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This quilt is an eight-pointed star, possibly the Sarah's Choice quilt block, in blue calico and cream muslin, and measures 84" x 97". The restoration areas - needed on the back and front of the quilt - basically include several of these types of issues (see images at bottom): burn marks, holes, missing batting, mysterious … Continue reading Beth’s Quilt Restoration Project
September 2025 update: Completed and I'm so happy with it! It's two-sided, so that will be very useful. I had decided on the black background, and made it reversible with a light blue Grunge on the the other side. The Dresdens were done during a Jean Impey workshop. This quilt is to replace the one … Continue reading Dresden Buffet, 22″ x 90″, Bondville VT 2025
For the 2026 Bondville Fair, Penny Allen and I pull out all the stops! e each made a new 48" x 48" barn quilt, and she donated 2 smaller barn quilts. They were completed in June and are now hangin on the Quilt Hall. Now all the barn quilts have been re-hung for this year's … Continue reading Barn Quilts
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
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
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
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
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
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
