Strawberries for the Table

Reaching WAY back in the archives, to 2001.  My BFF Sprouty (did we even SAY BFF back then???) redecorated her kitchen with strawberries and asked me to make a table topper. 

Quick, simple, fun!  Mostly machine quilted and hand quilted in the border.  Button-hole stitch applique and good old white muslin. 

Baby Quilt for Daniel

Helped a friend make a quilt like this quilt several months ago and I really liked it.  So with the leftover fabrics I made the same one.  The designs are painted with Inktense Water Color Inks.  They go on like a colored pencil.  When wet with the brush they act like watercolor, but after drying they are ink and permanent. 
It is for a special newborn baby boy, whose parents have loved him already for several years.

Civil War Era Charms

A charm pack and a piece of coffee stained muslin were put together to make this great wall quilt.  Each block has 4 charms in it cut into small HST's (Half Square triangles) and muslin squares.  If I did it again I might mix them up more.  I also liked best the blocks that had all similar colors (gold and red) versus more colors per block. (Blue and brown and gold and red.)
The quilt was stitched in the ditch and finished with a hand quilted border. I put a light weight poly bat (easiest for hand quilting) and I love the way it softly drapes.

2013

Little Doll House Quilt

Made this little nine-patch quilt from the scraps of another quilt.  It was an early lesson in setting blocks on point.  They are 3" blocks.  It is on the wall behind my wooden Barbie Vanity made for me by my Grandfather back in the very early 60's. 

Drunkards Path

The drunkards Path block has always been one I wanted to make but avoided for fear of piecing the curves.  It actually went together easier than I expected and I really enjoyed making this wall quilt for my husband Pete.  I used 2 different grey/black neutrals for the background space.  One was from the set of  6 fat quarter Civil War Era reproduction fabrics I got in a monthly shipment of Fabric Of The Month Club.   The colors looked masculine, and this quilt is on the wall in my husband's home office.

I decided to "tie" this quilt to make it look like an old utility quilt.

Sprout's Little Kitties

Sprout gave me a trio of scraps she wasn't particularly attracted to.   One had some little kitties jumping around and there was some nice contrast to one of the pieces. 
I had purchased some acrylic stamp and those rubber combs for making designs on stamps, so I went to work for a small wall quilt for my "Kitty Bathroom."