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Grandmother’s Garden, 76″ x 80″, Bondville Vermont, 2024.

This raffle quilt for the Bondville Fair did very well! It was made with more donated blocks. It contains hand-pieced hexagon blocks, it was machine-assembled and quilted and bound by Penny Allen (Madame Sewloft). This quilt was raffled at the Bondville Fair Quilt Show 2024, and was won by the same person Hillary C who … Continue reading Grandmother’s Garden, 76″ x 80″, Bondville Vermont, 2024.

Gianotti Butterfly Garden, 81″ x 83″, Bondville, VT 2024.

Original-design raffle quilt for this year's Bondville Fair, using leftover, donated butterfly and flower blocks from the Carolyn Harris family. Finally completed August 1st 2024 and quilted and bound by Penny Allen (Madame Sewloft). It was shown at the Bondville Fair Quilt Show 2024. This quilt was lovingly made for one of our sewing group's … Continue reading Gianotti Butterfly Garden, 81″ x 83″, Bondville, VT 2024.

Kids Korner Kwilt, 44″ x 44″, Bondville, VT 2024

This quilt was created from original photo-collage design, containing images of blocks on paper that the kids made at Bondville Fair 2023.  Kindly and lovingly machine quilted and bound by Penny Allen (Madame Sewloft). It was a spoonflower-printer image and was a raffle quilt at this year's Fair. It was won by a couple who's … Continue reading Kids Korner Kwilt, 44″ x 44″, Bondville, VT 2024

Dreaming of the Beach II, 26″ x 76″, Bondville, Vermont, Â©2025

Since my last version of this quilt sold right off the wall in 2019 at a local art show, I was compelled to make another one! After all, I only made it to fit on a specific wall in my sewing room, and also as a free-motion sampler. It was also a way to play … Continue reading Dreaming of the Beach II, 26″ x 76″, Bondville, Vermont, Â©2025

Dreaming of Fall, 62″ x 62″, Bondville, Vermont, 2024.Dreaming of Fall

Having started in 2001, I am as usual finding and finishing old quilts in my new sewing room this year. I'm on a tear! This one is hand appliquéd and quilted, and I used the Quilt-As-You-Go method to sash it and finish it. This is a queen topper at 62" x 62". I loved getting back into the hand … Continue reading Dreaming of Fall, 62″ x 62″, Bondville, Vermont, 2024.Dreaming of Fall

Christmas Trees, 44″ x 53″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023

Found this UFO while organizing my new sewing room. Started in 1999 and based on an article in Quilt It For Christmas of that year, I was thrilled by the trees and the border, which has Christmas light bulbs in it. Memories! It took me about 23 years and 4 days to get this quilt … Continue reading Christmas Trees, 44″ x 53″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023

Veggie Garden, 35″ x 36″, Bondville, Vermont 2023

This quilt was begin in 1999. I fell in love with the foundation paper piecing (by hand) technique and found the veggies and fruit thrilling. Now that I'm in my new home I unpacked the pieces and have decided to finish all my UFOs (UnFinished Objects) so the I can begin 2024 with a really … Continue reading Veggie Garden, 35″ x 36″, Bondville, Vermont 2023

Oscar’s Legacy, 45″ x 54″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023

A replica in fabric of the abstract painting my paternal grandfather, the artist Oscar Weisbuch pained in 1947 (76 years ago), pictured below. This quilt is intended for my brother Clark. I started it in 2013, but it got lost in the shuffles of my life for 10 years. I finally finished it and I … Continue reading Oscar’s Legacy, 45″ x 54″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023

Tossed Radicchio Salad, 58″ x 58″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023.

It's almost the end of the year, and it's really snowing now. Vermont is always beautiful, rain or shine. But the cold temperatures (we go from the teens to 30s these days) make me feel like settling in and making easy quilts. So I have started a series of scrap busters, so-called quilt-as-you-go quilts. The … Continue reading Tossed Radicchio Salad, 58″ x 58″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023.