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
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. 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
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
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
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
Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt follows the technique of One Block Wonder by Maxine Rosenthal. I am totally fascinated by the continuous changing and adjustment that unfolds during this process.