Sandy S. sent me this to quilt for her, along with a request for similar quilting to that shown on the pattern! Lots of feathers which fortunately is my default quilting choice. If I cannot think of anything else I will choose to quilt feathers or ruler work! Or sometimes a combination of both which this quilt has.
It took a long time, it is quite a large quilt, Sandy's is 94x100", queen size, and there was all that matching side to side of the designs and all the various sized filler circles.Ros-the-quilter, quilting is my sanity…….
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Tula Pink Butterfly Quilt
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Quilts From VHPA
It's been a very rough 3 years for him in his fight to recover from cancer, radiation and around a dozen major surgeries including last March a month in the hospital and six surgical procedures. I said when I presented the quilt that I wanted him to know he was still my hero. The ranks of these men are shrinking every year and we are blessed to have DH still with us, he is a tough guy to survive what he has. This year we have been married 52 years.
This past summer I also made T Shirt quilts for our great niece and nephew who were graduating High School. Unfortunately I don't have good photos of them but next time we are in Boston I will be sure to take some! This one is Emily's, at this stage it isn't even trimmed or bound!
Here is Daniel's, before it was even quilted! I have no idea where my head was that I didn't take my usual pics of the finished quilts. I do remember taking photos of the quilts in Boston after the graduations, laid out on the billiard table, so where are those photos?? Duh!
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Filling in the past (nearly) 2 years!
Above another military themed quilt for a Gold Star family whose loved one died in the Vietnam conflict.The striped band on top is the Vietnam Ribbon worn by those who served during the Vietnam War.
Below, a quick all-over for my friend Sueann, she made it for a friend’s baby girl. I thought the color combo quite different but they were the mom’s choice!
Below, a sample of my experimenting with the Embroidery Model that came with the Bernina 765 I purchased about a year ago. I will take it to my friend Linda when I visit in Sept/Oct.Another little embroidery experiment for my visit to CO.
And this miniature Dear Jane made by my friend Shiela, took a third place at the AZ Quilter’s Show last year. I had quilted it in tiny detail, every 3.5” block differently and it was a lot of fun making it up as I went along. 81 blocks no two the same, a labor of love- I would never have the patience or ability to hand sew all those little blocks. Unknown to me Shiela had entered it and I was quite surprised when another friend sent me this pic with the word “congratulations” . The two ribbons were both for Shiela’s beautiful hand piecing/applique and for my quilting. I was quite excited , I never bother entering my own quilts in shows anymore so this was a lovely surprise.
It's Going To Take A While!
Because it’s been a while, I have been shut out for so long and unable to post and even now I am not sure how I did it🤷♀️ Blogger is the least helpful in fact non existent, no thanks, Google!! I only hope I can manage to figure it out again. Now there is so much to cover to get current I barely know where to begin but since this is a mostly quilting blog I will go forward from the last quilts I posted.
In May of 2022 I completed the quilting of a queen size (81x101”) BOM a client made for her daughter’s wedding. Cannot remember the name now, but it’s an unusual BOM with many different sized blocks and the maker even included a few photos of the couple prior to the wedding.
It would include too many more photos to show the entire quilt but you get the idea, I hope, it was a big job inventing the quilting design for each block as I went along!
The following are Quilts Of Valor made for the annual presentation at Vietnam Helicopter Reunion of which my DH is a member.
I quilted this one and the quilt below, I usually quilt 2 or 3 each year for this organization. The quilters who make them are all wives of members.
And here a group of happy recipients, an emotional time for them.
My friend Leslie in TX and I each made one of these together a couple of years ago-pre Wuhan Flu- and I just got around to quilting mine which now hangs in my studio.
The baby quilt for our youngest grandson, Owen Walter, born Jan.10th. 2023. Here with big brother Matthew and little sister Emma
He arrived in the world at a hefty 9lbs.6ozs. And 22” long. A whopper, LOL, especially for his 5ft.2” Mommy.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
TheQuilt Studio
Welcome to my super duper, extraordinary, stuff of my dreams new Quilt Studio
Thursday, March 3, 2022
The Giant Star QOV
I choose to dedicate a lot of time to these Quilts Of Valor, believing that our military risks everything for us and I will not offer anything less than my best to them.
The only blocks that are the same in this quilt are the large triangles on each side, I thought it was more balanced keeping them alike.
After the first corner square I decided I would be too bored making them all the same!
And since I had begun with the stars I made stars in each one.
The star points have alternating swirls and peacock feathers.
Feathers are my default motif, and I like the contrast of straight lines.
Also I admit I love the creative freedom of making it up as I go along so I never know how the design will look until it's finished. I used Quilters Dream 80/20 batting and a neutral thread. I'm very happy with the Giant Star quilt, it was fun to quilt and tomorrow they both return to the quilter who will bind and label them.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
A New Great granddaughter
The Atwood girls are finally catching up! Watch out world these amazing women are the next generation!Annelyse June Atwood arrived a little early as is usual for her very prompt Momma! Both of her siblings were a couple of weeks early also. Weighing in at 6lbs.14 ozs. And 21.25 inches long she is just perfect. I will post a photo as soon as I get one! She joins sister Paisley and brother Sterling. Her quilt is below in Ashlee’s requested colors, pink and teal.
A bright and delightful quilt for our newest baby girl. Congratulations to Mom Ashlee and proud Daddy Daniel. You are doing a great job populating the world with smart, wonderful human beings.Another baby quilt for a baby girl due next month for extended family members. Mom’s requested colors for Isla Sofia’s quilt are sage/cactus green/tan and dusty pink, I really had no appropriate greens so of course I had to go fabric shopping.
This is a different version of the pink and grey quilt from earlier this month. The 5” squares go together fast and the pink applique flowers, flange and binding make it definitely feminine.The simple one color backing shows off the detailed quilting.