Quilts for my Sis

I am the baby of the family. My brother and sister are only 18 months apart. I came along a little later. Judging from the looks on my siblings' faces, I'm not sure I was welcome!

In my previous post I mentioned that my sister suffered a brain injury and must live in an assisted living facility. We are about as far apart in the US as one can be, living in Florida and Seattle. I do get out to see her on occasion. My brother lives a bit closer to her, so he gets to visit a bit more often.

I have made her two quilts. The first was very early on in my quilting 'career' - being made in 2016. Someone hung the quilt up in her tiny apartment. 

For a while my sister lived near Santa Fe, NM. She loves the southwest, and when I saw the fabric, and when I happened upon the embroidery patterns, I was inspired to make this quilt. 

I used 'stack and whack' to create the colorful blocks. I didn't have enough fabric to do more than 4 pieces for each block, but it worked out. 

I used an appliqué machine embroidery pattern for four of the blocks. 

I fell in love with the mottled red fabric. It reminded me of some of the pottery I've seen on our travels. 

I designed some SW Indian-looking motifs and embroidered them using my domestic machine.

Even now I look at this and I'm in awe of what I managed to do.

In 2021 I completed this bright quilt and sent it to her. 

She keeps it on the back of her couch.

She has always loved bright colors!

The last time I visited she was wearing a jacket that my mother quilted. 

Just by chance, I was wearing one I had made....

the first quilted object that I ever made!

(It was made using a quilt-as-you-go technique on a deconstructed sweatshirt.)