Sarah's Housewarming Quilt

Mom made me this blue and gold patchwork quilt for a housewarming gift. As you can see from the pictures, I didn't have my bed frame yet. The quilt is meant to be "used and abused" according to Mom. I'm very grateful for it on cold nights in Boston.

Luke's Graduation Quilt

(Luke and lovely girlfriend, Krittika, holding up Luke's Yankees quilt)

Mom created this Yankees themed quilt for her nephew's graduation from Denison University in 2009. The backing is made up of various fabrics with the logo for the Yankees: Luke's favorite team. This quilt was displayed in the Centre Pieces Quilt Guild Quilt Show in 2009 before making its way to Luke (see picture of Mom with the quilt, below).

Blue Lagoon Quilt

(Mom's blooming nine patch quilt on display)

Mom showed this blooming nine patch quilt at the 2009 Centre Pieces Quilt Guild Quilt Show. She made a similar quilt top in green pictured below, which she shows in her closet.

(Part of Mom's closet collection that's never been seen by the public- until now!)

Irish Welcome Quilt

(Irish Welcome and Good Luck quilt, at the 2009 show)

This smaller sampler quilt was made by Mom with blue and Irish-green fabrics. It is a bedspread, and currently resides in the Mishiwaka condo. It was shown in the 2009 Centre Pieces Quilt Guild Quilt Show.

Kristen's Graduation Quilt

(Kristen with her graduation quilt)

Mom quilted this for her niece, Kristen, when she graduated from Monmouth University in 2007. Kristen picked blue/turquoise for her quilt's dominant color.

(This is one of the beds in Mom's house. In case you were wondering about the little girl beads on the wall - mine, not Kristen's)

Isn't it great that Dad and Aaron and I get credit for this gift when Mom did all the work?

Christmas Quilt

If you have visited our house at any point in the last 25 years, you already know about Mom's obsession with Christmas, Santas, and Christmas tree ornaments (we've had upwards of 3 trees at a time before). This quilt comes out every year during Christmastime, with little Santas along the headboard of the bed.

M is for Muscarella Quilt

This wall hanging was given to my Mom's sister-in-law, Carol, as a Christmas gift. Mom showed it in the 2005 Centre Pieces Quilt Guild Show.

Fleur Di Lis Quilt

This Hawaiian, fleur di lis pattern quilt is a friendship quilt, meaning that Mom had friends make one block of the same pattern, and incorporated them into one quilt. The blocks for this quilt were made by (who else?) members of the Centre Pieces Quilt Guild.

Here is an example of the border detail:

Mom asked each quilter to sign her block. Here is Mom's:

Flowers and Sky Quilt

This quilt is made up of a basic grid in which every other block contains a flower from different fabric.

Fritz & Anita's Wedding Quilt

(Fritz and Anita's wedding gift)

This blue and gold log cabin quilt was made by Mom as a wedding gift for her brother, Fritz, and sister-in-law, Anita, in 2003. The back, as you can see in one of the pictures below, features the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline (where Fritz and Anita reside) with the Twin Towers.

Ruthie's Quilt

(Ruthie and Uncle Jim displaying Ruthie's quilt)

This quilt was started by my mom when her niece, Ruthie, was just a little girl. Mom calls this quilt "silly" and has promised to make Ruthie another one someday.

Lauren's Graduation Quilt

Mom created this pinwheel quilt for her niece's graduation. Lauren describes the quilt warmly as follows:

"This beautiful quilt was given to me when I graduated from Moravian College in 2002. I was speechless when I opened up this present. The amount of time, detail and planning that goes into each one of Bobbie's quilts is amazing. It is breathtaking, and I am glad that I have something as precious as this quilt to pass along to my kids one day. "

(More pictures to come)

Grandmother Muscarella's Quilt

(Great Grandma's Quilt with the blue ribbon it won)

This quilt was made for my Dad's Grandmother for her 90th birthday. All of the quilting was tediously done by hand (it's difficult to appreciate in photos). Mom showed it in the Centre Pieces Quilt Guild's 2005 show, where it won first place in the Appliquéd Bed Quilts category. Someday, when I own another bed, it will come live with me.