Errant Ones is the name given this playmat for baby, my original design and unfinished in this photo. The finished quilt was given first place in the crib quilt category at the Hannibal Piecemakers Quilt Show going on April 1 and 2 at the Admiral …
On the design wall (no the other things that are in the process are not finished) right now is a group of blocks that remind of a spilled paintbox or the ones I had as a child where the colors all started running together in …
A couple of years ago one of the vendors at Hannibal’s Folk LIfe Festival had a marvelous display of mums in every color combination one could imagine. I took several photos thinking I would one day replicate them in some way, shape or form. Today I finished the quilting after using hand embroidery to blanket stitch the blossoms in place. Now to get to the blocking and binding before this year’s festival is history. The blossoms are improvisationally pieced with “leaves” scattered among the petals. It was a fun way for me to divert from a very traditional Dresden Plate that is in the works with the colors of fall.
Anatomy of a Leaf A group of quilters in the Hannibal, Missouri area are exploring artistic techniques using the leaf as subject matter for learning to create different textures in their creative quilting. The first session was thread painting. The second session was using Tyvek …
I am working on an entry for the Rieman Gardens Quilt Show in Ames, Iowa in September. Actually, I am working on several entries for that show. Gardens is the key but this year is their 20th anniversary so the overall theme is Celebration. …