I joined in with the Fat Quarter Shop Designer 2019 Mystery Block of the month. This quilt is for my niece Jenna! 

This quilt pattern, The Good Ol Days, is from Hugs N Kisses. I was looking for a true sampler that included in so many methods, There is english paper piecing, applique, embroidery, traditional piecing and hexagons. It was a true joy to create.

Tula pink fabrics and pattern

Noe of the TQS shows inspired this crazy patch from remnants. Every block is hand embroidered and emellished on every seam. Used corduroy to sash and beaded on top of that. Also hand quilted big stitch style. Got me back into quilting and loved every minute!

All hand painted fabrics. I used embroidery threads for the all over quilting designs.

This Is all hand painted fabrics, I used embroidery threads to doodle quilt designs all over the top.

This quilt is a three panel wall hanging, each panel is 15 x 23.  The idea cam from wanting to use up some of my selvages coupled with the need for something to hang in our newly painted livingroom. It is made from cotton, silk, and selvages.  The size was determined by the amount of fabric I had on hand.  I used EQ to draw out the four blocks I was going to use and then colored them to look like a stream.  It was an easy and fun quilt to do and came out exactly the way I wanted.

Made for my niece's first grandchild.  The mom, my great-niece, loves everything Afrocentric.  So, I made this quilt using scraps of African fabrics that I purchased from a quilt show vendor on my first visit to Paducah many years ago.  I had been waiting for the perfect project and this was it.

Lovely, easy FPP pattern by Jacqueline de Jonge.  It was a real pleasure to piece and went together beautifully.  I'm not a great piecer, so it must be a great pattern.  I used a variety of batiks from my stash.  Batting was Hobbs Tuscany Wool and quilted using Isacord 40 thread.

This is a mini swap quilt I made based on a demo done by Alex in an old show yonks ago. She used beautiful pastel hand dyes in her version. I used some Caryl Fallert fabrics I have been hoarding and hand dyed some silks for the matchsticks and some of the blocks. It was enormous fun to make and now resides with my swap partner.

This is the quilt I made using Alex Anderson's paper piecing book. This labor of love took me 10 months to make on my Viking sewing machine. And 5 minutes to learn the lesson of a lifetime. I now am a firm believer in prewashing as you can see it bleed when I washed it. 

This is my interpretation of the social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Appliqué portrait of this all black chihuahua.  Very challenging to create depth in shades of black.

This quilt was given as a surprise to our African Missionaries. Every member of the church signed the quilt for them. On the label it has the maker and date, the town it was made in and the town it was going to and the owners, also the name of the church.

Hand appliqué quilt.  Pattern by Pearl Pereira, 3P Designs.