Not much to see yet! This is a Quilt-As-You-Go technique from Sharon Peterson in her More Reversible Quilts book. This is perfect for my living room knotty pine wall, and it's 2 quilts in one so I can reverse it with the seasons or my whim. It's designed and my freezer paper pattern is done. … Continue reading Circle of Life, in Progress
Category: Quilts in Progress
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
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
New Landscape (a working title)
I am trying to continue to evolve my impressionistic paint dabbing style of image construction on a new image. Â It is a gorgeous view of Monet's garden in Giverny, France. Â Â The view is from the Japanese bridge onto his pond. Â I'm also working on some pieces just on his water lilies. This first landscape … Continue reading New Landscape (a working title)