A simple rail quilt can be great! Linda made this quilt and it got an Es and 3s edge to edge design. And a cosy backing to finish it off ..read more

This is now the third of Noreen's planned 4 seasonal windows. You can see Autumn and Winter if you wish to. I liked how the diamonds worked out in the winter quilt, so I put diamond windowpanes in this window as well. And the borders were curvy lines to follow the fabric a bit, to be a bit like waves on water. > ..read more

Katherine made this hourglass quilt with beautiful fabrics. It's a king size quilt and will be used as a bed quilt. The quilting was kept simple, but still followed the piecing lines, so this is considered a light custom quilting job ..read more

Lisa made this amazing 120"x120" Rose of Sharon quilt. She added blocks to the original pattern and then had to modify the swags. She's been working on this stunning hand applique on and off for 20 years. My quilt holders couldn't get the whole quilt high enough to see the swags properly, so here are few photos on the frame. inside the swags are feather sprays, and outside are piano keys. When Lisa dropped the quilt off she wasn't sure if she was going to leave the quilt square or scallop it when she bound it, so the piano keys are OK to be cut down and truncated if she chose to scallop. Th ..read more

In 2021 I also got to do a zoom class with Krista Hennebury aka Poppyprint called Speed Date with Improv. She takes a lot of the decision making away for the purposes of the class by limiting the fabric pull to one color, black and white. I chose blue, navy and white. Then she takes you through making several types of improv blocks and then puzzling them together. I had fun, got this put togther, and then didn't know what to do with it, so it sat in the TBQ (ToBeQuilted) pile. Then, a few months ago, my middle, as he was thinking of moving out, started looking around and asked if I had any wa ..read more

I've been to one or two Hard Rock Cafe's but not very many. Sujatha made this quilt with her daughter's t-shirt collection. It was a thing for their family to go to Hard Rock everywhere they went. Sujatha chose Es and 3s Edge to Edge design, always a classic ..read more

This quilt is one of mine. I just love this Kaldeidoscope plaids and stripes by Allison Glass fabric line, and so when I saw this Kaleidoscope kit at Keystone Modern Creative I just had to have it. This pattern is paper pieced, and the only frustration I had in making it is I didn't follow the first step in every paper pieced pattern, probably becuase the quilt shop had printed the pattern out and sent it with the fabric,I didn't measure the 1" square to make sure it was the right size, and my first blocks wound up too small. I decided to start again as I didn't want a smaller quilt--I found ..read more

In March 2021 I particpated in a crumb block Playcation with Cheryl Arkison I had been saving these crumbs as a "curated" group of scraps since making the Tula Pink 100 Modern Quilt blocks 5 years earlier, so it was time for them to be used! A playcation is a fun way to spend an afternooon--Cheryl Arkison is always good entertainment and there is always something to learn from her. So the photo above is the slab, or quilt top that I made. But I wasn't sure what to do with it, so it sat for about a year, and then I wanted to do a little demonstration for one of my quilt groups on how I made a ..read more

Dawn made this quilt with her mom, Sandra, which makes it a very special quilt. Dawn is going to use it on her bed, and wanted double batting, so it's delightfully heavy and cozy. The pattern is Fire Escape by Atkinson designs. Their patterns are always so well written. I quilted this way back in March or April, when we were still operating under pandemic protocols, so Dawn dropped off the quilt and then we phone consulted about thread colors and quilting design. There were many great options for thread color. We decided on the teal colored thread, and the E and 3's quilting pattern--its my ..read more

Sandra made this Beautiful Blue Bargello for a special young adult in her life. I just love the movement in it, and her color transitions. It's a queen size quilt--as you can see its big enough I couldn't avoid getting the furniture into the photo. Because it was for a young adult, and becasue of the backing having quite a modern look to it, I kept the quilting a little more modern, with my version of modern spirals. I also knew how this design looks on a bargello, so it was an easy decision. I quite liked this backing, so when I spotted it at the store this week I picked some up ..read more