Wedding Quilt - Monday group of ladies helped to make blocks. 6 inch squares of white on white with dark green 2 inch blocks on 2 corners. Messages put on block at wedding reception Dec 1996 by friends. Harliquin block made at a workshop is the centre piece and printed wedding picture on back for lable.
Unnamed - Tulips on white background with peach backing, Unsure of actual pattern name. Thought to be made by one of my husband's grandmother's in 1940's or 1950's. Completely hand made.
Tucson Friendship Star - This is a Table Runner and was the sample for a quilt class I taught.
I loved the bright colours and reminded me of some of the Mexican blankets and skirts you see in the markets so I called it my Mexican Star Tablerunner.
Unnamed - Pink and green on white background with pink backing. Thought to be made by one of my husband's grandmothers. Undure of date perhaps 1940's or 1950's. Completely hand made.
The Wonki Story Quilt - The large square are the printed story fabric for putting together a fabric "book" Bunnykins by Beatrice Potter. I put the border sashings on an angle and put the square in the order of the pages of the book.
2003 Block-of-the-Month - This is my first large quilt. It was a BOM at my local quilt store. The store picked the fabric for the pieced blocks and I selected the Laurel Burch for the alternating blocks.
Baltimore Album - Hand applique and machine pieced by Sharon Murphy. Long arm quilting by Sue Gantt. The top was made over the period of 12 months during a class in 1998-1999. Being very new to quilting and intimidated by the thought of quilting such a large item it sat on a shelf for many years. I was also torn between hand quilting and machine quilting. I finally decided I wanted it in my life as a completed project so machine quilting won out and I had my friend Sue quilt it for me in 2003.
Beautiful Love Song - This quilt was made for my wonderful mom and dad's 50th wedding anniversary. The pictures were machine embroidered. There is sheet music that was photocopied on cloth with the song "As Time Goes By," which my dad handwrote the arrangement for and is one of their favorite songs. Their marriage license is superimposed on the wedding picture, which is a photo printed on fabric.
Happiness - Made for stepdaughter who said that the quilts of Gee's Bend attracted her attention because of my quilting, and that what the women of Gee's Bend had endured inspired her to rethink her faith, giving meaning to what at the time seemed like my expensive, meaningless hobby.
Blooming Baskets - I made this quilt for a Challenge in the Piney Hills Quilt Guild. We were given a piece of unusual fabric and told to make a small quilt with the theme, Blooming Baskets. I wanted to use this challenge to learn new techniques. So I paperpieced the New York Beauty block, machine pieced several of the blocks and machine appliqued several blocks. I used the challenge fabric to make the two butterflies that are appliqued on two of the central basket blocks.
Images and Hearts for Bay - I liked the Baton Rouge block which features an appliqued heart in it's center. But I wanted to add some diversity to this quilt for my granddaughter. So I put different designs in alternating blocks.
Map of Stars - I made this quilt from Bethany's book so I could give a workshop at my local guild. I used fabric that looked like a map that included images of stamps. This quilt hangs in my husband, David's home office.
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