Birds in the Air

Back to the quilt I posted yesterday hanging on my new, beautiful quilt rack.

The quilt is made up of the traditional Birds in the Air blocks shown here:

The black units would be the birds, the white represents the air, and the red I would guess is the land (or water?).  Traditionally pieced, [...]

New furniture

Here’s my favorite new piece of furniture:

Isn’t it grand?  I love it!  It was made and given to me by my Grandpa Bob.  He was a high school shop teacher and has always enjoyed wood-working as a leisure activity.

There is more to the story: this last Christmas, my dad’s side of the [...]

Anniversary photo quilt

I was hired to design and make an anniversary quilt for a couple marking their 50th wedding anniversary, which was in April, but they are celebrating it with a reception next month.

Can you tell I love stars?  It was strategic, there are 50 stars on this quilt, one for every year of wedded [...]

Ames Shopper's Spree

Last Friday and Saturday I worked at the Adel Quilting and Dry Goods booth at the Central Iowa Shopper’s Spree at the Holiday Inn in Ames.  I had a great time.  There weren’t as many shoppers as anticipated, but it was an ok turnout.  With all of the flooding closing roads and highways across the [...]

Preview

I thought I’d share a current project with you.  I’m not sure about it.  I like it, but I don’t know if I love it.  I’m leaving what I have on the design wall now so I can look at it with fresh eyes later.

I’m using a fall palette… out of step with the [...]

Boy with a Coin

That’s the name of my most recent quilt. It was commissioned by a customer for whom I made a baby girl quilt earlier this year.  My customer chose the same pattern but wanted a similar color scheme to another quilt in the gallery of my web site (Single Block – Boy).  The original quilt was [...]