Started December 1999, then never finished as I remember feeling like I didn't have the skills to do it right. Milo died in about 2011, so he never got it. I found it in 2023 when I was going through my UFOs and decided to finish it right away and hang it. I love it! … Continue reading Milo’s Bargello, 8″ x 31″, Bondville, Vermont 2023
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Blacks-Grays-Whites, 52″ x 52″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023
The scrap buster! I have now gotten my sewing room in the new house into decent organizational shape, with the help of my mother of course! So now I'm diving into the scrap piles by color - otherwise known as memory lane. I just completed this one and I love it! My original intent was … Continue reading Blacks-Grays-Whites, 52″ x 52″, Bondville, Vermont, 2023
Batik Star – A Barn Quilt
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
La Mia Passacaglia (La Pas), In Process
2025 update: with enough rosettes to finally lay out the quilt on the design wall, I realize how much more there is to do! I don't think it's more year, but more months to go. All internal rosettes are complete! I love how it look like a clockwork. Now I can decide in advance what … Continue reading La Mia Passacaglia (La Pas), In Process
Snow Making Pond, 51″ x 46″, Vermont, 2023
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
225th Year of the Bondville Fair, 60′ x 90′, 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
Stitch-n-B*tch Group
As of 2025, we are in our 3rd year, we have been holding a monthly Stitch-n-Bitch sewing group., where people come to sew and hang out. If you have trouble getting sewing done at home, come join us each month! We get together in the Winhall Community Art Center here in beautiful Bondville, Vermont. If … Continue reading Stitch-n-B*tch Group
Antique Butterfly Quilt (King), 82″ x 82″, Vermont, 2023
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
And Read All Over, 26″ x 59″, 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
English Paper Piecing
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