As we are traveling this summer I was wondering how I would cope with my passion for quilts and the designing of them. No problem in the inspiration department!! We haven’t even gotten to Alaska, our ultimate destination and I am thinking about possibilities that …
I was surprised to explore the Wind CAve National Park exhibit and find small art quilts representing the National Parks and their 100th anniversary. The quilters are a group from Nebraska that are “friends of the parks” and decided to make the quilts, contacting the …
I have taken an interest in hand applique, especially since we are going to be spending a lot of time this summer traveling–good handwork, little space needed. I love using my hand dyed vintage linens as the background for many of my projects and this …
The initial block was made with a border type fabric and then fussy cut and enhanced with woven ribbon strips of color. A brave step to meet the parameters of a challenge was to cut this carefully planned and sewn block to make something new …
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 Coontz Armory. The pattern is called Baby’s Playmat and is available at the Hickory Stick Quilt Shop in Hannibal. The show features over 350 quilts and many vendors making it a great opportunity for a weekend road trip to the birthplace of Mark Twain.
Quilt shows now abound at any time of the year and all across the country, small towns and cities. Before leaving our winter home I attended one last show in south Texas. I always hope to see something unusual and/or creative that I haven’t seen …
Work is now started on a version of Dresden Plate using home dec fabrics with a formal feel. Silks, satins, linens, cotton damask and more are used to make the blades of the plate. They will be combined with my hand dyed linens in some …
Painted Tyvek, painted fusible web and painted leaves have been applied to a background of my own hand dyed vintage linen. The poem was printed on silk organza and fused to the background then beaded. Quilting was done with both rayon and metallic threads.
The Piecemakers by the Bay 2016 Quilt Show is in the books. As always, there were many beautiful quilts. One part of the show is the guild challenge. This year it was titled Texas Two Step with the following guidelines. Two sides had to be …