Finished Projects

This page is my quilting scrap book.  Because I like applique and hand quilting, I'm not as prolific as other quilters.  And the majority of quilts are made specifically for a friend or family member, so each has a story.
Blog entries with more details are linked with the photo.  

Executive Woobie 
aka The Silk Tie Quilt

Charley Harper Quilt Along - March 2011-Sept 2011
Cat Parts
Planning & Leaves
New Fabric

Joseph's Coat

"Don't Look Now" Quilt-along.  November 2009- February 2011.  Hand applique, Hand quilted.  Cotton batting, batiks & white sheet.   High School graduation gift for daughter.
Quilting Progress Victorious!,  Binding, Top Finished July 31, 2010, Rows 1-5, 5/20/10 Update,  4/11-10 Update,  3/27/10 Update,  3/15/10 Update, 2/15/10 Update, 1/9/10 Update

Shop Hop Blocks
100% cotton, mixed methods

Crazy for Whitney
Pieced cotton top, fleece back (no batting).  Hand embroidered.

Blue Lemonade
HST from pre-cuts,  100% cotton.  May 2011
Broken Glass / Lake Thaw
Original Design - Crazy Strips  Machine Pieced & Quilted Aug 2010

Nadine Aug 2010-Oct 2011
Hand pieced, mixed method quilting (machine, hand, FMQ, big stitch).  Quilt as you Go.
Black Frames Nov '10
Aug '10
Scrap Winnings

Miranda
Machine piece, FMQ feathers, walking foot


Flower for Stephanie
Baby Quilt.  Machine appliqued & quilted.  December 2010

Snowflake Pillow
Original Design, Hand applique, Hand quilted June-Oct 2010

Hillary's Batik Flowers 
Pattern: Triple Crown - American Jane
Machine pieced & quilted. Center Hexies hand appliqued.  Sept-Oct 2010

Crazy Pink
Machine pieced & quilted batiks.  Nov 2010

Pinwheel Party
Twiddletails Quilt Along    Feb-June 2010
Fabrics from the stash...probably 100% cotton.  Cotton batting.  Machine pieced & quilted.
 

The Finish,  Spring to Finish

Garden of Stitches - AKA the New Hampshire Ashley quilt.
Designer:  Lisa Bongean,  Primitive Gatherings

100% cotton fabric.  Cotton batting. Hand applique, machine pieced, hand quilted.

Started: 2006  Finished: May 2010

The Story,  The Back,  Joining the Sections,  Sneak Peek

Double Irish Casserole - AKA The San Diego Ashley Quilt
Traditional Pattern, Quilt.com
100% cotton fabric (White = cotton sheet).  Cotton batting. Machine pieced, Machine quilted.
Started: October 2009  Finished: April 2010

Guest Blog,  The Final Post,  Pieced Top,  Casserole?,  Getting Started


Coral Reef Quilt
Pattern:  "Fish on Coral", Elizabeth A. Akana,  EA of Hawaii
Started in 2004, finished in 2009.  Hand applique, hand quilted. 96x96

Finish Challenge
Getting back to work on this project
I bought the fabric and pattern as my souvenir of the Big Island in 2004 and had it appliqued within a couple months of our visit. A couple years later, I put it on the quilt frame to quilt, but decided that all the curves were too difficult in that process, so it was lap quilt project for several years. Because it's nearly King sized...it was a cold weather project, and because it was for me, it never had the same priority as gift quilts. 


Persian Rug Quilt
Original Design
100% Cotton.  Cotton batting.   Machine pieced, Long-arm Machine Quilted
June - August 2009

More Pictures & the story

Sunshine

Pattern:  Zig-zag by Crazy Mom Quilts

Cotton Batik & Cotton Sheet, bamboo batting.  Machine pieced & quilted.

October 2009

I saw this tutorial for a 46x61 quilt and added some extras on one side to make a 60ish square. I was using up yellow stash fabric, much of which was 1/8th yard pieces that I'd bought for applique. Some of my stripes are made up of 2 or 3 different yellows in the same color intensity. It was my first attempt at using a cotton sheet rather than standard yardage.  It was also my first attempt at using spray basting and bamboo batting. Read more about the process in the original blog entry.

Santa Domingo Birds

Pattern: Dover Clip ARt

Hand Applique, Hand Quilting, Machine pieced.  Cotton fabric & batting.

2006

I fell in love with Mimbres pottery on a trip to the South West, and have been collecting pots from each of the Pueblos and tribes.  I made this to show in the quilt show celebrating the opening of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge visitor center in 2006.    
I Love You MorePattern ?  100% cotton fabric & batting.  Machine Pieced.  Long-arm quilted. 2007

Once or twice a year, Anna and I get together for a quilting retreat.  She showed up at my house one December with this pattern that she was making out of blue and tan.  When I was little, orange & pink were my favorite colors with green taking over in my teens.  I thought this was a great excuse to use all 3 colors.  Besides the border and backing, I think this was all from the stash.  This was about the 3rd quilt that I had started for my younger daughter (Skater Girl). (The blue & white Hawaiian was in progress, as was the Garden of Stitches quilt that became Ashley's.)  The guilt of incompletion was getting to me, so this was completed in just a couple weeks.  Inner section is quilted in lime green with double loops (I call them olives) and the outer border has a loopy, feathery thing in orange.  


Pair of Hawaiian Style Quilts
Patterns:  Hawaiian Quilting, Elizabeth Root (Dover); Hawaiian Quilting Patterns, Myrna Green UpCountry Quilters); Poakalini Hawaiian Quilt Cushion Pattern & Designs, Poakalani & John Serrao (Mutual Publishing)
Started: 1998?  Finished: 2003

I made 2 Hawaiian Applique quilts that I started when the girls shared a room. Each has different blocks (That the girls picked out), but same material and layout. It took me about 5 years to finish both of these.