Seeing Red

Christmas - Robin Culbertson of Asheville Cotton Company taught this class, my first wall hanging. It was tons of fun with her firm yet laid back approach. I had no idea how hard the excercise really was and had very good results. Machine quilting spooks me totally. This is my first machine quilted piece so I used the very friendly Foolproof Machine Quilting by Mary Mashuta to encourage me . Again, what fun. For sure I can stitch in the ditch or straight stitch. The book encouraged my use of those skills.

Hatcher's Tree - My 5 year old grandson decorated his room with his drawing of the tree and used it as a card. When his family put up their tree, he swiftly drew and colored a gold star for the top. As a memento of the Christmas of 2010, I took his drawing and signature to make an appliqued tree from the material he picked out for a pillow. The front is a duplication of his drawing with the gold star added. On the back it an applique version of his signature as well as the year.

Patchwork Puzzle Balls - To discover if I really understood and enjoyed patchwork, I bought Jinny Beyer's book Patchwork Puzzle Balls as well as the set of templates. By hand I made two sets of all the patterns in the book. Combining fabrics, shapes, and hand sewing was great fun and relaxing. As a reward, I splurged/invested in the future by buying a sewing machine. As they say, the rest is history. Lots more fun and lots and lots to learn! These make great baby gifts.

Favorite T-Shirts - My sons worked their way through college driving t-shirt delivery trucks for musical groups in late 80s, early 90s. These are some of the T-shirts from that time. I am so proud of their hard work and thankful for their opportunity to so. Since it turned out to be so much larger than I intended, the quilt is reversible with t-shirts on both sides. Michelle Blevins taught this t-shirt quilts class at Asheville Cotton Company and was a patient teacher and a huge help.

Backyard Colors for Winter - This is my first bought pattern, a quilt as you go. Batiks helped to recreate summer backyard colors to be enjoyed in the winter. Lots of fun.

Meditation Labyrinth - Lap size 16" Square to be used for meditation. Labyrinth path followed using finger. Batik cotton top, flanel backing, path outline couched.

Asterisk Mosaic - This quilt is based on the "Asterisk Quilt" which appeared in a 2010 "Quiltmaker Magazine" article. I deviated from the quilt shown in “Quiltmaker Magazine” by adding a 1/2 inch dark brown print sashing. The inserts are all 1/2 inch, too, so this creates a sort of mosaic effect. I changed the borders as well, using a narrow inner batik border and a floral mitered outer border instead of the pieced border found in the original magazine article. You can find all my posts about making this quilt at http://quiltsbyjoyce.wordpress.com/category/quilting/asterisk-quilt/ .

Zander's Quilt - I used the boy patterns for a quilt for my great-nephew's birth.

Rolling Stone Medallion - A round robin quilt contributors are: Beth Donaldson, Diedre Garlock, Debbi Brunner, Karen Mirras and Rhonda Anderson.

Tom's sampler

Celebration - This is one of the most fun quilts I've ever made. It was made for my local quilt guild challenge. The challenge theme was "Celebrate". I waited 5 years to make the quilt after buying the pattern and fabric. My celebration was finally having acquired the skills to make it.

Mini Bear's Paw

Pearl's Stars

President's Quilt II - The blocks were a gift from members of my guild in honor of my being their president.

Greenpiece - This quilt is a Moda block of the month kit called Greenpiece. The applique blocks are made of washable wool, and were machine appliqued.

Sampler with Art Square

Friendship's Crossings