Circles of Life
Circles are a part of our quilt life but they played quite an important role in the progression of life. Just a few photos from the past year to reflect upon the role of circles from our past..
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Block of the month
For the next year I will share directions for making a 20″-24” table mat or small wall hanging once a month. Each will be based on a single block. The first reason for doing this is to provide my mother, who is in a care …
Cover quilt
The cover quilt for Something Stitched is my interpretation of a quilt featured in Pamela Dinndorf’s book “Colorific”. I was inspired by our trip east through the Pocono mountains to pick up a camper as well as the Mississippi River bluffs where we live in Hannibal, Missouri. Batiks were used to represent the river and fall foliage. The quilt remains on display at Hickory Stick Quilt Shop in Hannibal.
Baby’s Playmat
Baby’s Playmat Baby Bunting was a pattern identified in 1922 in Ladies Art Company and also in 1935 by Carrie Hall. Today, improvisational piecing with random grain placement on foundation pieced arcs makes an appealing modern twist for a baby’s playmat. Bright colors …
Sewing in Texas
We have arrived at our Texas home for the next four months. Internet is much slower here so it will be a continuing challenge to post pictures with the words. And to attest to that statement a message just popped up that I have lost …
The Walnut Grove
Making art quilts that represent my heritage is one of my passions as I stitch something every day. In this first blog I share one of my favorite childhood memories of my grandparents farm.
The walnut grove separated the “home place” from my grandparents new home. Grandma always had a five gallon bucket sitting near the path through the grove, tossing in walnuts as they dropped. Grandpa cracked shells and picked nutmeats during cold winter nights. Black walnuts make my favorite oatmeal raisin cookies.
This small art quilt represents the grove as I remember it. The background was scrunched and fused to give texture. Trees are made with shredded fabric scraps of brown and gray. The basket for collecting the walnuts was thread painted in a hoop and then applied to the background. The dimensional leaves were also made in a hoop with stabilizer and tulle as the background. Beads were added to fill the bushel basket.