Milo’s Bargello, 8″ x 31″, Bondville, Vermont 2023

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

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

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

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