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 [...]

Quilting only

I thought I’d post a picture of a quilt that was pieced by my friend Rozetta Fiscus – I did only the quilting on it.  She did such a good job with it.  At our Quilt Circle of Friends meeting, held at Adel Quilting and Dry Goods, Co., all who wanted to participate in a [...]

The Sky is a Harpsichord Canvas

I just finished another baby quilt for a neighbor family who welcomed a new baby girl several weeks ago. 

I had bought a lot of cute “girl” fabric lately and I wanted to incorporate it into this quilt.  I also didn’t want to cut the fabric up too much, so I just started slicing [...]

Oh, Sister

Here is the quilt I made for my friend Anna’s baby girl, who is due a week from tomorrow, although my baby shower prediction was that she’d deliver on the 12th of May.  Prove me wrong, Anna.  Prove me wrong.

The quilt has 4 appliquéd  tulips surrounded by 9-patches, all set on-point.  I thought the [...]

Superior Threads

I love using Superior Threads.  Here are a few of their products that I love: The Bottom Line, MasterPiece and King Tut.

The Bottom Line thread is a 60 weight polyester thread that is very fine and lint-free.  When quilting, I almost always use The Bottom Line thread in my bobbin.  I buy a huge [...]

Quilted psalms

I’ve recently finished this quilt that my customer plans to give to a friend for her birthday.  The customer chose the verse.

This picture shows the background quilting better:

Here’s an example of another one I’d done previously for a friend.

Both quilts finish about 9″X9″ and [...]