Tyler's Texas Chain - This was the first quilt I made to give away. I wanted to make a quilt to honor those made by my grandmother. I chose 1930s fabrics and white muslin to piece the top. Tyler loves her quilt. You can see her snuggled with it on the trip to Florida in 2003 when I gave the quilt to her at www.judymartin.com...look for Texas Chain by Cathy Waltz under viewer pictures.
Jill's Stars - The second quilt I made to give away. Neice Jill visited and learned to make one block with me. While looking through a book of antique quilts, Jill marked quilts that she liked. I learned that she liked stars, the color blue and richness of colors.
Living Free and Lovin' It - This small landscape quilt was begun at a class by Linda Schmidt at the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show in Hampton, VA. We hand painted our sky in class. The tree is free motion embroidered separately on dissolvable stabilizer with fabric snippets, then stitched on top.
Family Album - Made to honor my family and ancestors. On the quilt back I embroidered my family tree dating back to 1717. On the front I recorded my marriage, my sons, my parents and my friends. This history of my family is recorded for future generations. I designed most of the blocks myself.
May the Blue Bird of Happiness Fly up Your Nose - This quilt was made for my quilt groups challenge. We were to fill an appliqued basket with dimensional flowers. I hand dyed the silks, velvet, background and lace myself. The stumpwork birds are my original design.
Kathy's quilt - A new baby boy is on his way. The paretns are decorating his room in a woodsland theme. This was designed after a big bed quilt at Target. The bears and campground are paper pieced from purchased patterns. The Big Bear Campground is appliqued. Notice the year is even paper pieced.
3 d Iris - this is a sample of a pattern from FunDay quilting patterns by Juliet Nowlan. I used my hand dyed fabrics. Juliet wanted me to do the pattern so she could edit the instructions if needed.
Goose Baby Quilt - This is a baby quilt made to donate to the community for our quilt guild. I was given the fabric and told to make a baby quilt from it. I did not add any extra fabric.
Mi & Me Friendship Swap - This quilt is made from a block swap with my Best Friend Michelle. The block with the sheep is from a Whimsicals book. I think maybe the angel is based on a Art to Heart design. The rest are our own design or traditional based.
Star Bright - This is the first quilt I made. I took a beginner's quilting class and they set blocks in front of us and told us to put 2 or 3 blocks together to make a quilt. Thus the class taught us not only the basics in quilting, but also one way to design a quilt.
Blue Stars - I made the stars in a Lifetime Learning Class. They sat for a while until I took a class called "Plaid Salad" at the guild. We made filler blocks to set with Orphan Blocks.
This quilt is waiting to be a wedding present for a great niece someday.
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