Fun hobby
There is a quilt exhibition currently on in St. Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin through June 23, run by Modern Quilters Ireland (MQI). The official opening is next week on June 6. I’ve seen photos and I must say it truly looks Fun! Two years ago…
This quilt represents a huge breakthrough for me. Paula Rafferty designed this for a class I am taking with her, it is the middle block of an extremely large sampler quilt. I decided that I wanted to make it for my new blue kitchen, so…
I finished my American Vision quilts today. These are two quilts that I started on the day Trump was elected. I was very surprised by the turn of events, as I had not been paying very close attention to the American election. So I turned…
In 2015 I took part in a quilting bee, where every month you make two blocks for one of twelve quilters. The “queen bee” gets to dictate the block types each month. I was lucky enough to be queen in December and I mailed everyone…
I have 3 quilts currently on exhibition at the River of Dreams Quilt show. They are based on the 7 colors of the rainbow. I made a stack of half square triangles per color which I used as the building blocks for all of these…
I’ve entered two pieces into the Birmingham Quilt Show inspired by the Big Hoot art exhibition that took place last summer in Birmingham. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, so I’m just going to tell you the back story and show some samples that…
Paula Rafferty started an extremely ambitious project to do a set of 3 Dear Jane quilts on January 1 this year, what a way to start 2016! Paula asked for volunteers to sew the individual blocks, then sent fabric and block designs to quilters all…
Yes it is nearly May but I’ve just now finished my Christmas Bee Blocks. It’s fine, they are for me to make into a quilt since I was “Queen Bee” in December! No apology necessary. What I decided to do for my month is send…
All five of my quilts are done and just about ready for delivery. I’ve learned a lot making these quilts, and I’m very pleased to have meaningful gifts to give to my family and friends. Each quilt has a matching cushion. I’ve found that it…