Quilts

Love and Happiness (44” x 44”) When I was making the Joy quilt, I second guessed the bright colors and pieced a second top. I consulted my husband as to which to finish and give to his grandmother who loved the bright colors and patterns in her quilt. I didn’t want the other top be […]

Joy (49” x 49”) I small quilt to celebrate a birthday. I used a Flora charm pack, a few fat quarters and a some Kona in bone. I quilted it in concentric squares and then with teal thread stitched the words joy, laughter, happiness and family along two sides.

Quilt Block I spent the long weekend working on a quilt – it’s a holiday gift so no photos of the whole quilt just yet. The fabric above convinced me to use a Cosmo Cricket Circa 1932 layer cake with a few extra fat quarters to add some color to the other side of the

Baby BeBe (29” x 29”) After finishing queen size BeBe, I wanted to use up the extra blocks and last of the charm pack. Baby BeBe at 29” is the result. The back is comprised of scraps.

BeBe – queen size quilt My apologies for the bad photos. I can’t seem to find a room that is both big enough and bright enough to get a good photo. I had Friday off so I spent the last 3 days sewing and quilting – very relaxing despite my bad cold. the back… This

The pattern is designed for a queen size quilt. The fabric is cut. It’s time to sew!

Circles Baby Quilt (42” x 42”) This quilt finally has a home with a new baby girl and her proud parents. Cream fabric with fabric from the Basic Grey Urban Couture. The circle were fused and then free motioned stitched. I washed and dried it a few times so the circles frayed which makes it

portable baby changing/play mat (25” x 28”) After reading about the Modern Quilt Guild Habitat Challenge, Krista gave us fat eighths and challenged the members of Anchorage Modern Quilt Guild to make anything with it. I struggled with the challenge – the prints are not my thing. After seeing the thick and thin quilt pattern

Cincinnati Community Quilt top I’m not feeling well; no new projects today. Instead how about a project from a few year ago. When I moved to Cincinnati in 2005, my friend Denise encouraged me to join the quilt guild there. I showed up to my first meeting feeling awkward and out of place, but a

Baby Quilt (44” x 44”) I finished the baby quilt. It took a few tries before I found the right layout. I backed it with the DS Quilts Red and Pink Dots fabric which worked well with the other fabrics. I quilted it with my walking foot both in the ditch and on the diagonals.