I've found a way to combine two of my favorite hobbies.  Machine embroidery and Quilting.  I've never been someone that could sit down and acutally do quilting on a quilt so most of my quilts are tied.  I've made quilts for our children since the time they were all babies.  A few years ago I decided to make a quilt with all the fabric I have.  I had enough fabric to make large quilts and not use the same fabric twice.  I thought the plain squares looked plain so I decided to machine embroidery on the solid colored squares.  I find out a few things about the person I'm making the quilt for and then put things on the quilt just for them.  Here are a couple of examples of my quilts.