Bow Tie Hugs and Kisses

I started this project with traditional colors and fabric design with a bow-tie block in mind.  No particular amount of blocks or setting decided on. Made with a charm pack, the actual fabric collection determined  the layout and size. I had about 6 or 7 left over charms.  It will be a little table runner!

I like to meander over the surface of a small quilt. Since I bough a bolt of black cotton ON SALE last week, I decided to bind it in black.  Yes, good idea!

Embroidered Blocks

I got the idea for this from a quilt I saw on Pinterest. http://yarnstorm.blogs.com/jane_brocket/2014/03/garden-party.html
I knew I had found the project for the vintage linens I had purchased at estate sales and had in a box in the garage.  I also had a cut up house dress with woven girls and boys I got at a thrift store season end "everything fre" sale in Texas while visiting my dad. I cut 5 1/2 inch squares and put them together in a simple 5X5 grid.

It would like pretty edged with the vintage hand crocheted lace I cut off the edge of one of the tablecloths.

Ocean Waves

This pattern has always fascinated me, made as a set of Half Square Triangles, in concentric sets that swirl and flow, I imagined the illusion of sparkling rainbows across the gently moving water of a sunset over the ocean in my San Diego area home.

This is one of my very favorite quilts.  It is up on the wall during the summer and I always feel the calm peace of the sunset when I look at it.

Surf's Up

When my friend Kristin excitedly announced the fact that she was expecting her second baby, many years after her first, much celebration was in order!  later we all learned, she was having a second son.  Since her family is very involved in surfing, it seemed only right that the quilt would be a Surf's Up quilt.  Many of the fabrics were a score of fabric from another co-worker.  It all ties together!

The 6' triangles came together so quickly!  I'll make another for my grandson from the scraps.

Baby Girl Low Volume Hexies

The idea of a hexie quilt held my attention for some time. The right baby came along, with a light colors scheme and a rose pop.  I gathered these low volume prints and this quilt just flew together.

Since then, Pete has asked me to make him a manly hexie quilt, in greens and tans, as the shapes remind him of the terrain maps in his beloved war simulation games.

Oh So Soft! Cuddle Rag Quilt

I bought a package of 20 minky squares in this darling baby boy colorway, and then made a rag quilt with flannel on the back side.  Never made a rag quilt, but it couldn't have been easier!  Certainly a good quilt to teach a child or beginner.

For Baby Benny!

This quilt was lost in a house fire in 2015.

Happy Little Hand Quilted Girly Quilt

Started this one when I learned I was to be a grandma!  Didn't know then if the new baby was a boy or a girls, but for a girl, I certainly wanted something feminine and hand quilted.  Finished it and learned the baby-to-be is to be a BOY!  So now I have my direction and this quilt will be gifted to my niece.