| Here's my first hand-pieced quilt made
in 1999. My son, Scott (in a cast, below), picked out
the wild colors and designed the "sunshine" block. I
machine quilted it. |
Here's my first machine-made quilt. It
now hangs in our dining room. It is all quilted now,
too, all by machine. I finished it in the summer of
1999. |
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| Here's my first bed-sized quilt - a
queen-sized Dresden plate I made just in time for
Mother's Day for my mom in 2000. She had some of her
friends quilt it. |
I sewed this quick Ohio Star quilt I
made in red, white, and blue colors for our trip to
Mount Rushmore for the 4th of July, 2000. Pictured are
my sister, Julie, my sons Scott and Bobby, and me. |
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| I made this Lone Star quilt I made for
my younger sister, Julie. It looks good from a
distance! I'm taking a class to learn how to make it
more easily.
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Here's a table runner I made in the fall
of 2000 using the "stack and whack" technique. Pretty
cool, huh? I bought Christmas fabric to make another
one, but I haven't gotten to it yet. :) Hopefully I'll
make it for Christmas 2001.
I also made a night star table runner, but I sent it
to friends in Germany without taking a picture of it
first.
You can also see a few of my Alpine Village houses.
I also collect those (from Department 56).
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| Here's another Lone Star quilt I made
after taking a class in 2001 to learn the easy way to
make these. It went much better this time! The book
"The Joy of Quilting" explains the process. I should
have marked it better before quilting it, though...
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I made our daughter, Anne, a t-shirt
quilt for her 18th birthday in September, 2001. She
picked out the shirts and flannel for the borders. The
back has a cute fleece pattern with pastel northern
woods animals.
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Here's a quilt I made my brother-in-law,
George, for Christmas 2001. I got the cool fish fabric
at
www.mybluebamboo.com and made the design myself.
Love the colors!
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Here's another "stack and whack" quilt I
made for Christmas 2001. The main fabric has a lot of
different Santa Clauses on it. Using a folding mirror
really helps in picking out the fabric.
My daughter, Anne, and son, Bobby, are holding up the
quilt.
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| Below is a "Glimpse of the Past" batik
quilt I made in the winter of 2002. I got this fabric
from
www.mybluebamboo.com. |
Below is a patriotic table runner I made
from a kit and I wall hanging I made with my favorite
fishermen in it. I ironed the photos onto satin fabric. |
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| Below is my lovely daughter, Anne, in
her dorm room with her new "Wizard of Oz" quilt I made
using the Yellow Brick Road pattern. I got the kit to
make it from
www.mybluebamboo.com. |
Anne decided to make a quilt herself for
her boyfriend in December 2002. She figured out how to
sew four squares together and then cut them at an angle
to make the triangles. She used all corduroy fabrics
for the top and a plaid flannel on the back. Nice job,
eh?! |
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| Below is a picture of my niece, Kristin,
with a friendship star quilt I made her in the spring of
2002. |
Below is a picture of my niece, Tina,
with a t-shirt quilt I made her for Christmas in 2002.
I used t-shirts from her dad to make the quilt. I made
another one for her brother, Tommy. |
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| Below is a "Wedding Roses" quilt my
daughter and I made for her friend's wedding. It uses
butterfly fabric shaped like flowers. I did the
piecing, and Anne quilted it in the spring of 2003. |
Here's a quilt made with horse fabric.
My brother, Jay, and his wife, Pat, love horses. I
fussy cut the horses and used a dark green flannel for
the backing. |
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| Here's an Ohio Star quilt I made with
Christmas fabric from
www.mybluebamboo.com in Dec. 2003 |
Below is another batik quilt I made in
2004. Cool color scheme, eh? |
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Here's a Children's Delight pattern quilt I made for my
editor's first baby. The pattern is from the book "The
Quilt Maker's Gift."
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Below is a quilt I made for my brother-in-law and his
wife's wedding. I used the "Wedding Roses" pattern again
with very traditional fabric. |
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Below is a Christmas photo quilt I just finished today,
Nov. 20, 2005! Dan ironed the photos onto sateen cotton
fabric for me, so it actually didn't take too long to
make. The colors are a bit wild....! I'll have to try
another photo quilt with a simpler pattern. |
| I took a community ed class in March
2006 and learned to make a stained glass quilt. It's
pretty cool. They key is the bias tape to sew it all
together. Below is a bright butterfly I made with gold
bias tape. You can get free patterns from
www.spectrumglass.com. |
Below is another stained glass quilt I made for my
niece, Kristin, for her 4th birthday in April 2006. She
loves princesses, so I created one just for her! |
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I got to see my college friend, Gabrielle's, quilt shop
in Columbus Indiana, where I bought this cute Michael
Miller panel. My nephew, Peter, and his wife, Stephanie,
are having their first baby in September, 2006. I hope
he likes it! |
Below is a fall quilt I made in September 2006. I
used a free Fons & Porter pattern called autumn at the
courthouse. I still need to quilt and bind it, hopefully
soon! |
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Below is a quick flannel quilt I made for our friends,
Stan and Joan, in January 2007. We love visiting them in Colorado. |
I made another wedding rose quilt for my brother-in-law,
George, and his wife, Jenny, in June 2007. They wanted the colors to
match their green and brown bedspread. |
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Here's my first quilt based on a book by Kaffe Fassett
called Quilt Road. It's called the All Season
Garden Quilt. I could only find about half of his
fabrics, but I think it looks pretty cool. I made it in
May 2008 after too long a break from quilting. |
Here's another Kaffee Fassett quilt/tablecloth from his
Glorious Patchwork book that I made in June 2008.
Too bad I cut the triangles half the size they should
have been; I would have finished it much faster! Isn't
it gorgeous?! It's in the small photo at the top of this
page, too. |
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