My quilting history: Quilts I've finished, and learned from along the way.

2015

Spiderweb
pattern: Sewing by Moonlight
blogged here

Quilt-as-you-go demo
blogged here



For the Love of Sewing
2015 Skill Builder BOM Quilt by Alyssa Lichner
Blogged here


Art Deco Baby Quilt
blogged here



Pattern: Grand Illusion mystery quilt 2014
 by Bonnie Hunter
Fire and Ice
Pattern: Storm at Sea
Class by Wendy Mathson

Fireworks in Paradise
Pattern: Fireworks by Camille Roskelly
Hawaiian fabrics gifted by J&E


2014

Halloween Mini
Challenge quilt for LQS

Mountains
Angled class by Rachel at Stitched in Color

Harold and the Purple Crayon, mini quilt
Blogged here and here.


Country Girl
Pattern: Perfect Points, on Connecting Threads
Fabric: Madrona Road, by Violet Craft
Blogged here and here.

x&+
Completely scrappy.
Amy's tutorial at Badskirt.
Blogged here.



Central Coast Summer
95"x78"
Pattern: Celtic Solstice by Bonnie Hunter
Mystery quilt, 2013
Blogged here and here.





Feathers
57"x69"
Group quilt: Stars in Their Eyes bee
Pattern: Feather Bed, by Anna Maria Horner
Blogged here.

2013


Melissa and I used the leftover HSTs from her quilt to design a bonus quilt!
Blogged here.

Close-up of Liberated Wedding Ring quilt.
Pattern by Pam Munns
Blogged here.

Intergalactic
Labyrinth pattern by Debby Maddy
Kona solids and Lizzy House Constellation fabrics
Blogged here.

Indie Groove
Painted Zigzag Pattern by Sujata Shah
Indie, by Pat Bravo's Art Gallery fabrics
Blogged here.
Advent Calendar
Blogged here.

Christmas wall hanging.
Blogged here.

Close-up of Alex's Christmas quilt.
Blogged here.

2012

Blogged here and here.
Poppy's quilt, with blocks from members of the 3x6 bee.

Neptune table runner

Neptune small quilt. After I bought a bundle of someone's  scraps,
I tortured them into smaller scraps while trying (and failing) to create something
worthy of this awesome fabric. Still, I love it.

Close-up of chrysanthemum FMQ on this Garden Fence  quilt
for my sister's birthday. Blogged here.

Flimsy of Melissa's quilt.
Blogged here.


Chris's quilt. I used the rest of the blocks from 2010's Bento Box,
and made a lap quilt for my nephew's Christmas present.
Flannel backing, FMQ.


2011

.
African rayon dashiki fabric turned into a  churn dash quilt.
Slippery to work with!


Wedding gift: lap quilt for two, and matching pillow covers.

Birthday quilt for Kathryn.
Blogged here.

Christmas Sampler. Stitch-in-the-ditch quilting,
with some big-stitch hand quilting for embellishment.
Flannel backing for coziness. A personal favorite!
Blogged here.


2010


My first: free-motion-quilted
on my domestic sewing machine.
Blogged here.


I love this variation of the shoofly block!

Bento Box pattern, still not enough contrast!
Fabric from upcycled shirts, from a friend whose husband used to 
wear Hawaiian shirts for his job at Trader Joe's.
FMQ in all-over meander stitch.


I used every fabric in my stash, and asked my sisters to
send fabric, so every windmill is different.
The black and white, polka dot binding is great with all the colors.

Blogged here and here.
Fun fabrics, fun project!
Just wish I'd made it bigger!

Playing with fall colors, and alternating blocks
for a setting that evokes falling leaves.
FMQ veins on the leaves. 


Sweet little baby quilt!
Wonky stars scattered asymmetrically
on a solid background.


Still need to work on contrast!
These two Star in Star quilts were Christmas gifts for my nieces.
I followed a pattern in a book, then used scraps to make the borders.
(Notice the hst border that just joins randomly at the corners.)





2009

In response to a friend's project,
small, unfilled covers for girls in Cambodia resisting the sex trade.
Fused letters say "Beloved."
First try at piecing. Concept is good, but more contrast is needed.
I used hand-me-down fabric, and sheets.



With a layer of flannel as batting,
this was my interpretation of stars in the night sky. 

My wonky square weren't very wonky,
but I like the use of different yellows in the background.

Playing with pattern alternating blocks.
Still need to learn about contrast!

And to learn about taking pictures!