Makenzie's Quilt - I originally saw this design as a magazine ad for Coats & Clark thread and decided it would be the perfect baby quilt. I decided to use the fabric pictured in the ad for the background, along with fabrics from my stash for the pinwheels. Only after the quilt was finished did I find the book and pattern! A happy quilt for my Great-Niece, Makenzie.
Joshua's Quilt - Joshua Martin Polly
Born November 1, 2007
7 pounds, 9 ounces
18 1/4 inches long
A quilt to celebrate your birth, stitched with love
by your Great Auntie Carol Kaplan.
Completed November 17, 2007
Jungle Song/Cat Flannel - I thought I'd try using flannel, gold metallic thread, decorative stiches, and embroidery with a cotton thery. pattern. After a ton of broken needles, this is the result
My First Quilt 1975 - My Grandmother quilted and that inspired me to get started. I took a quilt class but only attended the first few weeks before I joined the army. This came with me and is partly hand pieced and partly machine pieced once I bought a machine. It is hand quilted. I have pictures of laying the blocks out on the open dormitory floor to get them lined up. Later I have another picture of my dorm room with a quilt frame that practically filled the whole room! Some of the fabrics are chicken feed sacks from my grandmother. The quilt has been well used by both my daughters.
Sister to Sister - My Sister was the only family member I had not made a quilt for. She was coming to Oregon for a visit. I saw this pattern in a book in different colors and I Know this was the One.. She likes Purples and Greens. My friend has a long arm machine and offered to let me try it. Ohh what fun I had, This was my first and hopefully not last experience with a long arm machine..
Patti's Precisely Pieced Pineapple - I wish I had a better picture of this quilt. It's one of my favorites and this picture does not do justice. This was raffled off to help the youth group raise funds for a mission trip. I had alot of fun because many people wanted to win it.
Nastia's Welcome to America - My friends adopted Nastia and her sister from Russia and mom asked me to make a quilt. They had to wait 2 years however for me to get it in gear and finish it. You can't see it but Nastia loves cats and the quilting is a long string of kitties with tails locked.
Let's Talk Some Trash - As I was losing my mobility, the lady who lived in the condo above me who herself walked with great difficulty, decided I needed help and beat me every week to take my trash out. She was retired from cleaning her church for years. I wanted to do something in thanks so I made this quilt started in a Paula Golden class for Mildred, my trash angel.
round robin - My first participation in a round robin. Sue did the basket in the middle and I did this first border. It was then passed on 2 more times. The guild hadn't done a round robin before so when they saw the 4 tops that came out so well it generated alot of excitement to do more of them. I will post my top when I get the pic developed some day!
Carl Wishes He'd Been in Hawaii Instead - Carl, my seat partner at work at the time accidently burned his house down. To make matters worse he was home because he got bumped off a flight to Hawaii (we work for an airline reservation center). He looked like a lost little boy telling the story to folks. So we organized an auction/book/bake sale to help out. This wallhanging was auctioned off in the sale. Another quilt started in a Paula Golden class.
Old Fort Quilt - Each block is a different color combination, emphasizing jewel colors with white background to light up a daybed in a dark corner of my sister's home office.
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