Sixteen Patches for a Raffle

Just a simple lap quilt donated for a fundraiser for the Special Education in our town.  The center block was a leftover; on white muslin I pounded leaves and flowers to stain the cloth.  After heat setting the colors, I stenciled on the design from a stencil I cut.  I used oil based wax with a toothbrush for he stenciling.  Then strips from the scrap heap made the patches for the 16-patch blocks.  Threw it together, machine stitched in the ditch, and off it went to raise funds.

Crayon Stenciled

Made from fabrics from a reproduction era (but I can't remember the details!) with Regular Old Crayons.  I placed a stamp behind the fabric and colored, transferring the stamp's raised edges onto the fabric.  Then covered the image with paper towels and ironed to heat set the wax.  After washing, it faded, so I was disappointed.  If I use this technique again, would be on a quilt I don't plan to wash.

Lyla's Baby Quilt

The daughter of one of my nursing friends bravely took cooking classes with us when she was17.  She really enjoyed her time with us and I got to know her.  Charming young lady.  So many years later when she had her first baby, I wanted to make her something.  Her Mom told me she likes lilac.  I stenciled the flowers with waxy wall stencil paints and quilting stencils for patterns.  The purples and lilacs were simply "from my scraps."

Stenciled Hawaiian Quilt

The background was dyed onto white muslin with acrylic watered down paints (my favorite, cheap fabric staining method!)  with peach, yellow and a little gold.  Cut the stencil and used the oil based paint sticks to stencil with a toothbrush.  The border is a great piece I bought on a trip to Texas to visit my Dad.  Hand quilted in the echo style (represents the water lapping around the islands of Hawaii) and gifted to my friend and quilt companion Sharon.  Sharon's husband was born and raised in Hawaii.

Hibiscus is Hawaii's State flower, and is seen as a sign of hospitality. 

Celtic Symbols

I made this little quilt to learn/practice several techniques.  Cutting paper stencils; using oil based wax paint sticks on a toothbrush to stencil on hand-dyed fabrics, dyed with watered down acrylic paints, and hand quilting.  I made it for my husband's brother Chris.