This is a quilt made for my brother, who spends every weekend that he can in the mountains. I really enjoyed making this quilt, finding the outdoors themed blocks, and putting it all together, probably because I love the outdoors too! I quilted it with curclicues and everyso often would make a leaf or a star. It wasn't until I was phtographing the finished quilt that I discovered the sideways log cabin block. Well, I'm not fixing that now! It is a metaphor for life.
Bed spread quilt for DD, pattern from the book by Kaffe Fassett: Simple Shapes, Spectacular Quilts
This was my "What was I thinking?" project. I bought a charm pack of florals. I don't do florals, and they had been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years. Why did I buy them? Awesome sale! lol! So, I started playing with them and decided to turn them into a trellis or lattice work thingie. And then it looked so bare. What to do? Inspiration came to me, and I added some vines, leaves and flowers, and a couple of hummingbirds. Everything on top is fused, raw-edge appliqued.
My second Diamond in a Square baby quilt. I love this quick and easy traditional pattern for baby quilts. This one is for a friend's newborn granddaughter, made completely of stash fabrics and to match a stuffed Tilda Angel Mouse that I also made for the baby. This is the first quilt that I've ever made with a scalloped edge. I used the technique of facing, rather than binding the quilt.
I made this doll quilt, pillow forms and matching pillowcases as a gift for my newborn granddaughter.
This quilt is my interpretation of a hymn written by David Dahlgren called "The Winds of God"
The background was painted freely while listening to the hymn. I challenged myself to use only the dark grey thread to make the design. I completed the quilting with 24K gold thread to indicate the winds. Dahlgren's hymn speaks of " illusion - time " and he has a passion for watches and I've also quilted the chorus into the tree trunk.
A Bonnie Hunter pattern from her website, quiltville.com
I bought a panel a few years ago. First I lost it, LOl, a year later I found it. I have changed block placement, took pictures, made more blocks ... you know how tthat goes. It has pieced blocks, applique and machine embroidery, It ws longarm quilted by a friend.
The 2020 vote will determine America’s future and freedom.
Made a list from A to Z of each political party, designed the quilt in software. Some text is printed on fabric, some are diecuts.
We learnt a new vocabulary including Social Distancing, Flattening The Curve and Herd Immunity. We made many, many face masks to donate as well as for our family and friends. We were grateful for our First Responders and our health. We lost some of our freedoms when confined to our homes during the quarantine. We hoarded toilet paper, hand sanitizers and washed hands frequently. We had Coronavirus anxiety, uncertainty, fear and worried often about the pandemic, jobs and the economy. We wondered how long it would last if there would be a vaccine or cure.
Designed in computer software, some shapes were cut with an electronic cutter. Applique, hand embroidery, machine quilting
Keeping a journal helped me cope with my emotions and record this long quarantine period. There were so many questions and exclamation points during this surreal time.
The constant media hype made me wonder and worry if it was everywhere and when it would end!
The International Space Station (ISS) has been continually inhabited since the first crew arrived in November 2000. More than 200 representatives from 15 countries have visited the ISS since then.
The ISS acts as a bridge in many ways. More than 100,000 people, working for space agencies and contractors in 16 countries, had to bridge linguistic, cultural and technological barriers to build ISS. The ISS also required a bridge between multiple disciplines in the sciences, technology and the arts. As it orbits approximately 240 miles above Earth, ISS is a bridge between Earth and space. Even as relations between partner nations falter, ISS remains a bridge, continuing to conduct research projects which have included projects designed by professionals and students from 68 countries.
My quilt is based on a photo taken from Space Shuttle Discovery after Discovery undocked from ISS. On this its final space voyage, Discovery provided a transportation bridge between Earth and ISS.
I took my friend Karen to see Ricky's Luminarium. She is a beginning quilter and enjoyed every second of it. I unfortunately suffered from lack of sleep and have to apologize to Ricky for fixing off. The wall hanging has all the techniques Ricky taught us, and tried by us. It had to include a lot cabin and a surprise behind the door is a keyboard.
This quilt began as part of a group challenge in 2016. I made Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, each a seasonal representation of deciduous or coniferous trees. Then in 2019, after several years of wildland fires in Oregon (and across the western U.S.), I realized that I need to add two more pieces: Wildfire and Recovery. Each piece is 6” x 54”. Each was made separately, but hang together on a rod.
I was really drawn to the colors of this quit so I purchased the kit and incorporated some of my fabrics. The barn block was added by me and was fussy cut from fabric that I had in my stash. I used Deb Tucker's, Studio 180 Designs, Square Squared ruler for the square in a square block which worked very well. The quilting was done using free motion quilting techniques and with Cindy Needham's stencils. Thank you TQS for so many wondereful learning opportunities and inspiration.
fell in love with this wonderful large floral print and needed good pattern to feature the large flowers. The pattern is April in Paris. It was a free pattern from eQuilter and Lorene Smith. I had fun with my fairly new HQ Sweet Sixteen trying out new quilting motifs in the sashing and borders.
A baby quilt Made for a friend of my son's done using Anita Goodesign machine embroidery designs.
With dogs, their eyes are truly the windows to their souls.
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