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Machine pieced and quilted. Wanted to create a personal message for our anniversary. I don’t like sewing circles, so picked fabrics with circles and dots for “dit” or dots.

Machine pieced and quilted. Phil was a great man, meticulously dressed and avid tie collector. I was the proud recipient of many, many, many of his ties whenever he purged his closet. This quilt is in memory of him and was made with over 120 of Phil’s ties. How can you not be “Happy EveryContinue reading “Phil’s Ties

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Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was part of a pattern and kit I bought years ago, long forgotten and took forever for me to find the brown fabric that I wanted to use. What I find most interesting is that sometimes you see the brown diamonds and other times you see the fabric squares.Continue reading “Squares or Diamonds

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Machine quilted by Blue Whale Quilts. I made this quilt as a sample for my local quilt shop, Barn Door Quilts, in Sturgeon Bay, WI. It was great fun working with owner Kate Leroy on this quilt, she did all the cutting and I sewed it and put it together. The quilt was machine quiltedContinue reading “Barn Door Quilts 4×4

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Machine pieced & quilted. Back applique “80”. This was an 80th birthday gift for my mom, Margarita. This quilt has 80 pieces of fabric and each represented a year and a wish she could make. The side borders are “M”s for her name. She was a great creator and loved projects of all kinds. IContinue reading “80 Wishes for Mom

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Paper pieced. Machine quilted by me. This quilt was made as a thank you to David and Noreen for being our hosts in Glacier National Park last year. They invited us to stay with them along with other friends and family. We had a great and unforgettable time. I bought the inner panel and fabricsContinue reading “Glacier Thanks N & D

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Pieced by me. Machine pieced – machine quilted by Sally Evanshank. I made this quilt for my friend Maria when she turned 50. She is a quilter that has inspired and helped me to pursue quilting. Now, five years later, hence the name, I have it finished. Not that it took me that long toContinue reading “Maria is 50 Plus 5

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Machine pieced and quilted by me. Modified pattern to represent 34. The Keys to the Vault has 3 keys on top and 4 keys on the bottom representing 34 years. This was an anniversary quilt I made last year for my partner (still working on the 35-year quilt). There is one key that is perfectContinue reading “Keys to the Vault

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Pieced & quilted by me. Machine piecing, some paper piecing, machine quilted all over patterns. Crazy cutting – original setting design – embellishment for eyes – applique back The six cats on this quilt represent the crazy cats that have shared our lives in the past; Vince, Sophie, Luissa and Minnie and currently brothers RickyContinue reading “These are the Cats of Our Lives

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Machine pieced. This is an older quilt that is one of my favorites and introduction to batiks. Class at Quiltology which was my first official quilt shop experience. Quilted by Sally Evanshank.

Fusible applique – machine pieced & quilted by me. This was my first attempt at raw edge appliqué – saw the pattern and kit at the quilt show and I knew I needed a little shot of café Cubano!

Machine pieced and quilted by me. What’s better than Santa? Fun and easy quilt using the Santa panel.

Machine pieced and quilted. Quilted by Sally Evanshank at Windy City Quilting. My sister Damaris loves to eat pineapples, so what better block pattern than the pineapple block. I thought this would be a fun and quick pattern but it was much more involved but glad I had that pineapple square up ruler to makeContinue reading “Damaris Loves Pineapples

Mario Alonso

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Machine pieced and quilted. ‘Bob’s Garden’ was inspired by Kaffe Fassett fabrics that are always vibrant and fun to put together. This is a simple strips and cut pattern that I’ve seen many times and thought would be fun to make. Bob is constantly working on the garden so I hope he finds inspiration forContinue reading “Bob’s Garden

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My sister loves hearts. I love my sister, so I made her a heart quilt to celebrate her 70th birthday. It is 70 hearts in 70 fabrics. The red center heart is soft flannel fabric that feels different from the rest of the hearts and red is her favorite color. I saw lots of differentContinue reading “70 Heart for Damaris

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I’m a great procrastinator and I wanted to make a quick lap quilt to celebrate our 45th. I saw this pattern technique on-line that is made using a jelly roll. I liked that the pattern changes so that sometimes it looks like an X and at other times an O. Hence XOXO. My local quiltContinue reading “XOXO

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