New York Beauty

15 06 2012

At an all-day Linda Hahn workshop at City Quilter in NYC, I enjoyed my inaugural experience in Paper Piecing.  I always wanted to learn how to make those really sharp points as used in NY Beauty, but was intimidated by the technique.  Linda’s class took the mystery away, and I felt emboldened.  The fabrics all came out of my stash, and I was thrilled that I had a batik in the colors and pattern to really frame and enhance the central theme.  There are many ways one could lay out the individual blocks, and after much “playing” I decided on this one.


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Categories : Curves, Earth Tones, Wall Hanging

“T” is for Tony – Tessellating Ts

14 06 2012

I saw this pattern in several quilting books, and knew it would be perfect for my brother Tony.  He is a technocrat and I knew he would like the  interlocking tessellating pattern.  I first selected many earth tone fabrics for the Ts, but thought it was too dull, so I added several primary jewel tones, and that brought it to life.  The bold border of a black and tan zebra strip gave it the masculine feel I was seeking.  I used the border fabric for the back as well with the addition of two vertical bands of triangles, for a two sided quilt.


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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Triangles, Twin

Gatsby – for Iris and Mawuena

14 06 2012

This quilt is my take on a design by Jean Nolte published in Fons & Porter 2008.  A king sized quilt for a modern young couple to celebrate their wedding.   It was easy to piece, with my own choice of muted colors.  I added a multi-banded mitered border to give it a traditional touch.  Quilting it on my home machine was a real challenge.  I utilized the tips I learned from an on-line quilting course by Ann Petersen entitled “Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine”.  A life saver!


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Categories : Basic Squares, King Size, Pastels, Rectangles

Stripes to Diamonds

13 06 2012

This small quilt was made from one yard of a stripped fabric, cut into strips on the bias, and pieced back together.  Then it was quilted in the ditch along all the diamond shapes, giving the illusion of a pieced quilt.


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Categories : Pastels, Strips, Table Topper, Wall Hanging

Floating Bubbles

13 06 2012

This quilt was begun in a class at City Quilter in NYC with Judy Doenias.  It uses two basic fabrics, plus a border.  I selected two patterns with sympathetic  colors, chocolate and teal, with similar design scale.  The result is that  when finished, it looks like the patterns are floating in and out of each other’s frames.  I found the wonderful Deja Vu soft striped border  fabric by Paula Nadelstern in matching colors.  For the back, I cut the striped fabric of the border on the bias and placed a central rectangle of one of the focus fabrics of the quilt top  in the center.  Really cool result!


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Categories : Basic Squares, Multicolored Florals, Twin

Victorian Placemats

13 06 2012

My daughter Nikita has a Victorian home, and requested placemats for her dark blue dining room. I raided my extensive stash and came up with this luminous variety of blues, for two different pairs of mats, all with the same backing, giving her a variety of ways to use them.  For all those tiny triangles, I used half-square triangle paper sheets to insure accurate sizing, and precise points.


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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Table Topper, Triangles

Giraffes for Martha Marie

13 06 2012

I made this quilt for my sister who is a collector of everything and anything giraffe.  For years I was looking for a theme fabric that wasn’t too juvenile; and finally found this teal and black one.  The coordinating batik in black with teal dots was a perfect partner for the focus fabric.  On my design wall, the blocks seemed a little flat,  so I added a gold and brown piping around the edges, which brought the quilt to life.  The addition of an African batik print for the border finished the project. The real miracle was finding the savanna material covered with meandering giraffes for the backing, making a two-sided quilt.


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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Twin

STRING QUILTS or Five Easy Pieces

13 06 2012

When my scrap bag gets too stuffed, and I can’t fit any more quilting leftovers into it, I schedule a “scrap quilting” day.  I clear the deck, dump out all the scraps onto the table, cut a pile of muslin foundation squares, and go to work.  Taking random sized strips, and bizarre color combinations, I start sewing and flipping, making at least four of the same kind of pattern.  When put together, the blocks form very interesting mini quilts.  I use them for hostess gifts, ladies’ club raffles, or hang them in rotation in my house.


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Categories : Basic Squares, Brights, Uncategorized, Wall Hanging

Courthouse Steps

17 11 2010

This is another double sided, “quilt-as-you-go” project.  I found a lovely small-scale floral print to use for one side, and selected a variety of green and cream prints for my steps.  The final result is a strong pattern on the front side, and a very soft, easy-on-the-eyes back side. The reversible binding technique I learned from Judy Doenias  at City Quilter.  It makes a neat  knife edge finish.


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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Earth Tones, Geometrics, Lap Blanket, Pastels, Table Topper, Wall Hanging

Winter/Holiday Placemats

28 10 2010

These sweet holiday placemats come in sets of four.  The winter scenes are outline-quilted to define all the critical lines of the images.  The sky portions are free motion quilted to give a sense of moving air, and smoke emanating from the little chimneys. They are backed with a dainty white-on-white floral print.


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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Brights, Holiday, Table Topper

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