June 2010

It was brought to my attention that this page hasn't been updated in a while...let me remedy that!


Here are a few things that I have been working on for the past few months.

Recently, I volunteered to quilt up a couple of charity quilts for my quilt guild. It is my understanding that these comfort quilts will be given to foster children who are graduating from High School this month. This bright and colorful version was made of scraps donated to the guild in a Jacob's Ladder pattern.

This one also was made in the Jacob's Ladder pattern using a more masculine colorway of browns and blues. The guild provided batting and backing fabric for the two quilts, but this didn't match the provided fabric at all. I donated five yards or so of fabric to better coordinate with the colors on the top.


This quilt was made from a collection of donated southwest fabrics and was put together in an Irish Chain variation. I was really happy with the way the flower bud pattern turned out.

This purse was made for a friend's mom for Christmas--this was a complete commission from stitching the purse together to quilting and finishing. While this is not normally something I would do, I decided that it was a small enough project that it could be finished quickly.

This quilt was made for my mother-in-law for Christmas. You may notice some similarities between this and the purse--the purse was made from leftover fabrics from this project. Since they both loved the same colors, it was an ideal situation to build them both using the same fabrics.

A customer's first quilt! The proud owner of this quilt had never before made a quilt and I was happy to be able to finish it for her so she would have a completed project to show her friends and family.


One of my most difficult jobs was this Fractal Quilt. A mathmetician friend designed this for his wife to make and asked that I quilt a Fractal Curve on it. After some research, I found this pattern and was able to convert it into a quilt pattern for them. The high loft batting she provided made it a fluffy, snuggly lap quilt for them...presumably to watch "NUMB3RS".

And finally, at least for this update, this "throwing star" quilt by Linda. For her, all she sees are the black rectangles. I see the stars jumping out at me...what do you see first?


Karen, the Merrie Quilter