This king-size, reversible, Log Cabin quilt was made for my daughter Nikita. I chose greens, from mint to forest, and purples from palest lavender to deepest plum for the color scheme. Since she has many lilac bushes around her house, I settled on that as a theme, searching high and low for the appropriate fabrics. The core of each block is a sunny yellow, which quietly asserts itself among the cooler colors. Since it is very difficult for me to quilt such a large piece on my sewing machine, I used the “quilt-as-you-go” method. Cutting squares from each fabric, I pieced and quilted the log cabin blocks, one-by-one, until I had eighty.
Log Cabin Garden
27 10 2010
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Categories : King Size, Log Cabin, Multicolored Florals
Metamorphosis 1
23 10 2010This project was the result of a class taken at The City Quilter with Judy Doenias. Rather than purchase new coordinated fabric, I selected about eight completely unrelated fabrics from my stash, and laid them out in an order that seemed to make sense. The cutting and piecing was easy. For the placement, it was necessary to work carefully on a design wall, because the rows ran in diagonals, from bottom left to top right. Each fabric stands alone, and then joins its adjacent one in separate add-ons beginning at the center, and working outwards. It was complex, systematic, and fun.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Brights, Twin
Red Diamonds
21 10 2010This quilt features numerous patterns in reds and creams. Based on dissected rectangles, alternating red and cream rows create this very bold piece. The wide border in a floral pattern using the colors of the diamonds gives it a strong frame. I was fortunate in finding a backing fabric with the same color range as the border, in a luscious paisley pattern.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Diamonds, Primary Colors, Twin
Purple Squares Squared
21 10 2010If you like pinks and purples, you will love this quilt. The use of two-inch, four-inch, and eight-inch squares gives it movement and variety. The sixteen-patch blocks each utilize two well coordinated fabrics; carefully cut and stitched, they demonstrate crisp intersections, and clarity of design. The back is a batik of purple, lavender and plum geometric that reflects the colors on the front.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Brights, Twin
Butter & Batik Squares
21 10 2010The simplest shape there is to sew, The Square, lends itself to countless treatments. In this small piece, I used two-inch, and six-inch patches in a modern layout to stress the squares, and quilted them in like fashion, to emphasize the shape. The batik I chose blended very well with the soft buttery yellow.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Pastels, Table Topper, Wall Hanging
Snowmen
27 05 2010This winter scene of snowman mixed with glistening ice blues is a lovely holiday piece of home decor. I made it for my niece who has a passion for snowmen. It is a simple design, with strip sets of the blues cut into bands and joined together, set between bands of snowmen.
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Categories : Basic Squares, Holiday, Strips, Table Topper, Wall Hanging
Sail Away Triangles
27 05 2010This quilt contains remnants of every quilt I ever made; a good use of my scrap basket. I sewed thin strips onto a seven-inch muslin foundation. I then cut the blocks in half on the diagonal, and joined those pieces to half-square triangles of bright jewel toned solids. As I sewed the blocks into rows and joined the rows together, the resultant image reminded me of a fleet of sailboats.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Brights, Primary Colors, Strips, Triangles, Twin
Strippy Star
27 05 2010I made this piece as a hostess gift. I pieced seven-inch blocks with half inch strips on a foundation of muslin. I then cut the completed blocks on a diagonal and joined them with half square triangles. That called for a pieced border of the brightest colors, and, framed in black, makes this a jewel of a piece. It is an off-shoot of a much larger quilt on the same theme.
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Categories : Brights, Primary Colors, Small decorative pieces, Strips
Painted Squares
27 05 2010Half of the squares in this quilt are pieced “crazy quilt” style with bits and pieces from my scrap basket. They were too “busy” when put together, so I alternated blocks with a dark wine-colored print. That was a bit flat, so I decided to paint the red square with metallic paints using rubbing plaques and oil paint sticks. That was a lot of fun.
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Categories : AVAILABLE FOR SALE, Basic Squares, Earth Tones, Lap Blanket, Primary Colors, Wall Hanging
Bar Code
27 05 2010This quilt was a study in free motion quilting patterns which are different for each color in the quilt. I utilized a variety a soft colors in bars that reminded me of bar codes. Placing the batik strips randomly, and then making rows resulted in a pleasant, easy-on-the-eyes piece for a table top or a wall hanging.
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Categories : Earth Tones, Rectangles, Strips, Table Topper, Wall Hanging
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