the bottom in white letters. To make sure the lettering shows up, we used 1" letters in Zapf Chancery, our most popular font.

Play to Win Throw with custom embroidery at the bottom by Bluebird Gardens.

Even through there is a solid red fabric strip between, the lettering size brings the name and date to the forefront.

We also made sure the football nicely blended into the first name. We blurred out the last name to not divulge the name of the person who will be getting this gift.

Now who wants to play?

Charlotte

Custom Kids Drawing Quilt

This customer contacted me in the fall wanting to make a special gift for a wonderful someone moving to Seattle. After discussing several options, I suggested having kids draw their own quilt blocks we could scan and print on fabric.

After several months, I received a package of 5x7 inch cards, each with a special design.We settled on organic cotton with a tree pattern and a white solid cotton frame around each block. After outline quilting around each block with a small meandering pattern in between, the custom quilt was finished and ready to take it's wonderful good wishes to Washington State.

To a Pine Tree Custom Made to Order Quilt

There's nothing quite like seeing the world through the eyes of second grade elementary school children.
Over the years, we've made a number of custom quilts with their original art work printed onto fabric.
This quilt featured their drawings of a pine tree.
Can you tell this is the same tree?

Charlotte

Personalized Hanky Quilt

As a high school graduation gift for her daughter, this customer wanted us to incorporate photos we printed onto fabric in the center of the blocks of this handkerchief quilt. Not all of them, just enough to highlight some of her daughter's favorite school memories.

Nice to have the handkerchief's handy!

Charlotte

Personalize with Bridal Flowers

Sometimes our customers like to personalize their custom double wedding ring quilts with photos and embroidery.

The bride's best friend sent us a copy of the wedding announcement, which had the flowers the bride would be carrying down the aisle. T

he best friend didn't know what the flowers were but we did and quickly added these white orchids to the corner circles of the custom double wedding ring quilt.

Pretty, don't you think?

Charlotte

Personalized Throws Great Gifts

Sometimes adding a personal touch to something practical is the perfect gift.

Take someone who lives alone, or who is heading to college away from home for the first time. Personalizing a favorite theme throw, such as a horses throw, with their name and birth date gives them something to curl up in when they're home sick. A throw is also a quick way to add a new theme, and focal point, to any room.

Do you use throws to quickly change the look of a room?

Charlotte