Four Patch in Solids

 Made completely from the scraps of recently completed garlic knots quilt. AMISH GARLIC KNOTS

Of course all that white gave me a canvas to practice my free motion quilting!

The fabrics were from a made abroad 2.55" set of solids. 

I like to finish borders on the Juki sewing machine while tge body of the quilt is easy to sew on the Jazz2 on the frame. 

SOLD on etsy. 

Reproduction Four Patch Baby Quilt

 Made in 2008 or 2009, when I subscribed to a fabric of the month club. Unfortunately I don't remember era, just that I liked this fat quarter collection.  It's a decorative quilt, and it hung on a rack for many years. 

The binding was sewn by hand. 

SOLD on Etsy in 2024

A Different Four Patch

 This four-patch lap quilt made in a horizontal row with top and bottom strips bordering it is made from a very bright charm pack coupled with greys and bordered with blacks. It was quickly sold online. 

A is for.....

A happy little 4-patch quilt for snuggling in the summer time.  made with a harm pack names "A is for" and some 4 1/2 inch white and red 4-patch blocks. A 4 1/2 inch border, a thin softly draped poly batting, simply quilted both horizontally/vertically and diagonally through the 4-patch block.

Little Dutch Girls in Blue

The design squares are an Aunt Martha's Day of the Week iron-on design on white muslin.  I then used crayons, sharpies and watercolor pencils to color each design. Then the blocks were a pile of blue blocks, made literally from the blue scrap box.  Simple designs, HST's, flying geese, 4-patches, square-in-a-squares,  pinwheels, and a few plain blocks. I decided how many based on getting the 7 days of the weeks blocks all onto the quilt, nicely centered and spaced in relation to one another.

I made this quilt but didn't finish it until JUST the right little girls came along.  My Grand Niece turns two, and this seemed like just the thing for her!  So finished the quilt-sandwich and quilted it in the ditch in a 3-inch grid. In the mail, and off to be a sweet surprise.

Brown and Yellow 24-40 or fight

The history behind this quilt block is some political slogan from 1844 where President James Polk was lead to victory over the Oregon Territory. Or something like that.  I don't know, it doesn't make any sense to me but that's the name of this quilt block anyhow, and I like it in quilts for men.

A wall quilt, in browns and yellows, for my Father-In-Law.

25th Wedding Anniversary

Made this cheerful little quilt for the 25th wedding anniversary of  my dear cousin Patty and her husband Alex.  4-patchs and squares, alternated with simple plain blocks, arranged in a circular pattern (called barn raising in quilting terms) using a collection of fat quarters and scraps from the stash.

Autumn Snuggle Quilt

Isn't it always like this?  The quilter's own snuggle quilt is in tatters, worn and the batting thin and patchy!  It's still good, but so thin it's good for summer naps, not for the first chill of Autumn in SoCal.  So, into my stash for a set of fat quarters I bought online at some clearance some years ago and a pair of neutrals from my Anaheim Fabric Warehouse treasures!  Some Autum charms, left over from a project last year complete the random circles. Machine quilted and raw-edge applique.  I used a regular old glue stick to place the circles. The batting is 100% cotton, a little stronger for an autumn quilt.  Just my size"  46 X 56.

The design is my own.  Favorite basic 4,9 or 16 patches.  I call it "Square Unless it's a Circle"

Sand Unity Ceremony

When a friend of mine was getting married, she described to me a "Sand Unity Ceremony" that would take place at her wedding.  Two different colors of sand in two jars are poured into one new vessel.  This symbolizes the two becoming one, intertwined, inseparable, eternal.  I loved the image, and decided to illustrate that in a wedding quilt for the couple.  Her wedding colors were grey and pink, and his favorite colors were turquoise and purple.

Found the fabrics in Anaheim, at my favorite warehouse (!) and a few bits and pieces of other things from the scrap box.  I love the two grays i found for the background.  I like how this combo of 9-patches and 4-patches came together.  They are 4 1/2 inch blocks (but I accidently made the 9 patches 5" blocks (!) so had to arbitrarily trim them down.  That makes the grains uneven, more authentic!

I googled "sand unity ceremony" and liked this quote:  "Just as the grains of sand can never be separated, may the two of you be intertwined together in love for the rest of your lives."

Proud New American Citizens

Many natural born citizens, especially if our family history includes many generations born in this coutry, take our citizenship for granted.  My friend Racquela is a naturalized citizen, a goal she worked towards for many years.  Her husband took his Citizenship vows with her and they now are building a life with their daughters in their adopted country.  I made this quilt for them to commemorate their new national colors!

Another Waterfall design

Rock And Roll

I admire my young friend Jackie.  She was a healthy, hardworking, marathoner who was struck down hard with an autoimmune disorder that attacked her muscles (including her heart) but she fought hard to improver her health again.  She researched her disease, stayed on top of her treatment, and after a year began jogging again, and within months was back to running marathons.  Her first post-illness marathon was the San Diego Rock And Roll marathon.  I had these fabrics which included Beatles fabric and crazy 60's colors.  Jackie is too young to have lived the 60's, but she is such a classy young woman!

Raffle Quilt (Waterfall)

I don't know the name of this design, I have always called it "Waterfall."   Each block is identical in design, 3 4-patches and a solid square.  The overall design emerges as I lay out the blocks and turn some this way and some that.  I have made this quilt many times; from a healing quilt, to a baby girls quilt, to an antique reproduction and this one that went to a raffle for a fundraiser for a youth at risk prevention program.  Most of the quilts I made I forgot to photograph!