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In August 2023, I attended a barn quilt workshop hosted by a member of the Quiet Valley Quilters. It was a wonderful day, and I was able to complete a 48" x 48" plywood, painted star block. Here it is drying on the ground before being transported to the Quilt Hall at the Bondville Fairgrounds. … Continue reading Batik Star – A Barn Quilt
In 2026, I have made good progress on this hand sewing project. I'm a the end of the rosettes, so I hope to complete it before December. I have made an Edgar block, using a misprint of an image of my dear boy Edgar who died in June 2025. His hair was particularly nice for … Continue reading La Mia Passacaglia (La Pas), In Process
This quilt was completed the night before the Bondville Fair where it was first shown. Since I moved back here to Southern Vermont, I have been enjoying a local walking and hiking spot called the Snow Making Pond. It is the reservoir of water which is piped up to Stratton Mountain to make snow up … Continue reading Snow Making Pond, 51″ x 46″, Vermont, 2023
Completed in August for the Fair, this gorgeous Modern quilt was designed by Karoline Wallace and Penny Allen, and machine pieced, appliquéd and quilted by Penny Allen and raffled off earning much-needed funds for the Fair. In March, Penny and I had started working on a 225th Year of the Bondville Fair commemorative quilt to … Continue reading 225th Year of the Bondville Fair, 60′ x 90′, Vermont 2023
NEXT SNB: Sunday, February 22nd, 11am - 3pm, at the Winhall Community Art Center. Hi Sewers! Welcome to the Stitch-n-B*tch (SnB) webpage! We started SnB in the fall of 2022, to have a place to sew outside of our homes and those distractions. As of 2026, we are in our 4th year of our monthly … Continue reading Stitch-n-B*tch (SnB) Group
This was the other raffle quilt for the Bondville Fair. It is made from antique, hand-appliquéd butterfly blocks from the 1930-40's made by two local Bondville ladies and donated to us. Below are images of it hanging in the Quilt Hall, laid out at my house, and at the Stitch-n-B*tch Group where the members helped … Continue reading Antique Butterfly Quilt (King), 82″ x 82″, Vermont, 2023
A play on the childhood joke, "What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper!" I love the newsprint and manuscript fabric I chose for the background, and I think quilting the whole thing in red thread will complete the pun. This was created during QVQ workshop with Jean Impey in January 2023. … Continue reading And Read All Over, 26″ x 59″, Vermont 2023
Since January of 2022 I have been working on technique that I had forgotten about - English Paper Piecing (EPP). Â It's been a while since I learned about it, but I stumbled upon Tula Pink's Nova pattern and I am hooked! The first EPP quilt, below left, is my Alice Nova. Â It took me about … Continue reading English Paper Piecing
I began this quilt in June 2022, and only finished piecing each of the 11 rows in early March. It's my third English Paper Piecing (EPP) quilt and I'm still in love with the technique! It's based on Willyne Hammerstein's Gitana Fiesta (see middle image below). I'm working in lavenders and I'm really excited about … Continue reading Gypsy Party, 41″ x 49″, Vermont, 2023
This Stack-n-Whack quilt (Bethany Reynolds) was made as a sampler for a stack-n-whack class I was to reach in January 2022 for my local quilt store Country Treasures. This quilt was gifted to KarenB, a friend of mine in Bondville, on the occasion of her relocation and a new life. Have a wonderful new adventure … Continue reading Whacky Butterfiles, 39″ x 99″, Vermont, 2022
