Vanessa and Jason

This quilt was a wedding present to Vanessa and Jason. For the back, seen below, I pieced together three lovely French fabrics, a gift to me from my parents who got them in Provence. I just couldn't bear to cut them up. For the top, I picked up a bunch of fat quarters which looked kind of French as well. The French theme had nothing to do with Vanessa and Jason, it just happened because that was the fabric I had. It is hand pieced and hand quilted.

For Graeme

Tammy Sun is one of several people I, over the years, have tried to get interested in quilting. We took a class together and had fun, but I am pretty sure it didn't take. When her first child was born, I made this quilt for him. It was hand pieced and hand quilted.

Tammy, being the sweet and considerate friend she is, sent me this picture of her adorable son on the quilt. A wonderful present which really warms a quilter's heart.
And, the following Christmas, Tammy and Rob sent out this card to their friends. I was too honored.

Maddie's Quilt

I had wanted to experiment with block in a block. The opportunity arose when Pat and Maggie brought me some lovely green and purple fabrics from Africa and then proceeded to have a lovely daughter. This quilt was made for Madeleine Etienne Keenan as a baby gift.
Here's a picture of Maddie several years later.

Scrappy Postage Stamp Quilt

One of the things which makes quilting attractive to me is using all the scraps, using old fabrics, old clothes etc. The recycling aspect of quilting. But - I also LOVE new fabric and I LOVE buying, having and using new fabrics. So I don't do as much scrap quilting as I would like.

This quilt is truly a scrap quilt. I collected scraps for it for quite a while. My own scraps and scraps donated by others - or retrieved from trash cans at quilt retreats. I cut all the scraps into 2" squares and gradually sewed them into 9-patches. I don't recall how long it took, but it was something I would do in between everything else as I had enough 2"squares to make another couple of 9-patches. As finished, there are 360 9-patches in the quilt, which means that I sewed together 3,240 2" squares. I subsequently hand quilted it. And since it was finished it has been on our bed every night.

Drunkard's Path

I had always liked the drunkard's path, though I had no idea quite how versatile it is. I put off trying it as I was weary about piecing curves and really didn't like the idea of having to cut an entire quilt using templates. But, I bought these fabrics on line and decided they would work well with this pattern. I didn't plan ahead but made a whole bunch of blocks, and when I got ready to put them together, I had no idea what to do and was completely at a loss. I finally called my friend Taffy for help and she invited me over. I brought my blocks and we spent some time - or rather, Taffy spent some time while I watched - figuring out what would work. Taffy designed the quilt and sent me home to make some more blocks and it finally came together. It was machine quilted by Regina Carter.

I gave the quilt to my cousin Birgitte as a wedding present for her and Rasmus. But, in the summer of 2008, I got it back. They had bought a new and bigger bed and I volunteered to enlarge the quilt so it would fit the new bed. After consulting with friends in Atlanta, I decided that it would make a lot more sense and be a lot more satisfying if I made a new bigger quilt for Birgitte and Rasmus and just kept this one. Time will show how their new quilt turns out! And meanwhile I am enjoying this one.